Supreme Court Judge On Rising Pendency Of Bail Pleas In Top Court

The number of bail pleas in the Supreme Court is steadily rising since it is not being granted in the district courts or even the high courts, Justice Bhushan R Gavai said on Sunday. Every Supreme Court bench hears at least 15 to 20 bail matters each day, the top court judge said at an event where the ‘bhoomi pujan‘ of a new court building was held in Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad. “These days the situation is such that bail is not granted in the district courts. It has become a challenge to get bail even in the high courts. Therefore, the pendency of bail matters in the Supreme Court is going up,” he said.