Brij Mohan Lal vs Union Of India & Ors

The Court examined the constitutional validity of the Fast Track Courts Scheme, which utilized funds from the Eleventh Finance Commission to establish ad hoc courts for disposing of long-pending cases. The primary legal challenge concerned whether the employment of retired judges to preside over these courts lacked constitutional sanction and whether inadequate infrastructure undermined the scheme. The judgment addresses the administrative and legal framework for establishing these temporary judicial bodies to reduce case pendency.