The Supreme Court remarked that even a snail would question the pace of a civil trial after noting that a suit filed in 2015 remained at the plaintiff’s evidence stage in 2026. The Court termed the delay starkly inconsistent with legislative intent.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a plea over a coconut tree on a neighbour’s land, calling it a classic case of unnecessary litigation driven by ego clashes between neighbours. Remarking that the tree itself might laugh at the dispute, the Court said its quiet existence had unnecessarily become the subject of valuable judicial time.
