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.

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

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
Uttarakhand
10.00
2
Chhattisgarh
9.41
3
Gujarat
8.47
4
Bihar
8.40
5
Karnataka
8.08
6
Rajasthan
7.82
7
Odisha
7.13
8
Tamil Nadu
6.75
9
Kerala
6.61
10
Jharkhand
6.50
11
Haryana
6.32
11
Punjab
6.32
13
Telangana
6.20
14
Andhra Pradesh
5.48
15
West Bengal
2.68
16
Uttar Pradesh
1.00
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