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.

Shows improvement/decline in unfilled posts of judges over 5 yrs
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Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Trends

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula:

High Court judge vacancy (X) = 100 – [(Working High Court judges) / (Sanctioned High Court judges) * 100]

2017 | X1

2018 | X2 | ((X2/X1)-1)*100 = a

2019 | X3 | ((X3/X2)-1)*100 = b

2020 | X4 | ((X4/X3)-1)*100 = c

2021 | X5 | ((X5/X4)-1)*100 = d

2022 | X6 | ((X6/X5)-1)*100 = e

5-year average (a,b,c,d,e)

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: 2018 to 2022

Latest data source: Department of Justice

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.

IJR 1: Data was not available for 2011-12 for Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura. Hence, a 4-year trend has been computed for them. 2. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are not included as their 5-year data was not available separately.

IJR 2: 1. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are not included as their 5-year data was not available separately.

IJR 3: 1. Separate data not available for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for all 5 years considered. Hence, a 3-year trend has been computed for them.

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
Andhra Pradesh
10.00
2
Karnataka
6.27
3
Jharkhand
6.17
4
Telangana
5.62
5
West Bengal
4.68
6
Chhattisgarh
3.81
7
Tamil Nadu
3.45
8
Haryana
3.41
8
Punjab
3.41
10
Kerala
3.39
11
Uttar Pradesh
3.28
12
Odisha
3.10
13
Bihar
2.77
14
Gujarat
2.67
15
Madhya Pradesh
2.27
16
Maharashtra
1.90
17
Uttarakhand
1.02
18
Rajasthan
1.00
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