Chief justice for doubling lower court judges to reduce backlog of cases

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today said the number of judicial officials (lower court judges) needs to be doubled to tripled to reduce the increasing backlog of cases. There might be a remedy if the lawyers conduct cases virtually otherwise the backlog of 30 lakh cases will not be dealt with, he said while presiding over a six-member full bench of the Appellate Division