ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): As per the information provided by the High Courts, 19,414 court halls are available for District and Subordinate Courts in the country for the working strength of 17,342 Judicial Officers. In addition, 2,822 court halls are under construction. 17,103 residential units are available for Judicial Officers of Subordinate Courts and 1,869 residential units are under construction. A statement showing State-wise number of court halls, residential units available & under construction and number of working strength of Judicial Officers in the country, including Maharashtra and Rajasthan, is given in Annexure I.
(c): A Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of infrastructure facilities for the judiciary is being implemented from 1993-94 under which financial assistance is provided to State Governments/UTs for construction of court buildings and residential units of Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts. A sum of Rs. 7453.10 crore has been sanctioned since the inception of the Scheme, of which Rs. 4008.80 crore has been sanctioned since 2014-15 which is around 54% of the total release under the Scheme. A statement showing State-wise release of funds to States/UTs under the Scheme is given in Annexure II.
(d): Rs. 710.00 crore has been allocated under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of infrastructure facilities for the judiciary in the current financial year 2019-20, of which Rs. 702.86 crore has been released till 14.11.2019. Rs. 7.14 crore has been withheld to be released to Jammu & Kashmir due to bifurcation of the State. The statement showing State-wise release of funds to States/UTs given in Annexure II also include funds released to Rajasthan, Tripura and Maharashtra.
(e): It is the primary responsibility of the State Governments to provide Judicial Infrastructure for District and Subordinate Courts in their respective States. The aforesaid Centrally Sponsored Scheme is being implemented to augment the resources of State Governments/UTs for construction of court buildings and residential units of Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts. Considerable progress has been made with regard to court buildings and residential units for judicial officers in last five years. The number of court halls available has increased from 15,818 in 2014 to 19,414 in 2019 and number of residential units available has increased from 10,211 in 2014 to 17,103 in 2019. Focus is now to match the number of availability of court halls and residential units with 23,566 number of sanctioned strength of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts.
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Annexure-I
Statement referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 686 for Reply on 20.11.2019
Statement showing State-wise number of court halls, residential units available & under construction and number of working strength of Judicial Officers.
Sl. No. State / UT Total Working Strength Total Court Halls Total Court Halls Under Construction Total Residential Units Total Residential Units Under Construction
1. Andaman and Nicobar 12 17 0 10 2
2. Andhra Pradesh 530 602 50 604 11
3. Arunachal Pradesh 27 24 0 24 0
4. Assam 388 371 67 294 31
5. Bihar 361 1485 159 1094 280
6. Chandigarh 29 31 0 30 0
7. Chhattisgarh 394 462 31 408 18
8. D & N Haveli 3 3 0 3 0
9. Daman & Diu 4 5 0 5 0
10. Delhi 680 529 90 350 70
11. Goa 43 55 28 27 4
12. Gujarat 1183 1501 165 1292 84
13. Haryana 479 551 81 499 100
14. Himachal Pradesh 153 160 6 149 0
15. Jammu and Kashmir 232 202 35 123 38
16. Jharkhand 463 601 61 567 63
17. Karnataka 1104 1095 49 1110 14
18. Kerala 461 510 37 476 0
19. Lakshadweep 3 3 0 3 0
20. Madhya Pradesh 1505 1445 406 1459 237
21. Maharashtra 1937 2257 322 2038 173
22. Manipur 39 38 9 16 1
23. Meghalaya 49 53 35 23 33
24. Mizoram 46 43 26 29 8
25. Nagaland 27 37 0 39 2
26. Odisha 773 636 201 608 85
27. Puducherry 11 29 7 23 6
28. Punjab 582 557 52 527 48
29. Rajasthan 1122 1152 210 1028 5
30. Sikkim 19 20 1 14 1
31. Tamil Nadu 1087 1095 116 1216 55
32. Telangana 334 448 28 417 1
33. Tripura 95 73 23 85 13
34. Uttar Pradesh 2012 2278 332 1937 401
35. Uttarakhand 227 228 72 185 10
36. West Bengal 928 818 123 391 75
Total 17342 19414 2822 17103 1869
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Annexure-II
Statement referred to Lok Sabha Un-satarred Question No. 686 for Reply on 20.11.2019
Statement showing State-wise release of funds under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of infrastructure facilities for the judiciary.
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl. No. State / UT Funds Sanctioned (1993-94 to 2019-20)
1. Andhra Pradesh 17964.45
2. Bihar 33725.72
3. Chhattisgarh 10132.07
4. Goa 1520.93
5. Gujarat 53415.42
6. Haryana 18383.42
7. Himachal Pradesh 4112.00
8. Jammu & Kashmir 19481.60
9. Jharkhand 18520.52
10. Karnataka 66077.85
11. Kerala 13251.30
12. Madhya Pradesh 47745.04
13. Maharashtra 68083.86
14. Odisha 14843.27
15. Punjab 51809.92
16. Rajasthan 22672.51
17. Tamil Nadu 23611.46
18. Telengana 1565.00
19. Uttarakhand 13619.16
20. Uttar Pradesh 110160.57
21. West Bengal 20352.46
22. Arunachal Pradesh 5025.44
23. Assam 20134.30
24. Manipur 7694.71
25. Meghalaya 11147.00
26. Mizoram 6820.29
27. Nagaland 11116.64
28. Sikkim 5165.39
29. Tripura 8435.45
30. A & N Islands 1486.23
31. Chandigarh 3900.95
32. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 706.25
33. Daman & Diu 232.43
34. Delhi 26106.40
35. Lakshadweep 51.25
36. Puducherry 6239.56
Total 745310.82
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