Andhra Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh
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Odisha
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Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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)
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 (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
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Pillar: Judiciary
Theme: Human resources
IJRs: 1, 2, 3
Formula: 100 – [(Working High Court staff) / (Sanctioned High Court staff) * 100]
Benchmark: 0%
Scoring guide: Lower, the better
Latest period/date: 2021-22
Latest data source: Annual report 2021-22, Supreme Court of India
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.
| Rank | State | Score (out of 10) |
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Maharashtra |
8.07
|
|
2
|
Tamil Nadu |
7.66
|
|
3
|
Madhya Pradesh |
7.51
|
|
4
|
Jharkhand |
7.12
|
|
5
|
Kerala |
7.06
|
|
6
|
Uttar Pradesh |
6.41
|
|
7
|
Uttarakhand |
6.40
|
|
8
|
Haryana |
6.06
|
|
8
|
Punjab |
6.06
|
|
10
|
Gujarat |
5.86
|
|
11
|
Karnataka |
5.57
|
|
12
|
Odisha |
5.14
|
|
13
|
West Bengal |
4.62
|
|
14
|
Chhattisgarh |
4.44
|
|
15
|
Telangana |
4.24
|
|
16
|
Rajasthan |
3.69
|
|
17
|
Andhra Pradesh |
1.27
|
|
18
|
Bihar |
1.00
|
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