Rankings Methodology
Rankings Methodology

Indicates the avg. number of years a case remains pending in HC
Best
Worst

Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Workload

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula:

For each pending case in High Courts

(Date on which data was scraped – Date of case filed) = Case pending for X days

Xn = Sum of X days for each case pending in a state

n = total pending cases

Average pendency in High Courts (years) = (X1+X2+X3+……+Xn) / n * 365

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: February 2022

Latest data source: DAKSH High Court database

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.

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