India, July 14 -- Despite working at a current strength of 60%, the Delhi high court delivered 378 judgments on July 1, when it reopened after a four-week summer break, according to data accessed by HT. This included 362 judgments on the "appellate" side and 16 on the "original" side.

To be sure, while the high court in "appellate" side deals with civil and criminal matters, the court in "original" side deals with commercial matters, including intellectual property rights, arbitration and cases where the suit value exceeds Rs.2 crore.

On the appellate side, two benches led by court's third senior-most judge Navin Chawla, along with justices Shailender Kaur and Renu Bhatnagar, disposed of 306 civil cases. A bench of justices C Hari Shank...