DY Chandrachud has assured that 57,000 cases are expected to be filed in court this year and will be completely disposed of. No new cases will be added to the backlog this year.

Speaking at an event organized by Supreme Court Bar Association, CJI said, "I am grateful to you for the faith you have reposed in us as a team of judges. The Chief Justice cannot do anything without the help of his colleagues. My colleagues have given me some consistent support in the last five months."

Stating the data of cases filed in his tenure so far, the CJI said, "From the time I assumed office on 09th November, 2022 till 11th April, 2023, total 22,208 cases were filed in the Supreme Court, 1,04,000 cases were listed and 22,054 cases were disposed of."

So we are only 100 cases behind schedule which we will cover in two days. This is also possible because now regular hearings are being held on Wednesdays and Thursdays as well. Though the pace is slow in these two days, but by doing this we are also listing some old cases."

Giving data for 11 months to 2022, CJI Chandrachud said, "Last year between January and November, 35,791 cases were filed in the Supreme Court. The rate of filing cases that we have achieved between January and April this year, it is estimated that the number of cases this year could reach about 57,000.

Justice Chandrachud pointed out that 35,000 cases were filed last year despite the absence of the pandemic, and against this, 57,000 cases are expected to be filed this year. "I can assure you that we will clear 57,000 cases and the backlog will not increase this year," he assured.

Every evening I get a report from the registrar general or secretary general or registrar in charge of listing with respect to the cases which have been verified and which are pending for verification. On an average 190-200 cases are verified every day and about 195 cases are registered every day.

As on February 1, 2023, the data provided by the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) shows that the Supreme Court has a pendency of 59,87,477 cases. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had told in Parliament that there are more than 59 lakh cases pending in 24 High Courts of the country.

Justice Chandrachud said, "We work in the court between 10.30 and 4. We deal with 40-60 cases every day, study in the evening to prepare for the next day. Usually on Saturdays, each judge writes judgments. On Sunday we study for Monday. Each Supreme Court judge works seven days a week."

Citing examples of courts in other countries, Justice Chandrachud had said in the India Today Conclave itself that the US Supreme Court sits for 8-9 days in a month, 80 days in a year and 3 in a year. Month does not sit. The Court of Australia sits for about 2 weeks in a month. The Court of Singapore sits for 145 days in a year while the Supreme Court of India sits for about 200 days every year. The UK court also sits almost as much as the Indian Supreme Court.