Following a monitoring system initiated by the chief justice, the rate of case-disposal at lower courts has increased to 32.4 percent in the first six months of current year compared to the same period last year.

The disposal rate was 91.9 percent in comparison to filing of cases with the subordinate courts in all eight divisions since January 1 to June 30.

Last year, the rate was 59.5 percent since January 1 to June 30, according to a statement issued by the Supreme Court administration on Monday.

The statement said a total of 7,47,476 cases (civil and criminal) were filed and 6,86,952 were disposed of since January 1 to June 30; and 6,55,981 cases were filed and 3,90,311 were disposed of since January 1 to June 30 last year.

The improvement came following the round-the-clock supervision, monitoring and leaderships of the committees constituted by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, said the statement.

The statement, however, has not mentioned the total number of pending cases.

Contacted, Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman said there is no official information about the figure.

According to a newspaper report, the number of pending cases with lower courts is 36.5 lakh and with the High Court and Appellate Divisions of the SC is 5.35 lakh.