Bankshall metropolitan magistrate court is grappling with a massive backlog, with over 78,000 criminal cases pending more than three months. Magistrates Sk Jafar Ali, Debarati Dey, and Annu Gupta are shouldering 34.1% of this burden. Disproportional case allocation and delays in the police investigation contribute to this growing backlog in Kolkata’s lower courts.
Old criminal cases: 1 Kolkata magistrate hearing over 9,000, another just 1
