Data
on pendency of cases is maintained by the Supreme Court and High Courts. As
per the information made available by the Supreme Court of India, details of
civil and criminal cases pending in the Supreme Court of India; and civil and
criminal cases pending for more than 10 years in the Supreme Court of India;
and number of cases disposed of by the Supreme Court of India during the last
three years and the current year are as under:-
|
Number
of Pending Cases as on 19.02.2016
|
Number
of Cases pending for more than 10 years up to 19.02.2016.
|
Number
of Cases disposed during last three years and current year upto 19.02.2016
|
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
|
48,418
|
11,050
|
1,132
|
84
|
40,189
|
45,042
|
47,424
|
6,054
|
As per information made available by
High Courts, details of pending cases in High Courts and District and
Subordinate Courts are as under:-
|
Number
of Pending Cases in High Courts as on 31.12.2014
|
Number
of Cases pending for more than 10 years in High Courts as on 31.12.2014
|
Number
of Pending Cases in District and Subordinate Courts as on 31.12.2014
|
Number
of Cases pending for more than 10 years in District and Subordinate Courts as
on 31.12.2014
|
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
|
3116492
|
1037465
|
589631
|
187999
|
8234281
|
18254124
|
611658
|
1432079
|
The details of cases disposed of during
2012, 2013 and 2014 by the High Courts and District / Subordinate Courts are
given in the Statements at Annexure – I and Annexure – II
respectively.
Some of the main factors responsible for
pendency of cases in courts are increasing number of state and central
legislations, accumulation of first appeals, continuation of ordinary civil
jurisdiction in some of the High Courts, vacancies of Judges, appeals against
orders of quasi-judicial forums going to High Courts, number of revisions /
appeals, frequent adjournments, indiscriminate use of writ jurisdiction, lack
of adequate arrangement to monitor, track and bunch cases for hearing.
The Chief Justices’ Conference held on
03rd and 04th April 2015 has resolved that each High
Court shall establish an Arrears Committee to clear the backlog of cases pending
for more than five years. As per information available, Arrears Committees
have been set up in the High Courts of (i) Allahabad, (ii) Bombay, (iii)
Calcutta, (iv) Chhattisgarh, (v) Delhi, (vi) Himachal Pradesh, (vii) Jammu
& Kashmir, (viii) Jharkhand, (ix) Kerala, (x) Madhya Pradesh, (xi) Madras,
(xii) Manipur, (xiii) Meghalaya, (xiv) Orissa, (xv) Patna (xvi) Punjab &
Haryana, (xvii) Sikkim, (xviii) Tripura, and (xix) Uttrakhand.
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ST/rs
Annexure-I
Pending
Court Cases.
Cases disposed of in High Courts during
last three years
|
Sl. No
|
High Court
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
|
Disposal of cases
|
Disposal of cases
|
Disposal of cases
|
|
1
|
Allahabad
|
2,47,539
|
2,36,821
|
3,10,294
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
66,130
|
58,278
|
66,239
|
|
3
|
Bombay
|
1,74,020
|
1,40,761
|
1,30,580
|
|
4
|
Calcutta
|
78,428
|
1,34,938
|
95,656
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
35,656
|
35,371
|
40,154
|
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
63,778
|
64,450
|
74,444
|
|
7
|
Gauhati
|
35,713
|
30,308
|
27,467
|
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
37,772
|
36,455
|
62,270
|
|
9
|
Jammu &Kashmir
|
16,380
|
24,916
|
23,151
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
1,21,624
|
1,28,134
|
1,19,824
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
78,801
|
68,871
|
72,173
|
|
12
|
Madras
|
2,46,200
|
2,31,817
|
1,29,954
|
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1,00,281
|
1,11,348
|
1,29,373
|
|
14
|
Orissa
|
81,388
|
70,262
|
76,523
|
|
15
|
Patna
|
91,328
|
82,343
|
1,04,955
|
|
16
|
Punjab & Haryana
|
1,08,266
|
1,11,465
|
1,14,801
|
|
17
|
Rajasthan
|
1,31,277
|
1,27,928
|
83,792
|
|
18
|
Sikkim
|
126
|
140
|
230
|
|
19
|
Uttarakhand
|
13,616
|
15,661
|
13,386
|
|
20
|
Chhattisgarh
|
27,817
|
28,206
|
28,155
|
|
21
|
Jharkhand
|
30,030
|
25,970
|
22,327
|
|
22
|
Tripura*
|
0
|
4,379
|
5,144
|
|
23
|
Manipur*
|
0
|
2,677
|
1,926
|
|
24
|
Meghalaya*
|
0
|
1,418
|
1,724
|
|
Total
|
17,86,170
|
17,72,917
|
17,34,542
|
*Operationalisation
of High Court was notified on 23rd March, 2013.
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Annexure-II
Pending
Court Cases.
Cases disposed of in District and
Subordinate Courts during last three years
|
Sl. No
|
States
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
|
Disposal of cases
|
Disposal of cases
|
Disposal of cases
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
|
6,06,447
|
5,14,867
|
6,47,130
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
7,355
|
7,444
|
7,615
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
2,39,706
|
3,14,672
|
2,76,138
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
3,04,786
|
3,15,586
|
3,05,583
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1,62,104
|
1,79,065
|
1,76,144
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
33,886
|
30,717
|
30,625
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
10,72,123
|
11,37,159
|
11,32,433
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
7,33,591
|
6,08,315
|
5,87,385
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2,46,052
|
2,93,575
|
4,09,732
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
2,91,100
|
3,07,192
|
2,97,507
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
1,23,777
|
1,18,076
|
1,10,068
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
10,35,706
|
10,17,437
|
13,67,041
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
11,12,342
|
11,71,821
|
13,55,926
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
12,17,733
|
12,73,437
|
11,13,382
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
20,48,255
|
17,10,180
|
15,36,322
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
14,572
|
16,189
|
14,257
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
2,982
|
3,284
|
11,691
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
11,747
|
10,270
|
10,747
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
3,179
|
3,062
|
3,047
|
|
20
|
Orissa
|
3,00,337
|
4,14,772
|
4,70,085
|
|
21
|
Punjab
|
7,58,927
|
6,11,671
|
5,49,300
|
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
11,50,808
|
11,99,745
|
11,32,028
|
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
1,913
|
2,146
|
2,008
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
14,99,884
|
18,44,056
|
16,45,329
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
1,48,688
|
1,58,838
|
1,93,003
|
|
26
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
27,98,690
|
29,66,521
|
31,82,318
|
|
27
|
Uttarakhand
|
1,78,409
|
2,22,318
|
2,20,660
|
|
28
|
West Bengal and A & N Island
|
9,92,367
|
11,84,289
|
10,89,309
|
|
29
|
Chandigarh
|
1,38,558
|
1,53,772
|
1,80,616
|
|
30
|
D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu
|
8,451
|
3,344
|
2,771
|
|
31
|
Delhi
|
9,18,683
|
9,57,154
|
9,30,732
|
|
32
|
Lakshadweep
|
96
|
93
|
95
|
|
33
|
Pondicherry
|
33,899
|
32,479
|
28,631
|
|
Total
|
1,81,97,153
|
1,87,83,546
|
1,90,19,658
|
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