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Rankings Methodology
Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Arunachal Pradesh Goa Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya Mizoram Sikkim Tripura
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman & Diu Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry
Assam Manipur Nagaland
Per capita spend on judiciary
Population per High Court judge Population per sub. court judge High Court judge vacancy Sub. court judge vacancy High Court staff vacancy
Women judges (High Court) Women judges (sub. court) SC judges, actual to reserved (sub. court) ST judges, actual to reserved (sub. court) OBC judges, actual to reserved (sub. court)
Courthall shortfall
Cases pending (5-10 years) (sub. court) Cases pending (10+ years) (sub. court) Average High Court pendency Average sub. court pendency Case clearance rate (High Court) Case clearance rate (sub. court) Cases pending (5-10 years) (High Court) Cases pending (10+ years) (High Court) Cases pending for more than 3 years (High Court) New Cases pending for more than 3 years (sub. court) New
Cases pending (per High Court judge), trends Cases pending (per sub. court judge), trends Total cases pending (High Court), trends Total cases pending (sub. court), trends Judge vacancy (High Court), trends Judge vacancy (sub. court), trends Case clearance rate (High Court), trends Case clearance rate (sub. court), trends Difference in spend: judiciary vs state, trends
State Ranking
State Indicator Data
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Methodology
This page shows data for all IJR indicators, organized by pillar and theme. The visualisation below shows how the cluster of 18 large and mid-sized states fare on the chosen indicator. States ranked 1-6 for the indicator are shown in blue, those ranked 7-12 in light green and those ranked 13-18 in light brown. Mouseover on the map to see a state’s exact values for the indicator and the raw data used to calculate the indicator. To know more about the indicator, click on the ‘i’ button next to the indicator name. Use the side bar and indicator dropdown to navigate to other indicators across pillars and themes.
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Population served on average by each high court judge
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Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Human resources

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: State population / High Court judges

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: March 2022 (population); December 2022 (High Court judges)

Latest data source: National Commission on Population, 2019; Department of Justice

Notes: Population of states and UTs that share a High Court have been combined, and hence they share the same value. These are Kerala and Lakshadweep; West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh; Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu; Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

IJR 2: 1. Due to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana courts from January 2019, Q4 data of 2018-19 has been used for them.

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
 Kerala
10.00
2
 Haryana
9.57
2
 Punjab
9.57
4
 Tamil Nadu
9.33
5
 Uttarakhand
9.10
6
 Maharashtra
8.06
7
 Chhattisgarh
7.83
8
 Jharkhand
7.49
9
 Karnataka
7.22
10
 Uttar Pradesh
6.94
11
 Madhya Pradesh
6.59
12
 Gujarat
6.47
13
 West Bengal
6.14
14
 Rajasthan
5.55
15
 Telangana
5.50
16
 Odisha
5.15
17
 Bihar
2.46
18
 Andhra Pradesh
1.00
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