PATNA, March 2 -- The Patna high court's working strength is set to reach the highest ever in the last few decades with nine names cleared for appointment as judges by the Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday.

Against the sanctioned strength of 53, the Patna HC will have the working strength of 46 judges, which will be around 87%. It had a working strength of 38 when the recommendations were made, but one judge retired on February 28.

Advocate General PK Shahi said that it was a good situation for the HC and it would help in fast disposal of cases by tackling the huge pendency.

As per the data of National Judicial Data Grid, the backlog of cases had crossed 2.15 lakh in December, 2025, with a large number of cases over five years old. ...