New Delhi, July 27 - The government is periodically reviewing the strength of judges in high courts across the country and filling up vacancies to solve the heavy backlog of cases, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Monday in parliament.

'On the basis of these reviews, 163 posts of judges have been created in various high courts. The strength of judges in the Supreme Court has also been increased from 26 to 31,' the minister said in the Rajya Sabha.

In a written reply, the minister said the Allahabad High Court has the highest number of pending cases at 911,858.

The Madras High Court has 451,496 pending cases, the Bombay High Court has 369,978 and the Calcutta High Court has 300,473 such cases.