Data on pendency of cases is maintained by the Supreme Court and
High Courts. As per information made available by High Courts, details of
civil and criminal cases pending in all High Courts and in the High Courts of
Orissa and Allahabad are as under:-
|
Number of
Pending Cases in all High Courts as on 31.12.2014
|
Number of
Pending Cases in High Court of Orissa as on 31.12.2014
|
Number of
Pending Cases in High Court of Allahabad as on 31.12.2014
|
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
Civil
|
Criminal
|
|
31,16,492
|
10,37,465
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1,65,724
|
36,358
|
6,55,793
|
3,58,353
|
Disposal of cases pending in courts is within the domain of
judiciary. 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)
Karnataka (x) Kerala, (xi) Madhya Pradesh, (xii) Madras, (xiii) Manipur, (xiv)
Meghalaya, (xv) Orissa, (xvi) Patna (xvii) Punjab & Haryana, (xviii)
Sikkim, (xix) Tripura, and (xx) Uttarakhand.
This information was given by
Minister of Law & Justice, Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda in a written reply in
Rajya Sabha today.
ST/rs