80-100 cases are listed before each court today . Around 700-800 cases are listed for hearing on normal days.With large number of people turning up in court premises, the corridor around the court room was jampacked and the lawyers, who keep running from one court room to another court usually, were finding it very difficult to make their way.Around 1,080 cases were listed for hearing before 15 benches and 250 cases were listed before registrar on Tuesday. In the beginning, there were only eight judges in the Supreme Court including the chief justice. He told a Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan that it was like "sabzi mandi" (vegetable market) outside and pleaded they take a look at the prevailing situation by coming out of the court room. The worst situation was in Court Number 4 where 86 cases were listed for hearing and lawyers were jostling and bumping against each other to reach the front to argue their case.Supreme Court Bar Association president and senior advocate Dushyant Dave, who was appearing in one of the cases, brought to the court's attention the chaos inside and outside the court room.
Source: Times of India July 12, 2016 16:04 UTC