As many as 56 judges’ posts are now lying vacant in various courts in the State judiciary, informed Law Minister Pratap Jena in the State Assembly on Thursday.
In response to a question of Congress MLA Chandra Sekhar Majhi, the Minister informed that eight posts in District Judge category, seven posts in the Senior Civil Judge category and 41 posts in the Civil Judge category are lying unfulfilled.
There are 3,05,652 civil cases and 10,11,456 criminal cases, totalling 13,17,117 cases, pending at various courts across the 30 districts in the State, the Ministeralso mentioned in the reply.