Parliament Question: Case Pendency in Judiciary

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3295 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 7TH AUGUST, 2026 CASE PENDENCY IN JUDICIARY †3295. SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases currently pending in the Supreme Court, High Courts and subordinate courts across the country;

(b) the details of the variation recorded in the number of pending cases during each of the last five years, State-wise;

(c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure the speedy disposal of cases pending in the courts;

(d) whether the Government maintains data on District-courts as well;

(e) if so, the number of cases lying pending, particularly in district courts of Maharashtra, district-wise; and

(f) the steps taken for the speedy disposal of the said pending cases? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) & (b): The details of number of cases currently pending in the Supreme Court, High Courts and Subordinate Courts across the country along with the number of pending cases during each of the last five years, State-wise, are at Annexure-I & II.

(c) to (f): The data of all the cases pending in the courts across the country are available at National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). The data of court cases pending in a district can be fetched from the NJDG. The number of cases pending, in the District Courts of Maharashtra, district- wise, are at Annexure-III.

Disposal of cases pending in various courts lies within the domain of the judiciary.

Timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate number of judges and judicial officers, supporting court staff and physical infrastructure, complexity of facts involved, nature of evidence, co-operation of stake holders viz. bar, investigation agencies, witnesses and litigants. However, the Government is 1fully committed for speedy disposal of cases and reducing pendency. The Government has taken several initiatives to provide an ecosystem for faster disposal of cases by the judiciary which, inter-alia, includes amalgamation of latest technologies for increasing access to justice and greater transparency under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project, better infrastructure for courts, policy and legislative measures in the areas prone to excessive litigation, enactment of New Criminal Laws, establishment of Fast Track Special Courts, promoting Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanism and emphasis on human resource development.

*** 2ANNEXURE-I STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3295 FOR ANSWER ON 07.08.2026 REGARDING ‘CASE PENDENCY IN JUDICIARY’ Number of cases pending in the Supreme Court and High Courts 2026 (as on 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Name of the Court 28.07.2026) A. Supreme Court 70,239 78,797 80,674 82,496 92,101 92,755 B. High Court 1 Allahabad 10,24,931 10,34,695 10,66,874 11,39,915 12,18,984 12,28,562 2 Bombay 5,91,536 6,36,907 6,67,961 6,95,578 6,64,979 6,43,107 3 Calcutta 2,29,563 2,14,903 2,01,489 2,03,782 2,05,591 1,99,599 4 Gauhati 55,281 57,977 60,471 61,685 63,886 65,223 5 Telangana 2,40,314 2,37,872 2,31,980 2,30,343 2,33,834 2,43,154 6 Andhra Pradesh 2,22,637 2,40,375 2,47,901 2,45,735 2,49,088 2,53,639 7 Chhattisgarh 81,613 91,714 90,518 84,629 76,337 74,019 8 Delhi 1,02,025 1,06,050 1,13,368 1,18,662 1,24,951 1,26,208 9 Gujarat 1,54,698 1,61,422 1,67,273 1,71,238 1,75,605 1,75,773 10 Himachal Pradesh 76,218 82,660 88,326 93,881 1,02,361 1,05,207 Jammu & Kashmir and 44,551 11 47,371 43,575 42,934 43,296 43,039 Ladakh 12 Jharkhand 88,721 87,904 85,736 74,353 72,192 73,339 13 Karnataka 2,49,451 2,67,541 2,84,694 2,98,662 3,28,599 3,36,263 14 Kerala 2,28,019 2,41,902 2,54,878 2,51,150 2,50,602 2,45,835 15 Madhya Pradesh 4,11,909 4,33,447 4,49,347 4,66,125 4,80,537 4,92,469 16 Manipur 4,230 4,254 4,663 5,282 5,793 6,279 17 Meghalaya 1,581 1,183 1,124 1,252 1,739 2,019 18 Punjab and Haryana 4,52,548 4,49,860 4,44,200 4,34,641 4,23,466 4,22,815 19 Rajasthan 5,42,658 5,93,601 6,00,434 6,16,341 6,82,725 7,00,347 20 Sikkim 180 164 180 207 272 323 21 Tripura 1,771 1,616 1,280 1,056 1,429 1,621 22 Uttarakhand 41,463 45,100 50,399 55,629 59,682 63,416 23 Madras 5,99,825 5,86,964 5,74,292 5,59,584 5,46,285 5,69,345 24 Orissa 1,93,123 1,59,578 1,46,540 1,45,205 1,58,915 1,70,305 25 Patna 2,26,757 2,12,870 1,97,465 2,02,249 2,19,639 2,23,973 Total 58,68,423 59,94,134 60,74,327 62,00,480 63,90,530 64,67,391

Source: National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) 3ANNEXURE-II STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3295 FOR ANSWER ON 07.08.2026 REGARDING ‘CASE PENDENCY IN JUDICIARY’ Number of cases pending in the Subordinate Courts across the country Sr. States/UTs 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 (as on No. 28.07.2026) 1 Andaman and 9,321 9,234 9,070 8,514 8,329 8,983 Nicobar 2 Andhra Pradesh 7,85,379 841998 8,95,282 9,21,948 9,15,398 9,46,039 3 Arunachal 14,318 15923 10,671 9,784 10,665 17,067 Pradesh 4 Assam 4,15,024 485455 4,51,138 4,96,819 5,64,945 6,06,018 5 Bihar 32,76,696 3464725 36,08,014 36,60,802 37,00,012 37,74,246 6 Chandigarh 72,384 89254 91,078 1,04,194 1,00,498 99,923 7 Chhattisgarh 3,81,984 414839 4,18,688 4,20,661 4,52,049 4,93,408 8 Delhi 12,31,373 1440549 12,29,806 14,52,717 15,87,493 17,29,177 9 Goa 59,414 56319 63,159 60,895 61,285 63,359 10 Gujarat 19,52,262 1725939 15,56,371 15,03,763 15,90,844 16,08,966 11 Haryana 13,13,881 1496883 15,24,118 14,46,433 15,21,463 15,25,279 12 Himachal 4,64,892 4,83,642 5,93,875 6,46,753 5,90,988 6,25,693 Pradesh 13 Jammu and 2,16,245 2,72,543 3,10,486 3,11,925 3,45,785 3,65,191 Kashmir 14 Ladakh 1,244 1,407 1,583 1,748 15 Jharkhand 4,90,905 5,04,697 5,60,102 5,47,977 5,64,410 5,84,908 16 Karnataka 17,80,802 18,64,827 19,87,983 21,13,569 22,37,391 23,35,212 17 Kerala 20,89,147 19,91,193 18,97,469 17,83,932 17,88,680 18,15,072 18 Lakshadweep 470 540 492 518 539 601 19 Madhya Pradesh 19,20,613 20,08,566 20,55,620 20,54,704 20,98,396 21,41,123 20 Maharashtra 48,00,895 49,53,521 53,26,823 56,12,876 59,26,999 62,01,462 21 Manipur 8,183 7,590 13,286 12,857 13,931 14,949 22 Meghalaya 16,010 15,014 16,068 15,178 16,343 19,262 23 Mizoram 6,304 5,620 3,983 6,298 6,875 9,627 24 Nagaland 4,569 4,443 3,201 3,357 3,856 4,095 25 Odisha 17,89,677 18,26,100 16,87,827 17,41,306 17,93,888 18,73,199 26 Puducherry 32,998 31,868 37,477 35,381 36,495 36,940 27 Punjab 9,45,609 9,23,581 8,76,134 8,64,524 9,14,711 10,23,855 28 Rajasthan 21,62,774 22,72,463 25,25,123 24,96,501 25,42,253 27,59,573 29 Sikkim 1,616 1,696 1,819 1,727 1,962 2,300 30 Tamil Nadu 13,31,944 13,87,919 15,08,744 15,20,258 17,35,167 17,87,155 31 Telangana 7,90,360 8,41,405 9,20,101 9,47,417 9,76,399 10,04,580 32 The Dadra And 6,523 6,733 7,314 7,750 8,346 8,631 Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 33 Tripura 43,096 40,661 44,490 44,085 58,295 73,557 34 Uttar Pradesh 99,66,606 1,09,86,875 1,14,44,974 1,16,48,631 1,13,45,328 1,19,06,663 35 Uttarakhand 2,87,204 3,08,694 3,50,474 3,50,069 3,00,614 3,10,778 36 West Bengal 23,84,020 25,12,418 29,96,527 33,80,587 38,35,113 41,38,014 Total 4,10,53,498 4,32,93,727 4,50,29,031 4,62,36,117 4,76,57,328 4,99,16,653

Source: National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) 4ANNEXURE-III STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3295 FOR ANSWER ON 07.08.2026 REGARDING ‘CASE PENDENCY IN JUDICIARY’ No. of cases pending in the District Courts of Maharashtra, District-wise, as on 28.07.2026 Sr. No. Name of District Total 1 Ahmednagar 2,46,885 2 Akola 1,06,954 3 Amravati 1,59,839 4 Aurangabad 2,70,635 5 Beed 1,29,636 6 Bhandara 38,643 7 Buldhana 1,19,774 8 Chandrapur 1,08,045 9 Dhule 53,997 10 Gadchiroli 22,502 11 Gondia 34,209 12 Hingoli 84,146 13 Jalgaon 1,38,989 14 Jalna 92,764 15 Kolhapur 1,83,185 16 Latur 1,12,656 17 Mah State Cooperative Appellat 21,076 18 Maharashtra Family Courts 67,322 19 Maharashtra Industrial and Lab 57,294 20 Maharashtra School Tribunals 1,023 21 Mumbai City Civil Court 1,55,376 22 Mumbai CMM Courts 6,84,641 23 Mumbai Motor Accident Claims T 7,596 24 Mumbai Small Causes Court 26,961 25 Nagpur 3,27,602 26 Nanded 1,22,709 27 Nandurbar 32,813 28 Nashik 2,68,826 29 Osmanabad 96,240 30 Parbhani 77,145 31 Pune 8,53,921 32 Raigad 1,13,676 33 Ratnagiri 32,618 34 Sangli 1,23,989 35 Satara 1,35,241 36 Sindhudurg 21,555 37 Solapur 2,58,519 38 Thane 5,38,074 39 Wardha 87,678 40 Washim 51,782 41 Yavatmal 1,34,926 Total 62,01,462

Source: National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) 5