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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
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Shows share of cases pending for > 10 years in subordinate courts
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Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Workload

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: Subordinate court cases pending for 10+ years / Total cases pending in subordinate courts * 100

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: January 2023

Latest data source: National Judicial Data Grid

Notes:

IJR 1: 1. Data not available for Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

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. Figures for Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Puducherry are from IJR 1 as their latest data was not available.

IJR 3: 1. Data not available for Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep.

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