(a) the number of cases pending in the Supreme Court, High Courts and District Courts in the country during the last three years, court-wise, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
(b) the number of vacancies of Judges in Supreme Court, High Courts and District Courts of the country during the last three years, court-wise, State/UT-wise?
THE MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a): The total number of pending cases in Supreme Court of India during the last three years is as under:-
2020 (as on 02.01.2020) 2021 (as on 01.01.2021) 2022 (as on 01.01.2022)
59,859 65,086 70,239
As per information available on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the total number of pending cases during the last three years in various High Courts and District & Subordinate Courts in the country is at Annexure I & Annexure II respectively.
(b): A statement showing the sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancies of judges in Supreme Court of India and High Courts during the last three years is at Annexure–III.
A statement showing the sanctioned strength working, strength and vacancies of judges in District & Subordinate Courts during the last three years is at Annexure IV.
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ANNEXURE-I
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1744 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 REGARDING CASES PENDING IN COURTS.
Sl. No High Court Pendency
As on 31.12.2019* Pendency As on
31.12.2020** Pendency
As on 22.03.2021** Pendency
As on 31.01.2022**
1. Allahabad 9,44,657 7,73,408 7,86,052 8,09,043
2. Punjab & Haryana 3,53,888 6,37,148 6,64,677 4,48,889
3. Madras 2,72,722 5,80770 5,81,186 5,79,140
4. Madhya Pradesh 3,57,929 3,62,932 3,73,960 4,13,467
5. Andhra Pradesh 1,93,594 2,07,762 2,10,900 2,24,459
6. Bombay 3,05,962 5,59,119 5,50,048 5,72,380
7. Rajasthan 4,59828 5,23,600 5,36,533 5,79,340
8. Karnataka 2,71929 2,93,259 2,80,447 2,62,297
9. Calcutta 2,28,060 2,67,431 2,71,570 2,25,807
10. Orissa 1,50562 1,72,476 1,72,038 2,01,729
11. Kerala 1,96,823 2,14,384 2,18,173 2,12,002
12. Patna 1,72,425 1,78,835 2,00,898 2,24,072
13. Gujarat 1,29,184 1,42,803 1,48,055 1,52,129
14. Jharkhand 85,272 88,445 86,398 86,908
15. Delhi 80,950 91,195 91,195 1,01,599
16. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh 71,693 63,468 61,779 48,341
17. Chhattisgarh 69,316 75,836 76,839 82,376
18. Uttarakhand 35,407 38,676 38,676 42,511
19. Himachal Pradesh 54,452 73,862 76,926 83,199
20. Gauhati 37,243 51,901 52,482 55,927
21. Manipur 2,468 4,374 4,567 4,942
22. Tripura 2,586 2,347 2,347 1,785
23. Meghalaya 757 1,443 1,386 1,613
24. Sikkim 234 241 244 184
25. Telengana 206413 236852 236852 2,60,532
Total 46,84,354 56,42,567 57,24,228 56,74,671
*Data Source Supreme Court of India.
**Data Source NJDG Portal.
ANNEXURE-II
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1744 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 REGARDING CASES PENDING IN COURTS.
Sl. No Name of the State/UTs Total Number of
Pending Cases
(As on 31/12/2019)*
Total Number of Pending Cases
(As on 31/12/2020) **
Total Number of Pending Cases
(As on 22.03.2021)**
Total Number of Pending Cases
(As on 31.01.2022)**
1 Uttar Pradesh 7807863 8572092 8821412 9912623
2 Andhra Pradesh 567096 635220 667016 780331
3 Telangana 580193 674301 715199 812076
4 Maharashtra 3821487 4516311 4678764 4927025
5 Goa 49049 56545 57485 57526
6 Diu and Daman 5344 2777 2860 2914
7 West Bengal 2048697 2380633 2434641 2614101
8 Andaman & Nicobar 9795 0 0 0
9 Chhattisgarh 285025 324273 347924 380784
10 Delhi 882366 955850 1009292 1103855
11 Gujarat 1595813 1890667 2052835 1982577
12 Assam 301427 357197 374714 422544
13 Nagaland 3361 1539 2143 2613
14 Meghalaya 13673 10403 10444 14787
15 Manipur 6516 10794 11524 12929
16 Tripura 27491 41032 39560 36222
17 Mizoram 6589 4699 4573 6135
18 Arunachal Pradesh 10658 -- -- --
19 Himachal Pradesh 293706 416564 421449 464579
20 Jammu & Kashmir 172769 215803 223551 249751
21 Jharkhand 365642 438567 460533 501563
22 Karnataka 1531008 1746886 1924880 1853931
23 Kerala 1614277 1798342 1885520 1963012
24 U.T. of Lakshadweep 397 -- -- --
25 Madhya Pradesh 1455435 1690053 1755712 1897219
26 Tamil Nadu 1137684 1288573 1313263 1383304
27 Puducherry 30094 -- -- 34254
28 Odisha 1433522 1382538 1412802 1529466
29 Bihar 2714344 3158070 3230617 3394905
30 Punjab 642327 814538 852420 933806
31 Haryana 853375 1100904 1156771 1306494
32 Chandigarh 62955 57418 61476 71130
33 Rajasthan 1769823 1830462 1916328 2063032
34 Sikkim 1142 1570 1697 1942
35 Uttarakhand 195281 260564 274913 307491
36 D & N Haveli 3502 3378 3708
37 Ladakh ---- 749 792 928
Total 32296224 36639436 38126488 41029557
*Data Source Supreme Court of India.**Data Source NJDG Portal.
Annexure - III
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1744 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 REGARDING CASES PENDING IN COURTS.
Statement showing sanctioned strength, working strength of the judges in the Supreme Court and High Court as on 01.01.2020
Sanctioned strength Working strength Vacancies
A. Supreme Court 34 33 01
B. High Court Pmt. Addl Total Pmt. Addl Total Pmt. Addl Total
1 Allahabad 76 84 160 67 40 107 09 44 53
2 Andhra Pradesh 28 09 37 15 0 15 13 09 22
3 Bombay 71 23 94 55 15 70 16 08 24
4 Calcutta 54 18 72 22 18 40 32 0 32
5 Chhattisgarh 17 05 22 11 04 15 06 01 07
6 Delhi 45 15 60 36 0 36 09 15 24
7 Gauhati 18 06 24 15 06 21 03 0 03
8 Gujarat 39 13 52 27 0 27 12 13 25
9 Himachal Pradesh 10 03 13 09 01 10 01 02 03
10 Jammu & Kashmir 13 04 17 08 0 08 05 04 09
11 Jharkhand 19 06 25 17 02 19 02 04 06
12 Karnataka 47 15 62 19 21 40 28 -06 22
13 Kerala 35 12 47 27 05 32 08 07 15
14 Madhya Pradesh 40 13 53 31 0 31 09 13 22
15 Madras 56 19 75 46 09 55 10 10 20
16 Manipur 04 01 05 04 0 04 0 01 01
17 Meghalaya 03 01 04 03 0 03 0 01 01
18 Orissa 20 07 27 14 0 14 06 07 13
19 Patna 40 13 53 26 0 26 14 13 27
20 Punjab & Haryana 64 21 85 38 17 55 26 04 30
21 Rajasthan 38 12 50 21 0 21 17 12 29
22 Sikkim 03 0 03 03 0 03 0 0 0
23 Telangana 18 06 24 12 01 13 06 05 11
24 Tripura 04 0 04 03 0 03 01 0 01
25 Uttarakhand 09 02 11 09 01 10 0 01 01
Total 771 308 1079 538 140 678 233 168 401
Statement showing sanctioned strength, working strength of the judges in the Supreme Court and High Court as on 01.01.2021
Sanctioned strength Working strength Vacancies
A. Supreme Court 34 30 04
B. High Court Pmt. Addl Total Pmt. Addl Total Pmt. Addl Total
1 Allahabad 120 40 160 82 14 96 38 26 64
2 Andhra Pradesh 28 09 37 18 0 18 10 09 19
3 Bombay 71 23 94 49 15 64 22 08 30
4 Calcutta 54 18 72 32 02 34 22 16 38
5 Chhattisgarh 17 05 22 13 01 14 04 04 08
6 Delhi 45 15 60 30 0 30 15 15 30
7 Gauhati 18 06 24 17 03 20 01 03 04
8 Gujarat 39 13 52 29 0 29 10 13 23
9 Himachal Pradesh 10 03 13 09 0 09 01 03 04
10 J & K and Ladakh 13 04 17 11 0 11 02 04 06
11 Jharkhand 19 06 25 17 0 17 02 06 08
12 Karnataka 47 15 62 26 20 46 21 -05 16
13 Kerala 35 12 47 30 07 37 05 05 10
14 Madhya Pradesh 40 13 53 32 0 29 11 13 24
15 Madras 56 19 75 52 10 62 04 09 13
16 Manipur 04 01 05 04 01 05 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 03 01 04 04 0 04 -01 01 0
18 Orissa 20 07 27 15 0 15 05 07 12
19 Patna 40 13 53 22 0 22 18 13 31
20 Punjab& Haryana 64 21 85 42 11 53 22 10 32
21 Rajasthan 38 12 50 23 0 23 15 12 27
22 Sikkim 03 0 03 03 0 03 0 0 0
23 Telangana 18 06 24 14 0 14 04 06 10
24 Tripura 04 0 04 04 0 04 0 0 0
25 Uttarakhand 09 02 11 08 01 09 01 01 02
Total 815 264 1079 583 85 668 232 179 411
Statement showing sanctioned strength, working strength of the judges in the Supreme Court and High Court as on 01.01.2022
Sanctioned strength Working strength Vacancies
A. Supreme Court 34 32 02
B. High Court Pmt. Addl Total Pmt. Addl Total Pmt. Addl Total
1 Allahabad 120 40 160 74 19 93 46 21 67
2 Andhra Pradesh 28 09 37 20 0 20 08 09 17
3 Bombay 71 23 94 52 08 60 19 15 34
4 Calcutta 54 18 72 30 09 39 24 09 33
5 Chhattisgarh 17 05 22 10 03 13 07 02 09
6 Delhi 45 15 60 30 0 30 15 15 30
7 Gauhati 18 06 24 17 06 23 01 0 01
8 Gujarat 39 13 52 32 0 32 07 13 20
9 Himachal Pradesh 10 03 13 08 01 09 02 02 04
10 J & K and Ladakh 13 04 17 13 0 13 0 04 04
11 Jharkhand 19 06 25 19 01 20 0 05 05
12 Karnataka 47 15 62 39 06 45 08 09 17
13 Kerala 35 12 47 27 12 39 08 0 08
14 Madhya Pradesh 40 13 53 29 0 29 11 13 24
15 Madras 56 19 75 45 15 60 11 04 15
16 Manipur 04 01 05 03 01 04 01 0 01
17 Meghalaya 03 01 04 03 0 03 0 01 01
18 Orissa 20 07 27 18 0 18 02 07 09
19 Patna 40 13 53 26 0 26 14 13 27
20 Punjab& Haryana 64 21 85 43 06 49 21 15 36
21 Rajasthan 38 12 50 28 0 28 10 12 22
22 Sikkim 03 0 03 03 0 03 0 0 0
23
Telangana 32 10 42 19 0 19 13 10 23
24 Tripura 04 01 05 05 0 05 -01 01 0
25 Uttarakhand 09 02 11 07 0 07 02 02 04
Total 829 269 1098 600 87 687 229 182 411
Annexure - IV
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1744 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 REGARDING CASES PENDING IN COURTS.
Statement showing sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancies of the judges District & Subordinate Courts as on 01.01.2020
Sl. No. States & UTs Total Sanctioned Strength Total Working Strength Total Vacancy
1 Andaman and Nicobar 0 13 -13
2 Andhra Pradesh 597 529 68
3 Arunachal Pradesh 41 27 14
4 Assam 441 412 29
5 Bihar 1925 1149 776
6 Chandigarh 30 29 1
7 Chhattisgarh 468 393 75
8 D & N Haveli 3 3 0
9 Daman & Diu 4 3 1
10 Delhi 799 681 118
11 Goa 50 43 7
12 Gujarat 1521 1185 336
13 Haryana 772 475 297
14 Himachal Pradesh 175 153 22
15 Jammu and Kashmir 290 232 58
16 Jharkhand 677 461 216
17 Karnataka 2703 2169 534
18 Kerala 536 457 79
19 Lakshadweep 3 3 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 2021 1620 401
21 Maharashtra 2189 1942 247
22 Manipur 55 39 16
23 Meghalaya 97 49 48
24 Mizoram 64 46 18
25 Nagaland 33 25 8
26 Odisha 919 770 149
27 Puducherry 26 11 15
28 Punjab 675 579 96
29 Rajasthan 1428 1120 308
30 Sikkim 25 19 6
31 Tamil Nadu 1255 1080 175
32 Telangana 413 334 79
33 Tripura 120 96 24
34 Uttar Pradesh 3416 2578 838
35 Uttarakhand 294 228 66
36 West Bengal 1014 918 96
TOTAL 25079 19871 5208
Statement showing sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancies of the judges District & Subordinate Courts as on 01.01.2021
Sl. No. States & UTs Total Sanctioned Strength Total Working Strength Total Vacancy
1 Andaman and Nicobar 0 13 -13
2 Andhra Pradesh 607 510 97
3 Arunachal Pradesh 41 32 9
4 Assam 466 412 54
5 Bihar 1936 1433 503
6 Chandigarh 30 26 4
7 Chhattisgarh 480 387 93
8 D & N Haveli 3 2 1
9 Daman & Diu 4 4 0
10 Delhi 799 648 151
11 Goa 50 40 10
12 Gujarat 1521 1152 369
13 Haryana 772 493 279
14 Himachal Pradesh 175 161 14
15 Jammu and Kashmir 296 255 41
16 Jharkhand 675 544 131
17 Karnataka 1357 1071 286
18 Kerala 538 470 68
19 Ladakh 16 8 8
20 Lakshadweep 3 3 0
21 Madhya Pradesh 2021 1610 411
22 Maharashtra 2190 1940 250
23 Manipur 54 36 18
24 Meghalaya 97 49 48
25 Mizoram 64 43 21
26 Nagaland 33 26 7
27 Odisha 950 756 194
28 Puducherry 26 11 15
29 Punjab 692 593 99
30 Rajasthan 1489 1292 197
31 Sikkim 25 20 5
32 Tamil Nadu 1298 1049 249
33 Telangana 474 378 96
34 Tripura 120 97 23
35 Uttar Pradesh 3634 2581 1053
36 Uttarakhand 297 255 42
37 West Bengal 1014 918 96
TOTAL 24247 19318 4929
Statement showing sanctioned strength, working strength and vacancies of the judges District & Subordinate Courts as on 01.01.2022
Sl. No. States & UTs Total Sanctioned Strength Total Working Strength Total Vacancy
1 Andaman and Nicobar 0 13 -13
2 Andhra Pradesh 607 491 116
3 Arunachal Pradesh 41 32 9
4 Assam 467 436 31
5 Bihar 1954 1394 560
6 Chandigarh 30 30 0
7 Chhattisgarh 482 409 73
8 D & N Haveli 3 2 1
9 Daman & Diu 4 4 0
10 Delhi 884 692 192
11 Goa 50 40 10
12 Gujarat 1523 1123 400
13 Haryana 772 482 290
14 Himachal Pradesh 175 160 15
15 Jammu and Kashmir 300 241 59
16 Jharkhand 675 523 152
17 Karnataka 1363 1087 276
18 Kerala 569 488 81
19 Ladakh 17 9 8
20 Lakshadweep 3 3 0
21 Madhya Pradesh 2021 1552 469
22 Maharashtra 2190 1940 250
23 Manipur 59 42 17
24 Meghalaya 97 49 48
25 Mizoram 65 42 23
26 Nagaland 34 24 10
27 Odisha 976 785 191
28 Puducherry 26 11 15
29 Punjab 692 607 85
30 Rajasthan 1549 1274 275
31 Sikkim 28 20 8
32 Tamil Nadu 1316 1082 234
33 Telangana 474 425 49
34 Tripura 122 97 25
35 Uttar Pradesh 3634 2542 1092
36 Uttarakhand 299 271 28
37 West Bengal 1014 918 96
TOTAL 24515 19340 5175