Subhechcha Ganguly 
The Berhampur Bank Limited case, which was founded on the controversy surrounding the dissolution of the former bank, was ultimately resolved by the Calcutta High Court after a protracted period of more than seven decades. The case took 72 years to be resolved and was the oldest pending case in India. Contrary to expectations, the case was decided by the Calcutta High Court, whose current Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava was born ten years after the case was first filed.The Calcutta High Court has two of the five oldest pending cases, all of which were filed back in 1952, despite the fact that it has already resolved the case in question.
The other two civil lawsuits are being tried in civil courts in West Bengal’s Malda, while the remaining case is being heard at Madras High Court. The Calcutta High Court’s decision to wind up the bankrupt and in default Berhampur Bank on November 19, 1948, is the first recorded event in the history of Berhampur Bank Ltd. A petition contesting the decision to close the bank was made on January 1 of 1951, and the case was registered as “Case No. 71/1951.” The Bank brought several lawsuits against creditors to recoup lost monies, and several debtors responded by contesting the bank’s allegations in court records.
The petition contesting the bank’s liquidation was scheduled for two hearings at the High Court last September, but no one showed up, according to court records. After further inquiry, it was discovered that the assistant liquidator had informed them that the case had been settled in August 2006, but that the records had not been updated and the case was still classified as pending. The issue with the Indian judiciary that has been “long standing” has likewise been unresolved for a very long time. According to a report from August 2022, there were a record 2.52 lakh cases outstanding in the 25 high courts of the nation for longer than 20 years.
