India in the past few years has spent thousands of crores on digitalisation of courts through e-filling, virtual hearings or case management systems in District Courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court through the e-Courts mission mode project1.

The National Company Law Tribunal has recently conducted a recruitment process for their Law Research Associates (LRA) through a multi-tiered selection process notified in late 2025 for all benches throughout India.

The blog post attempts to examine the extent and nature of delays, highlighting that as of 2025, over 1,500 matters still remain pending before APTEL, some dating back more than a decade.