(a) whether the Government has issued guidelines under the new policy for expeditious disposal of pending cases in courts of the country;
(b) if so, the details of the pending cases in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh during the last two years and the current year; and
(c) whether the reason behind the late disposal of the pending cases is the dearth of judges and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): No, sir. Disposal of pending cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary.
(b): As per data available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), cases pending in the States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh during the last two years and the current year is as under:
State Cases Pending As on 31.12.2017 Cases Pending As on 10.12.2018 Cases Pending As on 14.11.2019
Chhattisgarh 2,72,888 2,57,782 2,75,552
Madhya Pradesh 13,25,053 13,70,355 14,20,515
Further, the details of pending cases as on date in the States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh is given in Annexure I & II respectively.
(c): Timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate number of judges, supporting court staff and physical infrastructure, complexity of facts involved, nature of evidence, co-operation of stake holders viz. bar, investigation agencies, witnesses and litigants and proper application of rules and procedures.
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Annexure – I
Details of Pending Cases in the State of Chhattisgarh (As on 14.11.2019)
S. No. State District wise Total Pendency of Chhattisgarh
1. Balod 3705
2. Balodabazar 10298
3. Balrampur Ramanujganj 4898
4. Bastar 5287
5. Bemetara 4964
6. Bilaspur 31652
7. Dantewada 1834
8. Dhamtari 5563
9. Durg 38398
10. Janjgir 11996
11. Jashpur 3727
12. Kanker 2306
13. Kawardha 4798
14. Kondagaon 1266
15. Korba 13090
16. Koriya 8139
17. Mahasamund 11417
18. Mungeli 5585
19. Raigarh 18743
20. Raipur 52690
21. Rajnandgaon 14456
22. Surajpur 9343
23. Surguja 11397
Total 275552
Annexure – II
Details of Pending Cases in the State of Madhya Pradesh (As on 14.11.2019)
S. No. State District wise Total Pendency of Madhya Pradesh
1. Alirajpur 4614
2. Anuppur 10605
3. Ashoknagr 14341
4. Balaghat 17181
5. Barwani 9630
6. Betul 18990
7. Bhind 25927
8. Bhopal 92125
9. Burhanpur 8108
10. Chhatarpur 24274
11. Chhindwara 29084
12. Damoh 19693
13. Datia 12400
14. Dewas 29413
15. Dhar 32109
16. Dindori 7268
17. Guna 21181
18. Gwalior 62656
19. Harda 7060
20. Hoshangabad 20355
21. Indore 184904
22. Jabalpur 99543
23. Jhabua 9295
24. Katni 25672
25. Khandwa 14118
26. Mandla 9938
27. Mandleshwar 19584
28. Mandsaur 29674
29. Morena 36311
30. Narsinghpur 16739
31. Neemuch 15231
32. Panna 9190
33. Raisen 18836
34. Rajgarh 23845
35. Ratlam 30842
36. Rewa 62410
37. Sagar 41397
38. Satna 43629
39. Sehore 16932
40. Seoni 20418
41. Shahdol 21214
42. Shajapur 22691
43. Sheopur 6833
44. Shivpuri 19666
45. Sidhi 22057
46. Singrauli 27606
47. Tikamgarh 21427
48. Ujjain 52160
49. Umaria 7066
50. Vidisha 24273
Total 1420515