LUCKNOW, July 15 -- Uttar Pradesh is considering setting up 9,149 additional courts to address the heavy pendency of cases in subordinate courts and meet requirements arising from new laws, principal secretary (Law) and legal remembrancer Uday Pratap Singh told the HT.

The proposal is under active consideration by the UP government and the Allahabad HC as part of recommendations made by the Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri Committee for strengthening judicial infrastructure across states.

"Based on the modalities communicated to all high courts across the country, the Allahabad high court has assessed the requirement of 9,149 additional courts in UP," Singh said.

He said the creation of such a large number of courts would be undertaken in pha...