India, Jan. 22 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday announced a comprehensive audit of vacancies and workload across the city's seven district courts, following the suicide of a 35-year-old court employee who cited "extreme work pressure" in a note left behind.

The bench of chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia described the January 9 incident as "unfortunate" while hearing a petition that sought the filling of roughly 3,000 vacant staff positions and the registration of an FIR in the case.

The bench, on Wednesday, added that a decision on further action would be taken after receiving the audit report, which would assess staffing requirements and cadre structure to ensure rationalisation. Meanwhile, the court sa...