Justice Delayed is Justice Denied Over 7 lakhs Court Cases Pending

As per annual performance report of the Ministry of Justice that there were a total of 725,944 court cases pending in Sri Lanka as at December 31, 2016, Out of this 3,566 cases were pending in Supreme Courts- 4,837 in the Court of Appeal- 5,973 in the Civil Appellate HCs -3,758 in HCs- 142,749 in District Courts – 535,644 in Magistrate Courts- 5,031 in the Labour Tribunals- 188 in the Board of Quazis and 7,832 in the Quazi Courts .Total of 725,944 cases include 699,784 cases carried over from the previous years