New Delhi, July 13 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant reportedly formed four dedicated benches that will exclusively hear the Supreme Court's oldest civil and criminal cases.

The Chief Justice told the Hindustan Times on Sunday that the initiative was intended to reaffirm public confidence in the justice delivery system by ensuring that age-old cases receive sustained judicial attention.

He was quoted as saying, "The judiciary's foremost obligation is not merely to decide cases, but to decide them within a timeframe that preserves the faith of citizens in the rule of law."

"Every old pending matter represents a litigant who has waited years, and sometimes decades, for closure. The age of a case cannot become the reason for its ...