Rankings Methodology
Rankings 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.

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.

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
Maharashtra
10.00
2
Andhra Pradesh
10.00
3
Telangana
10.00
4
Gujarat
9.64
5
Chhattisgarh
9.12
6
Jharkhand
8.51
7
Kerala
8.12
8
Tamil Nadu
6.97
9
Karnataka
5.36
10
Punjab
5.17
11
Rajasthan
4.84
12
Odisha
4.52
13
West Bengal
4.30
14
Bihar
3.44
15
Uttarakhand
3.16
16
Madhya Pradesh
2.21
17
Uttar Pradesh
1.76
18
Haryana
1.00
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