The Supreme Court has asked the trial courts to play a proactive role in reducing case backlogs and saving judicial time by striking out or amending any unnecessary, frivolous or vexatious pleadings under Order 6 Rule 16 of CPC. Expressing its strong displeasure over long and bulky pleadings in a civil trial, the Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice SVN Bhatti observed that such drawn-out pleadings not only led to the passing of lengthy judgments, but also ran the risk of having a casc...