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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
State Indicator Raw Data
Methodology
This page shows data for all IJR indicators, organized by pillar and theme. The visualisation below shows how the cluster of 7 small states fare on the chosen indicator, across all 3 IJRs. States ranked 1-3 for the indicator are shown in blue, those ranked 4-5 in light green and those ranked 6-7 in light brown. The table shows the indicator value as well as the raw data used to calculate it. Use the sort feature to sort any column in ascending or descending order. Use the filter feature in the first two columns to compare states or see results for only one IJR. 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.
Police Prisons Judiciary Legal Aid

Shows unfilled posts among high court judges
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Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Human resources

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: 100 – [(Working High Court judges) / (Sanctioned High Court judges) * 100]

Benchmark: 0%

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: December 2022

Latest data source: Department of Justice

Notes: States and UTs that share a High Court have been assigned 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.

Click icons in the column headers to quickly sort and filter rows.

State
IJR
Year
Score
High Court judge vacancy (%)
High court judges, sanctioned (Number)
High court judges, actual (Number)
Arunachal PradeshGoaHimachal PradeshMeghalayaMizoramSikkimTripura 4
Arunachal Pradesh4Feb 20253.88203024
Goa4Feb 20251.5427.79468
Himachal Pradesh4Feb 20251.0029.41712
Meghalaya4Feb 202510.00044
Mizoram4Feb 20253.88203024
Sikkim4Feb 202510.00033
Tripura4Feb 202510.00055
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