Sangsad Bhaban, July 7 -- Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman informed the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday that more than 46 lakh cases including some 18 lakh civil cases are currently pending in the country's courts.

"A total of 46,39,476 cases including 1,813,263 civil and 2,826,213 criminal cases are currently pending in the country's courts,," he said replying to a question from opposition Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Golam Rasul (Jashore-4).

The minister said 63,309 cases were disposed of in the higher courts while 275,084 cases in the lower courts over the past one year.

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