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Are there enough courthalls for sanctioned strength of judges?
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Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Infrastructure

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: 100 – [(Number of courthalls) / (Sanctioned subordinate court judges) * 100]

Benchmark: 0%

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: July-August 2022

Latest data source: Department of Justice (courthalls); Parliamentary Question-Lok Sabha, Unstarred Question No. 2116

Notes:

IJR 1: 1. States and UTs for which Court News gives combined data for subordinate courts were excluded from this indicator, namely Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu.

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. 2. West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have been excluded as Court News gave combined data for subordinate courts.

IJR 3: 1. Parliamentary question shows 0 sanctioned and 13 actual subordinate court judges for Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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