A judge in this Haryana town created a record of sorts when he settled 148 cases in a single day, close on the heels of a peer in Andhra Pradesh hogging the headlines for deciding 111 cases in one day.

This time it was Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Shori's turn, who is known for speedy trials. He set the benchmark Wednesday in a development that comes in the backdrop of a huge backlog of cases and slow trials in Indian courts.