The Supreme Court has described as “highly disappointing” and “alarming” the pendency of more than 8.82 lakh execution petitions before various courts across the country.
Execution petitions are pleas filed by decree holders seeking enforcement of court orders passed in civil disputes.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Pankaj Mithal made the observation while reviewing compliance with its March 6 order, which had directed all High Courts to instruct civil courts under their jurisdiction to decide execution petitions within six months. The Bench had also clarified that presiding officers would be held accountable for any delay in following its directive.
“The statistics which we have received are highly disappointing. The figures of the pendency of the execution petitions across the country are alarming. As on date, 8,82,578 execution petitions are pending across the country,” the Bench said.
In the last six months since the March 6 order, a total of 3,38,685 execution petitions have been decided and disposed of, the court noted.
