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S. Question No. Question Date Subject Division No. Type 1. Question No.+586 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Fast Track Courts for rape cases Justice-II
2. Question No.587 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Special Courts under SCs/STs (Prevention Justice-II of Atrocities) Act. 3. Question No.590 Unstarred 21.11.2019 e-Courts Mission Mode Project eCourts
4. Question No.591 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Special Courts for Sexual offences Justice-II
5. Question No.592 Unstarred 21.11.2019 INCREASING HIGH COURT BENCHES IN National Mission THE COUNTRY 6. Question No.593 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Vacant posts of Judges National Mission
7. Question No.594 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Promotion Of Hindi language in legal Justice-I system 8. Question No.595 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Vacancies in High Courts Desk Side
9. Question No.596 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Decision on recommendations of Desk Side Collegium 10.` Question No.597 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Arrears Committee for disposal of court National Mission cases 11. Question No.598 Unstarred 21.11.2019 Pendency of cases in District Courts National Mission
12. Question No.115 Starred 28.11.2019 India Justice Report 2019 Legal Aid to Poor
13. Question No.120 Starred 28.11.2019 Nyaya Mitra Scheme Access to Justice
14. Question No.1215 Unstarred 28.11.2019 All India Judicial Service National Mission
15. Question No.1216 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Disclosure of assets for appointment to National Mission judicial posts 16. Question No.1217 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Pending cases due to stay orders National Mission
17. Question No.1218 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Remuneration/rewards for zero pendency National Mission
18. Question No.1219 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Infrastructure in Subordinate Courts JR Section
19. Question No.1220 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Vacant posts of Judges in High Courts Appointment Division 20. Question No.1224 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Study conducted on legal system by National Mission 11M,Kolkata 21. Question No.1226 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Fast Track Special Courts Justice-II
22. Question No.1228 Unstarred 28.11.2019 Use of regional languages in courts Justice-I 23. Question No.*182 Starred 05.12.2019 Delay in criminal justice system National Mission
24. Question No.2003 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Pendency of cases in Courts and vacancy National Mission of Judges 25. Question No.2005 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Appointment of lawyers to provide legal National Mission assistance 26. Question No.2006 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Corruption in judicial services National Mission
27. Question No.2007 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Women Judges in High Courts Appointment Division 28. Question No.2008 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Vacancies of Judges in Andhra Pradesh Appointment Division 29. Question No.2009 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Pendency of cases in District Courts/High National Mission Courts 30. Question No.2011 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Modernization of judicial infrastructure JR Section
31. Question No.2012 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Pending cases of corruption National Mission
32. Question No.2007 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Funds for judicial infrastructure JR Section development in Madhya Pradesh 33. Question No.2014 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Video conferencing during trials eCourts
34. Question No.2018 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Sanctioned post of Judges in High Courts Appointment Division 35. Question No.2019 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Problems reflected by India Justice National Mission Report, 2019 36. Question No.2020 Unstarred 05.12.2019 SCs/STs Judges in Supreme Court Appointment Division 37. Question No.2021 Unstarred 05.12.2019 FAST TRACK COURTS IN ANDHRA Justice-II PRADESH 38. Question No.2022 Unstarred 05.12.2019 Vacancies of Judges in Courts Appointment Division 39. Question No.256 Unstarred 12.12.2019 Mobile application to read Supreme Court Justice-I Judgments 40. Question No.2818 Unstarred 12.12.2019 Women judges in courts Appointment Division 41. Question No.2819 Unstarred 12.12.2019 Pre-litigation mediation for commercial National Mission disputes 42. Question No.2820 Unstarred 12.12.2019 National Judicial Data Grid National Mission
43. Question No.2821 Unstarred 12.12.2019 Judges belonging to SCs/STs in the higher Appointment judiciary Division 44. Question No.2822 Unstarred 12.12.2019 Cases pending for twenty years National Mission
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE .-,. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ****** RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTIONNO. +586
TO BE ANSWEREDONTHURSDAY,THE 21st NOVEMBER,2019
Fast Track Courts for rape cases
+586. SHRI Lal Sinh Vadodia:
Willthe Minister of LAWANDJUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a)whether it is a fact that Government is considering to establish Fast Track Courts to dispose of rape cases;
(b) if so, whether Government has taken any step in this direction so far; and (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AN~ _._- ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b&c): In furtherance to The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, Government has finalized a scheme for Setting up of a total of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases pertaining to Rape and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in a time-bound manner under Centrally Sponsorred Scheme. State Govcrnments /U'I' Administration have been communicated and asked to furnish required details for release of Central Share. After completion of requisite formalities, so far funds have been released, to 10 States viz. Nagaland, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttarakhand for setting up of 315 numbers of FTSCs/exc1usive POCSO courts.
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UNSTARRED QUESTIONNO. 587
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY,THE 21st NOVEMBER, 2019
Special Courts under SCs/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
587. SHRI RIPUN BORA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICEbe pleased to state:
(a)whether a Special Court has been set up to try cases under the SCs/STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 in all the districts of the country as mandated under Section 14 of the Act ;
(b) if not, the reasons therefor along with the details of StateslDistrictswhere it has not been set up; and (c) the number of cases filed under the Act during the last three years and the pendency of such cases thereof? ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a)&(b): Section 14 of the Scheduled Cases and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) (POA) Act, 1989, as amended by the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 (No.1 of 2016) specifies that for the purpose of providing for speedy trial, the State Government shall, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, establish an Exclusive Special Court for one or more Districts, provided that in Districts where less number of cases under this Act is recorded, the State Government shall, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, specify for such Districts, the Court of Session to be a _~pecialCourt to try the , offences under the Act. .,
Accordingly as per available information, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Tharkhand,' Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, NCT of Delhi and Puducherry have designated District Session Courts as Special Courts.
For ensuring speedy trial of cases under the PoA Act, 157 Exclusive Special Courts have also been set up by twelve States i.e·~Andhra Pradesh (01), Bihar (05), Cbhatisgarh (03), Gujarat (16), Jharkhand (04), Karnataka (08), Madhya Pradesh (43), Maharashtra (03), Odisha (03), Rajasthan (25), Tamilnadu (06) and Uttar Pradesh (40). 'Police' and 'Public Oder' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule (List-II) to the Constitution of India and the State Governments and UT Administrations are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration, .investigation and prosecution of all crimes within their jurisdiction including crimes against members of SCs and STs and implementation of provisions of the PoA Act and the PoA Rules. (c): The statistics related to cases under the PoA Act is provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs. The available relevant data from NCRB for the last three years is as under: Total Number Year Number of Number of Number Number of cases cases in cases of cases of cases number cases pending Courts compounded ended in ended in of with the including or conviction acquittal disposed courts at brought withdrawn of by the the end forward during trial Courts of the from year previous / year 18586 131517 2015 150687 584 4802 13784 17449 149661 2016 167660 550 4354 13095 16136 175409 2017 191709 164 5553 10583
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 590 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21st NOVEMBER, 2019
e-Courts Mission Mode Project
590. SHRI TIRUCHI SIVA:
WiJlthe Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of e-Courts that have been set up both at the district level as well as in High Courts as of 2019 under the e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project; and (b) the names of districts where the e-Courts mission has been implemented and the names of States where High Courts have e- Court chambers as of 2019?
ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) :. The number of Court Complexes and Court Rooms, High Court-wise and State-wise, that have been computerized at the District and Subordinate Court level is given in Annexure I. The High Courts have been computerized by utilizing the funds of respective state governments. The e-Courts project has provided funds for computerization of District and Subordinate Courts.
(b) : The names of districts where e-Courts Mission Mode Project has been implemented is given in Annexure II. All High Courts have been computerized using the funds provided by the respective state governments. "
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ANNEXUREl
Numbe'r of Court Complexes and c_ourt Rooms, High court-wise and State-wise, that have been computerized at the District and Subordinate Court level: ,.------.- -_. __ .._------~--- Number of Court Number of Complexes Court Rooms Sr. computerized computerized No High Court State 2072 1 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 173 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1 Daman and Diu 2 2 Bombay 2079 Goa 17 Maharashtra 471 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5 14 3 Calcutta West Bengal 90 797 357 4 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh 90 427 5 Delhi Delhi 11 Arunachal Pradesh 13 15 65 383 6 Gauhati Assam Mizoram 8 61 Nagaland 11 37 1108 7 Gujarat Gujarat 359 Himachal Himachal 119 8 Pradesh Pradesh 43 Jammu and Jammu & 218 9 Kashmir Kashmir 84 351 10 Jharkhand Jharkhand 29 897 11 Karnataka Karnataka 200 12 Kerala Kerala 170 486 Madhya Madhya 1293 13 Pradesh Pradesh 203 Puducherry 4 24 14 Madras Tamil Nadu 255 1008 37 15 Manipur Manipur 15 3
,---,------~--~------Number of Court Number of Sr. '-t'e" . . Complexes Court Rooms , ", computerized computerized No High Court Sta 16 Meghalaya Meghalaya 11 39
17______t------Orissa Odisha 156f--- 534 ------18 Patna Bihar 78 1025 Chandigarh 1 Punjab & 1018 19 Haryana 56 Haryana Punjab 65 1094 20 Rajasthan Rajasthan 328 19 21 Sikkim Sikkim 10 Telangana & Andhra Pradesh 191 1078 22 Andhra Pradesh Telangana 105 15 69 23 Tripura Tripura ------~--,-----.- 1------f---- . 186 24 UUarakhand uttarakheno 53 16845 Total 3388 4
ANNEXURE II
Names of Districts where the e-Courts Mission Mode Project has been implemented
Judicial District Sr. No. High Court State 1 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh AGRA 2 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh ALiGARH 3 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh ALLAHABAD 4 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh AMBEDKAR NAGAR 5 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh AMROHA (J. P. NAGAR) 6 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh AURAIYA 7 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh AZAMGARH 8 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BAGHPAT 9 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BAHRAICH 10 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BALLIA 11 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BALRAMPUR 12 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BANDA 13 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BARABANKI 14 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BAREILLY 15 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BASTI 16 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BHADOHI AT GYANPUR 17 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BIJNOR 18 -, Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BUDAUN 19 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh BULANDSHAHAR 20 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh CHANDAULI 21 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh CHITRAKOOT 22 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh DEORIA 23 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh ETAH 24 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh ETAWAH 25 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh FAIZABAD . .26 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh FARRUKHABAD 27 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh FATEHPUR 5
28 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh FIROZABAD 29 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh GAUTAMBUDH NAGAR 30 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh GHAZIABAD 31 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh GHAZIPUR 32 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh GONDA 33 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh GORAKHPUR 34 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh HAMIRPUR 35 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh HAPUR 36 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh HARDOI 37 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh HATHRAS 38 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh JALAUN AT ORAl 39 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh JAUNPUR 40 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh JHANSI 41 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh KANNAUJ
\ 42 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh KANPUR NAGAR 43 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh KASGANJ 44 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh KAUSHAMBI 45 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh KUSHINAGAR 46 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh LAKHIMPUR KHERI 47 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh LALITPUR 48 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh LUCKNOW 49 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MAHARAJGANJ 50 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MAHOBA 51 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MAINPURI 52 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MATHURA 53 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MAU 54 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MEERUT 55 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MIRZAPUR 56 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh MORADABAD MUZAFFARNAGAR 57 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh 58 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh PILlBHIT ------_
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59 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh PRATAPGARH 60 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh RAEBARELI 61 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh KANPUR DEHAT 62 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh RAMPUR 63 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SAHARANPUR SAMBHALAT 64 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh CHANDAUSI
65 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SANT KABIR NAGAR 66 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SHAHJAHANPUR 67 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SHAMLI 68 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SHRAWASTI 69 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SIDDARTHNAGAR 70 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SITAPUR 71 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SONBHADRA 72 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh SULTANPUR 73 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh UNNAO 74 Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh VARANASI 75 Bombay Maharashtra Ahmednagar 76 Bombay Maharashtra Akola 77 Bombay Maharashtra Amravati 78 Bombay Maharashtra Aurangabad 79 Bombay Maharashtra Beed 80 Bombay Maharashtra Bhandara 81 Bombay Maharashtra Buldana 82 Bombay Maharashtra Chandrapur 83 Bombay Maharashtra Dhule 84 Bombay Maharashtra Gadchiroli 85 Bombay Maharashtra . Gondia 86 Bombay Maharashtra Jalgaon 87 Bombay Maharashtra Jalna " 88 Bombay Maharashtra Kolhapur 89 Bombay Maharashtra Latur 7
90 Bombay Maharashtra Mumbai 91 Bombay Maharashtra Nagpur 92 Bombay Maharashtra Nanded 93 Bombay Maharashtra Nandurbar 94 Bombay Maharashtra Nashik 95 Bombay Maharashtra Osmanabad 96 Bombay Maharashtra Parbhani 97 Bombay Maharashtra Pune 98 Bombay Maharashtra Raigad - Alibag 99 Bombay Maharashtra Ratnagiri 100 Bombay Maharashtra Sangli 101 Bombay Maharashtra Satara 102 Bombay Maharashtra Sindhudurg-Oros 103 Bombay Maharashtra Solapur 104 Bombay Maharashtra Thane 105 Bombay Maharashtra Wardha 106 Bombay Maharashtra Washim 107 Bombay Maharashtra Yavatmal 108 Bombay Goa North Goa 109 Bombay Goa South Goa 11.0 Bombay Daman and Diu Diu 111 Bombay Daman and Diu Moti Daman 112 Bombay Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa 113 Bombay Maharashtra North Goa 114 Bombay Maharashtra Panvel 115 Calcutta West Bengal Nadia 116 Calcutta West Bengal Birbhum 117 Calcutta West Bengal Kolkata 118 Calcutta West Bengal Darjeeling 119 Calcutta .West Bengal Bankura 120 Calcutta West Bengal Hooghly 8 .,,'
121 Calcutta West Bengal Purba Medinipur 122 -Calcutta West Bengal Dakshin Diriajpur 123 Calcutta West Bengal Purulia 124 Calcutta West Bengal Maida 125 Calcutta West Bengal . Coochbehar 126 Calcutta West Bengal Uttar dinajpur 127 Calcutta West Bengal Jalpaiguri 128 Calcutta West Bengal Burdwan 129 Calcutta West Bengal North 24 Parganas 130 Calcutta West Bengal South 24 Parganas 131 Calcutta West Bengal Murshidabad 132 Calcutta West Bengal Paschim Medinipur 133 Calcutta West Bengal Howrah Andaman & Nicobar Andaman & Nicobar . 134 Calcutta Islands Islands
135 Calcutta West Bengal Kalimpong 136 Calcutta West Bengal Gorubathan 137 Delhi Delhi Central 138 Delhi Delhi West 139 Delhi Delhi New Delhi 140 Delhi Delhi South West 141 Delhi Delhi North 142 Delhi Delhi North West 143 Delhi Delhi East 144 Delhi Delhi North East 145 Delhi Delhi Shahdara 146 Delhi Delhi South 147 Delhi Delhi South East 148 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh BALOD 149 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh BALODA BAZAR . BALRAMPUR AT 150 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh RAMANUJ GANJ 9
151 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh BASTAR AT JAGDALPUR 152 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh BEMETARA 153 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh BILASPUR 154 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh DHAMTARI 155 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh DURG 156 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh JANJGIR-CHAMPA 157 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh JASHPUR 158 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh KABIRDHAM-KAWARDHA 159 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh KONDAGAON 160 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh KORBA 161 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh KOREA 162 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MAHASAMUND 163 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MUNGELI 164 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh NORH BASTAR-KANKER 165 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh RAIGARH 166 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh RAIPUR 167 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh RAJNANDGAON SOUTH BASTAR- Chhattisgarh 168 Chhattisgarh DANTEWADA
169 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh SURAJPUR 170 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh SURGUJA 171 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH PAPUMPARE 172 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH LOHIT 173 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH WEST SIANG 174 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH EAST SIANG 175 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH WEST KAMENG 176 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH EAST KAMENG 177 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH LOWER SUBANSIRI 178 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH LOWER DIBANG VALLEY 179 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH TAWANG ·180 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH UPPER SIANG 181 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH UPPER SUBANSIRI 10
182 Gauhati ARUNACHAL PRADESH TIRAP 183 Gauhati Assam BAKSA 184 Gauhati Assam BARPETA 185 Gauhati Assam BONGAIGAON 186 Gauhati Assam CACHAR 187 Gauhati Assam CHIRANG 188 Gauhati Assam DAR RANG 189 Gauhati Assam DHEMAJI DHUBRI 190 Gauhati Assam J 191 Gauhati Assam DIBRUGARH 192 Gauhati Assam DIMA HASAO 193 Gauhati Assam GOALPARA 194 Gauhati Assam GOLAGHAT 195 Gauhati Assam HAILAKANDI 196 Gauhati Assam JORHAT 197 Gauhati Assam KAMRUP 198 Gauhati Assam KAMRUP METRO 199 Gauhati Assam KARBI ANGLONG 200 Gauhati Assam KARIMGANJ 201 Gauhati Assam KOKRAJHAR 202 Gauhati Assam LAKHIMPUR 203 Gauhati Assam MORIGAON 204 Gauhati Assam NAGAON 205 Gauhati Assam NALBARI 206 Gauhati Assam SIVASAGAR 207 Gauhati Assam SONITPUR 208 Gauhati Assam TINSUKIA 209 Gauhati Assam UDALGURI 210 Gauhati Mizoram Aizawl 211 Gauhati Mizoram Lunglei 212 Gauhati Nagaland Kohima 11 .".
213 Gauhati Nagaland Dimapur 214 .Gauhati Nagaland Wokha 215 Gauhati Nagaland Mokokchung 216 Gauhati Nagaland Longleng 217 Gauhati Nagaland Zunheboto 218 Gauhati Nagaland Tuensang 219 Gauhati Nagaland Mon 220 Gauhati Nagaland Phek 221 Gauhati Nagaland Kiphire 222 Gauhati Naqaland Peren 223 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Ahmedabad 224 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Amreli 225 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Arvalli at Modasa 226 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Anand 227 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Bharuch 228 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Bhavnagar 229 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Banaskantha at Palanpur 230 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Chhota udepur 231 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Dahod 232 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Devbhumi-Dwarka 233 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Gandhinagar 234 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Gir-Somnath 235 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Jamnagar 236 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Junagadh 237 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Kachchh at Bhuj 238 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Kheda at Nadiad 239 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Mahisaagar at Lunavada 240 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Mehsana 241 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Morbi 242 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Narmada at Rajpipla 243 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Navsari 12
244 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Panchmahal at Godhra 245 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Patan 246 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Porbandar 247 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Rajkot Sabarkantha at 248 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Himmatnagar
249 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Surat 250 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Surendranagar 251 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Tapi at Vyara 252 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Vadodara 253 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Valsad 254 High Court of Gujarat Gujarat Ahmedabad 255 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh BILASPUR 256 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh CHAMBA 257 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh HAMIRPUR 258 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh KANGRA AT D'SHALA KINNAUR AT RAMPUR Himachal Pradesh 259 Himachal Pradesh BUSHAHR
260 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh KULLU 261 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh MANDl 262 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh SHIMLA 263 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh SIRMAUR AT NAHAN 264 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh SOLAN 265 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh UNA 266 Jharkhand Jharkhand BOKARO 267 Jharkhand Jharkhand CHATRA 268 Jharkhand Jharkhand DEOGHAR 269 Jharkhand Jharkhand DHANBAD 270 Jharkhand Jharkhand DUMKA EAST SINGHBHUM AT 271 Jharkhand Jharkhand JAMSHEDPUR
272 Jharkhand Jharkhand GARHWA 273 Jharkhand Jharkhand GIRIDIH 13
274 Jharkhand Jharkhand , GODDA
275 Jharkhand Jharkhand GUMLA . 276 Jharkhand Jharkhand HAZARIBAGH. 277 Jharkhand Jharkhand· JAMTARA Jharkhand KHUNTI 278 Jharkhand., KODERMA 279 Jharkhand Jharkhand , 280 Jharkhand Jharkhand LATEHAR ,." < 281 Jharkhand Jharkhand LOHARDAGA 282 Jharkhand Jharkhand PAKUR 283 Jharkhand Jharkhand PALAMU 284 Jharkhand Jharkhand RAMGARH' 285 Jharkhand Jharkhand RANCHI 286 Jharkhand Jharkhand SAHIBGANJ 287 Jharkhand Jharkhand SERAIKELLA 288 Jharkhand Jharkhand SIMDEGA WEST SINGHBHUMAT 289 . Jharkhand Jharkhand CHAIBASA WEST SINGHBHUM AT 290 Jharkhand Jharkhand CHAIBASA (PORAHAT)
291 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar 292 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu 293 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Kathua 294 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Ramban 295 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Udhampur 296 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir DODA 297 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Reasi 298 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Samba 299 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Rajouri 300 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Poonch 301 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Anantnag 302 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Bandipora , 303 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Ganderbal 14
304 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Kargil 305 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar 306 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Bararnulla 307 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Kulgam 308 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Leh 309 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama 310 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Shopian 311 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Budgam 312 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir KUPWARA 313 Karnataka Karnataka BAGALKOT 314 Karnataka Karnataka BELAGAVI 315 Karnataka Karnataka BELLARI 316 Karnataka Karnataka BENGALURU 317 Karnataka Karnataka BENGALURU RURAL 318 Karnataka Karnataka BIDAR 319 Karnataka Karnataka CHAMRAJNAGAR 320 Karnataka Karnataka CHIKKABALLAPUR 321 Karnataka Karnataka CHIKKAMAGALURU 322 Karnataka Karnataka CHITRADURGA 323 Karnataka Karnataka DAKSHINA KANNADA 324 Karnataka Karnataka DAVANGERE 325 Karnataka Karnataka DHARWAD 326 Karnataka Karnataka GADAG 327 Karnataka Karnataka HASSAN 328 Karnataka Karnataka HAVERI 329 Karnataka Karnataka KALABURAGI 330 Karnataka Karnataka KODAGU 331 Karnataka Karnataka KOLAR 332 Karnataka Karnataka KOPPAL 333 Karnataka Karnataka MANDYA 334 Karnataka Karnataka MYSURU 15
335 Karnataka Karnataka RAICHUR 336 Karnataka Karnataka , RAMANAGARAM 337 Karnataka Karnataka SHIVAMOGGA 338 Karnataka Karnataka TUMAKURU 339 Karnataka Karnataka UDUPI 340 Karnataka Karnataka UTTARA KAN NADA 341 Karnataka Karnataka VIJAYAPURA 342 Karnataka Karnataka YADGIR 343 KERALA KERALA Thiruvananthapuram 344 KERALA KERALA Kollam 345 KERALA KERALA Pathanamthitta 346 KERALA KERALA Alappuzha 347 KERALA KERALA Kottayam 348 KERALA KERALA Thodupuzha 349 KERALA KERALA Ernakulam 350 KERALA KERALA Thrissur 351 KERALA KERALA Palakkad 352 KERALA KERALA Manjeri 353 KERALA KERALA Kozhikode 354 KERALA KERALA Kalpetta 355 KERALA KERALA Thalassery 356 KERALA KERALA Kasaragod 357 Madras Tamil Nadu Ariyalur 358 Madras Tamil Nadu Chennai 359 Madras Tamil Nadu Coimbatore 360 Madras Tamil Nadu Cuddalore 361 Madras Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri 362 Madras Tamil Nadu Dindigul 363 Madras Tamil Nadu Erode· 364 Madras Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram 365 Madras Tamil Nadu Kanniyakumari 16
366 Madras Tamil Nadu Karur 367 Madras Tamil Nadu Krishnagiri 368 Madras Tamil Nadu Madurai 369 Madras Tamil Nadu Nagapattinam 370 Madras Tamil Nadu Namakkal 371 Madras Tamil Nadu Perambalur 372 Madras Puducherry PUDUCHERRY 373 Madras Tamil Nadu Pudukkottai 374 Madras Tamil Nadu Ramanathapuram 375 Madras Tamil Nadu Salem 376 Madras Tamil Nadu Sivagangai 377 Madras Tamil Nadu Thanjavur 378 Madras Tamil Nadu The Nilgiris 379 Madras Tamil Nadu Theni 380 Madras Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli 381 Madras Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli 382 Madras Tamil Nadu Tiruppur 383 Madras Tamil Nadu Tiruvannamalai 384 Madras Tamil Nadu Tiruvarur 385 Madras Tamil Nadu Thoothukudi ~ 386 Madras Tamil Nadu Tiruvallur 387 Madras Tamil Nadu Villupuram 388 Madras Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar 389 Madras Tamil Nadu Vellore 390 Meghalaya Meghalaya East Khasi Hills 391 Meghalaya Meghalaya 392 Meghalaya Meghalaya West Khasi Hills 393 Meghalaya Meghalaya 394 Meghalaya Meghalaya South West Garo Hills _. 395 Meghalaya Meghalaya 396 Meghalaya Meghalaya Ri Bhoi 17
Meghalaya 397 Meghalaya West Garo Hills 398 Manipur Manipur CHAN DEL 399 Manipur Manipur CHURACHANDPUR 400 Manipur Manipur . IMPHAL EAST 401 Manipur Manipur IMPHALWEST 402 Manipur Manipur SENAPATI 403 Manipur Manipur THOUBAL 404 Manipur Manipur UKHRUL· 405 Manipur Manipur ALlRAJPUR 406 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh ANUPPUR 407 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh ASHOKNAGAR 408 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh ASHOKNAGAR 409 Madhya Pradesh$ Madhya Pradesh BALAGHAT 410 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh BARWANI 411 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh BETUL 412 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh BHIND 413 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh BHOPAL 414 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh BURHANPUR 415 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh CHHATARPUR 416 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh CHHINDWARA 417 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh DAMOH 418 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh DATIA 419 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh DEWAS 420 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh DHAR 421 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh DINDORI 422 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh GUNA 423 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh GWALIOR 424 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh HARDA 425 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh HOSHANGABAD 426 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh INDORE 427 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh 18
428 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh JABALPUR 429 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh JHABUA 430 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh KATNI 431 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh KHANDWA 432 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MANDLA 433 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MANDLESHWAR 434 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MANDSAUR 435 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MORENA 436 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh NARS,INGHPUR 437 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh NEEMUCH 438 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh PANNA 439 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh RAISEN 440 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh RAJGARH 441 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh RAT LAM 442 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh REWA 443 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SAGAR 444 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SATNA 445 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SEHORE 446 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SEONI 447 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SHAH DOL 448 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SHAJAPUR 449 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SHEOPUR 450 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SHIVPURI 451 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SIDHI 452 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh SINGRAULI 453 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh TIKAMGARH 454 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh UJJAIN 455 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh UMARIA 456 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh VIDISHA 457 . Orissa Odisha ANUGUL 458 Orissa Odisha BALANGIR 19
459 Orissa Odisha BALASORE . ',~ 460 Orissa Odisha BARGARH . 461 Orissa Odlsha BHADRAK 462 Orissa Odisha BOUDH 463 Orissa Odisha CUTTACK 464 Orissa Odisha DEOGARH 465 Orissa Odisha DHENKANAL 466 Orissa Odisha GAJAPATI 467 Orissa Odisha GANJAM 468 Orissa Odisha JAGATSINGHPUR 469 Orissa Odisha JAJPUR 470 Orissa Odisha JHARSUGUDA 471 Orissa Odisha KALAHANDI 472 Orissa Odisha KANDHAMAL 473 Orissa Odisha KENDRAPADA 474 Orissa Odisha KEONJHAR 475 Orissa Odisha KHURDA 476 Orissa Odisha KORAPUT· 477 Orissa Odisha MALKANGIRI 478 Orissa Odisha MAYURBHANJ 479 Orissa Odisha NABARANGPUR 480 Orissa Odisha NAYAGARH 481 Orissa Odisha NUAPADA. 482 Orissa Odisha PURl 483 Orissa Odisha RAYAGADA 484 Orissa Odisha SAMBALPUR 485 Orissa Odisha SONEPUR 486 Orissa Odisha SUNDARGARH 487 Patna Bihar ARARIA 488 Patna Bihar AURANGAB.AD 489 Patna Bihar BANKA 20 ....:
BEGUSARAI 490 Patna Bihar BETT~AH 491 Patna Bihar BHABHUA 492 Patna Bihar BHAGALPUR 493 Patna Bihar BHOJPUR 494 Patna Bihar 495 Patna Bihar BUXAR DARBHANGA 496 Patna Bihar EAST CHAMPARAN 497 Patna Bihar 498 Patna Bihar GAYA 499 Patna Bihar GOPALGANJ 500 Patna Bihar JAMUl 501 Patna Bihar JEHANABAD 502 Patna Bihar KATIHAR 503 Patna Bihar KHAGARIA 504 Patna Bihar KISHANGANJ 505 Patna Bihar LAKHISARAI MADHEPURA 506 Patna Bihar MADHUBANI 507 Patna Bihar 508 Patna Bihar MUNGER MUZAFFARPUR 509 Patna. Bihar 510 Patna Bihar NALANDA 511 Patna Bihar NAWADA 512 Patna Bihar PATNA 513 Patna Bihar PURNEA ROHTAS SASARAM 514 Patna Bihar 515 Patna Bihar SAHARSA SAMASTIPUR 516 Patna Bihar SARAN AT CHAPRA 517 Patna Bihar 518 . Patna Bihar SHEIKHPURA SHEOHAR 519 Patna Bihar SITAMARHI 520 Patna Bihar 21 ,"
521 Patna Bihar SIWAN 522 Patna Bihar SUPAUL 523 Patna Bihar VAISHALI 524 Patna Bihar Begusarai 525 Patna Bihar Sitamarhi High Court of Punjab & 526 Punjab Amritsar Haryana
527 High Court of Punjab & Punjab Barnala Haryana High Court of Punjab & 528 Punjab Bathinda Haryana
529 High Court of Punjab & Punjab Faridkot Haryana High Court of Punjab & 530 Punjab Fatehgarh Sahib Haryana High Court of Punjab & 531 Punjab Ferozepur Haryana
532 High Court of Punjab & Punjab Gurdaspur Haryana High Court of Punjab & 533 Punjab Hoshiarpur Haryana High Court of Punjab & 534 Punjab Jalandhar Haryana High Court of Punjab & 535 Punjab Kapurthala Haryana 536 High Court of Punjab & Punjab Ludhiana Haryana High Court of Punjab & 537 Punjab Mansa Haryana High Court of Punjab & 538 Punjab Moga Haryana High Court of Punjab & 539 Punjab Pathankot Haryana High Court of Punjab & 540 Punjab Patiala Haryana High Court of Punjab & 541 Punjab Rupnagar Haryana High Court of Punjab & 542 Punjab SAS Nagar Haryana 22
High Court of Punjab & Sangrur 543 Punjab Haryana High Court of Punjab & SBS Nagar 544 Punjab Haryana High Court of Punjab & Sri Muktsar Sahib 545 Punjab Haryana High Court of Punjab & Tarn Taran 546 Punjab Haryana High Court of Punjab & AMBALA 547 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & BHIWANI 548 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & CHARKHI DADRI 549 HARYANA Haryana
High Court of Punjab & HARYANA TOSHAM 550 Haryana High Court- of Punjab & LOHARU 551 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & SIWANI 552 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & FATEHABAD 553 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab &- RATIA 554 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & TOHANA 555 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & FARIDABAD 556 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & GURUGRAM 557 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & SOHNA 558 HARYANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & PATAUDI 559 HARYANA - Haryana High Court of Punjab & 560 HARYANA HISAR Haryana High Court of Punjab & HANSI 561 HARYANA Haryana . High Court of Punjab & JIND 562 HARYANA Haryana 23
563 High Courtof Punjab & HARYANA NARWANA Haryana 564 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA SAFIOON Haryana 565 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA JHAJJAR Haryana 566 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA BAHAOURGARH Haryana
567 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA KAITHAL Haryana
568 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA GUHLA Haryana
569 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA· KARNAL Haryana 570 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA ASSANOH Haryana High Court of Punjab & 571 HARYANA INORI Haryana High Court of Punjab & 572 HARYANA KURUKSHETRA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 573 HARYANA SHAHABAO Haryana High Court of Punjab & 574 HARYANA PEHOWA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 575 HARYANA NARNAUL Haryana High Court of Punjab & 576 HARYANA MOHINDERGARH Haryana High Court of Punjab & 577 HARYANA KANINA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 578 HARYANA MEWAT Haryana High Court of Punjab & 579 HARYANA FEROZEPUR JHIRKA Haryana High Court of Punjab & , 580 HARYANA PALWAL Haryana High Court of Punjab & 581 HARYANA HATHIN Haryana , High Court of Punjab & 582 HARYANA HODAL Haryana 24
High Court of Punjab & HARYANA PANCHKULA 583 Haryana 584 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA KALKA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 585 HARYANA PANIPAT Haryana
586 High Court of Punjab & HARYANA SAMALKHA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 587 HARYANA REWARI Haryana High Court of Punjab & 588 HARYANA· KOSLI Haryana High Court of Punjab & 589 HARYANA BAWAL Haryana High Court of Punjab & 590 HARYANA ROHTAK Haryana High Court of Punjab & 591 HARYANA MEHAM Haryana High ·Court of Punjab & 592 HARYANA SIRSA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 593 HARYANA DABWALI Haryana High Court of Punjab & 594 HARYANA ELLENABAD Haryana High Court of Punjab & 595 HARYANA RANIA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 596 HARYANA SONIPAT Haryana High Court of Punjab & 597 HARYANA GANAUR Haryana High Court of Punjab & 598 HARYANA GOHANA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 599 HARYANA KHARKHODA Haryana High Court of Punjab & 600 HARYANA YAMUNANAGAR Haryana High Court of Punjab & 601 HARYANA BILASPUR Haryana . High Court of Punjab & 602 CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH Haryana 25
603 Rajasthan Rajasthan Ajmer 604 Rajasthan Rajasthan Alwar 605 Rajasthan Rajasthan Balotra 606 Rajasthan Rajasthan Banswara 607 Rajasthan Rajasthan Baran 608 . Rajasthan Rajasthan BHARATPUR 609 Rajasthan Rajasthan Bhilwara 610 Rajasthan Rajasthan Bikaner 611 Rajasthan Rajasthan Bundi 612 Rajasthan Rajasthan Chittorgarh 613 Rajasthan Rajasthan Churu 614 Rajasthan Rajasthan DAUSA 615 Rajasthan Rajasthan Dholpur 616 Rajasthan Rajasthan Dungarpur 617 Rajasthan Rajasthan Hanumangarh. 618 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jaipur District 619 Rajasthan Rajasthan JAIPUR METRO 620 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jaisalmer 621 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jalore 622 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jhalawar 623 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jhunjhunu 624 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jodhpur District 625 Rajasthan Rajasthan Jodhpur Metro 626 Rajasthan Rajasthan Karauli 627 Rajasthan Rajasthan Kota 628 Rajasthan Rajasthan Merta 629 Rajasthan Rajasthan Pali 630 Rajasthan Rajasthan Pratapgarh 631 Rajasthan Rajast~an Rajsamand 632 Rajasthan Rajasthan Sawai Madhopur 633 Rajasthan Rajasthan Sikar 26
634 Rajasthan Rajasthan Sirohi 635 Rajasthan Rajasthan Sri Ganganagar 636 Rajasthan Rajasthan Tonk 637 Rajasthan Rajasthan Udaipur 638 High Court of Sikkim Sikkim WEST DISTRICT 639 High Court of Sikkim Sikkim NORTH DISTRICT 640 High Couurt of Sikkim Sikkim NORTH DISTRICT 641 High Court of Sikkim Sikkim EAST DISTRICT 642 High Court of Sikkim Sikkim SOUTH DISTRICT
643 High Court of Andhra . ANDHRA PRADESH ANANTHAPURAMU Pradesh
644 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH Chittoor Pradesh
645 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH East Godavari District Pradesh
646 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH GUNTUR Pradesh
647 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH Kadapa Pradesh
648 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH Krishna Pradesh
649 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH KURNOOL Pradesh
650 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH Prakasam Pradesh
High Court of Andhra 651 ANDHRA PRADESH S.P.S.R. Nellore Pradesh
652 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH Srikakulam Pradesh
, High Court of Andhra 653 ANDHRA PRADESH Visakhapatnam Pradesh 27
654 High Court of Andhra ANDHRA PRADESH VIZIANAGARAM Pradesh
High Court of Andhra 655 ANDHRA PRADESH West Godavari Pradesh
High Court for the State Adilabad 656 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State Hyderabad - City Civil 657 of Telangana TELANGANA Court
High Court for the State Hyderabad - City Small 658 of Telangana TELANGANA Causes Court
High Court for the State Hyderabad - Metropotitan 659 of Telangana TELANGANA Sessions Court
High Court for the State Karimnagar 660 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State KHAMMAM 661 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State Mahabubnagar 662 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State Medak 663 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State Nalgonda 664 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State Nizamabad 665 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State RangaReddy 666 of Telangana TELANGANA
High Court for the State WARANGAL .667 of Telangana TELANGANA
668 High Court of Tripura Tripura West Tripura 28
669 High Court of Tripura Tripura Sepahijala Tripura 670 High Court of Tripura Tripura 671 High Court of Tripura Tripura Unakoti 672 High Court of Tripura Tripura Dhalai 673 High Court of Tripura Tripura Gomati 674 High Court of Tripura Tripura South Tripura Nortth Tripura Judicial 675 High Court of Tripura Tripura District
676 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Almora Bageshwar 677 UUarakhand Uttarakhand Chamoli 678 UUarakhand Uttarakhand Champawat 679 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Dehradun 680 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand FTC-Dehradun 681 Utlarakhand Uttarakhand Haridwar 682 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand 683 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Nainital Pauri Garhwal 684 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Pithoragarh 685 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Rudraprayag 686 Uttarakhand . Uttarakhand Tehri Garhwal 687 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Udham Singh Nagar 688 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarkashi 689 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTlCE DEP ARTMENT OF JUSTICE ******
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 591
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21st NOVEMBER, 2019
Special Courts for Sexual offences
591. SHRI S.Muthukaruppan:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state?
(a) whether it is a fact that Government is considering to set up 1070 Special courts all over the country for sexual offences against women & children; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether it is also a fact that Government is considering to set up more courts to deal with other issues to reduce the pendency of cases in various courts; and (d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RA VI SHANKAR PRASAD) .
(a)&(b): In furtherance to The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, Government has finalized a Scheme for Setting up of a total of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases pertaining to Rape and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in a time-bound manner under Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs.767.25 crore which has a Central Share of Rs.474 crore. Funds have been released, to 10 States viz. Nagaland, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttarakhand for setting up of 315" numbers of FTSCs/exclusive POCSO courts.
(c&d): In accordance with the award given by the 14th Finance Commission, State governments were given responsibility for providing funds for creation of Judicial Infrastructure including Setting up of 1800 Fast Track Courts (FTCs) during 2015- 20 for trial of specific natured cases pertaining to. heinous crimes, cases related with women, children, senior citizen and other marginalized sections of society etc. and civil cases of land acquisition pending above 5 years. The Commission also urged the State governments to utilize enhanced fiscal space provided through tax devolution (32% to 42%) for the above. There are 704 numbers of such FTCs functioning in the country (as on 30.09.2019) as per information received from various High Courts.
*** GOVERNMENT OF IN..DIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 592
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21sT NOVERMBER,2019.
INCREASING HIGH COURT BENCHES IN THE COUNTRY
592. SHRI VIJAY PAL SINGH TOMAR:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has made any proposal/plan to strengthen the legal system in the country;
(b) if so, whether any proposal has been made by Government to inc~ease the Benches of various High Courts, particularly for those States haVing large population and where people have to go far away for their legal issues pending in the concerned High Court, such as Uttar Pradesh;
(c) whether Government has sanctioned any Bench of Allahabad High Court in the Western UP; and
(d) if so, the action taken in the matter?
ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) In order to strengthen the legal system, the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms, ,established by the Union Government in 2011, has adopted many strategic initiatives, including improving infrastructure [court halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts, leveraging Information and Communication Technology (lCT) for better justice delivery, filling up of vacant positions of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court, reduction in pendency through follow up by Arrears Committees at District, High Court and Supreme Court level, emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and initiatives to fast track special type of cases. The major achievements \tfO \ ,.. _I'r. during the last five years under various initiatives to make the strengthen the legal system in the country are as follows: (i) Improving infrastructure' for JUdi~ial Officers o~ District and Subordinate Courts: As on date, Rs. 7,453.'10 crores has been released since the inception of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary in 1993-94. Out of this, Rs.4,008.80 crores (which is 53.79% of the total amount released till date) has been released to the States and UTs since April, 2014. The number of court halls has increased from 15,818 as on 30.06.2014 to 19',414 as on date and number of residential units has increased from 10,211 as on 30.06.2014 to 17,103 as on-date under this scheme. In addition, 2,822 court halls and 1,869 residential units are under construction. (ii) Leveraging Information and Communication Technology (lCT) for improved justice delivery: Government has been implementing the e- Courts Mission Mode Project throughout the country for Information and Communication Technology enablement of district and subordinate courts. Number of computerized District & Subordinate courts has increased from 13,672 to 16,845 registering an increase of 3,173 during 2014 till date. New and user-friendly version of Case Information Software, developed and deployed at all the computerized District and Subordinate Courts. All stakeholders including Judicial Officers can access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of computerized District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Currently, case status information in respect of over 12.23 crore pending and disposed cases and more than 10.26 crore orders I judgments pertaining to these computerized courts is available on NJDG. eCourts services such as details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders & final judgments are available to litigants and advocates through eCourts web portal, judicial Service Centres (JSC) in all computerized courts, eCourts Mobile App, email service, SMS push & pull services. (iii) Filling up of vacant positions in Supreme Court. High Courts and District and Subordinate Courts: From 01.05.2014 to 14.11.2019, 35 Judges were appointed in Supreme Court. 478 new Judges were appointed and 427 Additional Judges were made permanent in the High Courts. Sanctioned " , - strength of Judges of High Courts has been increased from 906 in May, 2014 to 1079 currently. Sanctioned and' wor~ing strength of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts has been increased as follows: As on Sanctioned Strength Working Strength 31.12.2013 19,518 15,115 14.11.2019 23,566 17,342
(iv) Reduction in Pendency through I follow up by Arrears Committees: In pursuance of resolution passed in Chief Justices' Conference held in April, 2015, Arrears Committees have been set up in High Courts to clear cases pending for more than five years. Arrears Committees have been set up under District Judges too. Arrears Committee has been constituted in the Supreme Court to formulate steps to reduce pendency of cases in High Courts and District Courts. (v) Emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution -(ADR):Commercial Courts Act,
2015 (as amended on 20th August, 2018) stipulates mandatory pre- Institution mediation and settlement of commercial disputes. Amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been made by the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2015 for expediting the speedy resolution of disputes by prescribing timelines. (vi) Initiatives to Fast Track Special Type of Cases: As on 30.09.2019, 704 Fast Track Courts are functional for heinous crimes, crimes against women and children, family and matrimonial disputes, etc. Further, Government has approved a scheme for setting up 1023 Fast Track Special Courts across the country for expeditious disposal of pending 166882 cases under Rape and POCSO Act.
(b) Benches of High Courts are established in accordance with the recommendations made by the Jaswant Singh Commission and judgment pronounced by the Apex Court in W.P.(C) NO.379of 2000 and after receipt and due consideration of a complete proposal from the State Government, which incorporates readiness to provide infrastructure and meet the related expend.iture, along with the consent of the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court who is responsible for day to day administration of the High Court and its Bench. The proposal should also have the consent of the Governor of. the concerned State. No proposal (complete in .all respects) has been received from
:'j' the any State Governm.ent inclL!ding State Government of Uttar Pradesh to
establish a Bench,
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Does not arise. ***** ·I GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ~",.: RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t593 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21st NOVEMBER,2019
Vacant posts of Judges t593. SHRI MOTILAL VORA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is aware that 420 posts of judges are lying vacant in the High Courts throughout the country and a large number of posts of judges are vacant in the lower courts; (b) if so, the steps taken by Government to fill-up these vacant posts with the intention of providing timely justice to the people; (c) whether Government has gathered information about the vacant posts of judges in Session Courts and the courts lower to it; and (d) if so, the details thereof and the time-line of filling up these posts?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND -ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Yes, Sir. As on 14.11.2019, there are 420 vacancies out of sanctioned strength of 1079 Judges in High Courts, and 6224 vacancies out of sanctioned strength of 23566 Judicial Officers in the District & Subordinate Courts in the country.
(b): Initiation of proposal for appointment of Judges in High Courts vests with the Chief Justice of the High Court. Appointment of Judges in High Courts is a continuous collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary, as it requires consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities. While every effort is made to fill up the existing vacancies keep on arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges. Due to combined efforts of Government and Judiciary, 126 Judges in 2016,115 Judges in 2017,108 Judges in 2018 and 55 Judqes in 2019 (as on 14.11.2019) have been appointed in High Courts. As per the Constitutional framework, the selection and appointment of judges in subordinate courts is the responsibility of the High Courts and State Governments concerned. However, the Union Government, on its part, has been taking up the matter of filling up of vacant positions in District & Subordinate Courts with the States and High Courts. In August, 2018, Union Minister of Law & Justice has written to all Chief Justices of High Courts to monitor status of vacancies regularly and to ensure proper coordination with State Public Service Commission to fill up vacant posts stipulated by Supreme Court in Malik Mazhar Sultan case. In addition, series of meetings were held with Registrars General of all High Courts and Law Secretaries of all State Governments I UTs through Video Conferencing in January, 2018, July, 2018, November, 2018 and September, 2019 to follow up on filling up posts of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts.. Department of Justice has hosted a MIS web-portal on its website for reporting and monitoring of sanctioned and working strength, and vacancies of Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts on monthly basis. Sanctioned and working strength of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts has been increased as follows: As on Sanctioned Strength Working Strength 31.12.2013 19,518 15,115 14.11.2019 23,566 17,342
(c) : Yes, Sir.
(d) : As per the information made available by High Courts on the MIS web-portal of the Department of Justice, the number of vacant posts of judges in session courts and courts lower to it, as on 14.11.2019, is given in the Annexure. As per the Constitutional framework, the selection and appointment of judges in subordinate courts is the responsibility of the High Courts and State Governments concerned. The Supreme Court, through a judicial order in January 2007 in Malik Mazhar Sultan case, stipulated that process for recruitment of judges in subordinate courts would commence on 31st March of a calendar year and end by 31st October of the same year. Again in 2018, in the said case, the Supreme Court, taking suo motu cognisance of large number of judicial vacancies in lower courts, directed State Governments/UTs and Registrars General of jurisdictional High Courts to inform the position regarding filling up of judicial vacancies. The Supreme Court is monitoring the filling up of vacancies under the said judicial order. ***** Annexure
Sanctioned Strength I Working Strength and vacancies in District & Subordinate Courts as on 14.11.2019
Sr. No. Name of State I UT Total Sanctioned Total Working Total Stren9th Strength Vacancy
1 Andaman and Nicobar 0 12 -12 2 Andhra Pradesh 597 530 67 3 Arunachal Pradesh 41 27 14 4 Assam 441 388 53 5 Bihar 1847 361 1486 6 Chandigarh 30 29 1 7 Chhattisgarh 468 394 74 8 D & N Haven 3 3 0 9 Daman & Diu 4 4 0 10 Delhi 799 680 119 11 Goa 50 43 7 12 Guiarat 1506 1183 323 13 Haryana 772 479 293 14 Himachal Pradesh 174 153 21 15 Jammu and Kashmir 290 232 58 16 Jharkhand 676 463 213 17 Kamataka 1345 1104 241 18 Kerala 536 461 75 19 Lakshadweep 3 3 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 2021 1505 516 21 Maharashtra 2173 .1937 236 22 Manipur 55 39 16 23 Meghalaya 97 49 48 24 Mizoram 64 46 18 25 Nag_aland 33 27 6 26 Odisha 917 773 144 27 Puduche!JY 26 11 15 28 Punjab 675 582 93 29 Rajasthan 1425 1122 303 30 Sikkim 25 19 6 31 Tamil Nadu 1216 1087 129 32 Telangana 413 334 79 33 Tripura 120 95 25 34 Uttar Pradesh 3416 2012 1404 35 Utlarakhand 294 227 67 36 West Bengal 1014 928 86 TOTAL 23566 17342 6224
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 594
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21st NOVEMBER, 2019
Promotion Of Hindi language in legal system
594. SHRI HARNATH SINGH YADAV:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether any steps have been taken by Government to promote national Hindi language in the legal system i.e. in higher judicial authorities like High Courts! Supreme Court; and (b) if so, the action taken by Government or advances made under this matter? ANSWER MINISTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): As per Article 343(1) of the Constitution, the Official Language of Union is Hindi in Devanagri script. It is also to be noted that there is no mention of National Language in the Constitution of India.
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Article 348(1 )(a) of the Constitution states that proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court, shall be in English language. Clause (2) of the Article 348 'of the Constitution states that notwithstanding anything in sub-clause (a) of clause (1), the Governor of a State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorize the Use of the Hindi Language, or any other language used for any official purposes of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having its principal seat in that State.
The Cabinet Committee's decision dated 21.05.1965 has stipulated that consent of the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India be obtained on any proposal relating to use of a language- other than English in the High Court.
The use of Hindi in proceedings in the High Court of Rajasthan was authorized under clause (2) of Article 348 of the Constitution in 1950. After
the Cabinet Committee's decision dated 21.05.1965 as mentioned above 1 the use of Hindi was authorized in the High Courts of Uttar Pradesh (1969), Madhya Pradesh (1971) and Bihar (1972) in consultation with the Chief Justice of India.
The requests relating to use of Bengali, Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati and Kannada in the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Karnataka accordingly were forwarded to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India. Hon'ble Chief Justice of India on 18.01.2016 has conveyed that the Full Court, after extensive deliberation, disapproved the proposals, reiterating the previous resolutions on the subject which had unanimously resolved that the proposals could not be accepted. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTJCE
IU.,J7>_!· RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 595
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21.11.2019
Vacancies in High Courts
595. SHRI MANAS RANJAN BHUNIA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether huge number of posts for the Judges in different High Courts are lying vacant till date;
(b) if so, the number of posts of Judges lying vacant in the different High Courts separately; and
(c) steps Government proposes to fill up the vacancies?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): A Statement showing the vacancies of Judges of High
Courts as on 18.11.2019 is at Annexure.
(c) Initiation of proposal for appointment of Judges in the High Courts
vests with the Chief Justice of the High Court. As per the Memorandum
of Procedure, the Chief Justice of the HiqhCourt is required to initiate
the proposals for filling up of vacancies of Judges in the High Court six
months prior to the occurrence of vacancies. , I' .....J Appointment of Judges in 'the High Courts is a continuous collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary, as it requires consultation and .approval from various Constitutional
Authorities both at the State and Centre level. While every effort is
I made to fill up the existing vacancies expeditiously, vacancies do keep on arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges and increase in Judge Strength.
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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (Q) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred . Question No. 595 due for answer on 21.11.20'19regarding 'Vacancies in High Courts'
(As on 18.11.2019)
SI. No. Name of the High Court Vacancies
1 Allahabad 60 2 Andhra Pradesh 22 3 Bombay 29 4 Calcutta 32 5 Chhattisgarh 07 6 Delhi 23 7 Gauhati 06 8 Gujarat 24 9 Himachal Pradesh 03 10 High Court for Union 09 territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh 11 Jharkhand 06 12 Karnataka 23 13 Kerala 15 14 Madhya Pradesh 22 15 Madras 21 16 Manipur 01 17 Meghalaya 01 1-8 Orissa 13 19 Patna 26 20 Punjab& Haryana 36 21 Rajasthan 29 22 Sikkim 0 23 Telangana 11 24 Tripura 01 25 Uttarakhand 01 Total 421
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·GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 596
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21.11.2019
Decision on recommendations of Collegium
t596. SHRIMATI CHHAYA VERMA: SHRI VISHAMBHAR PRASAD NISHAD: CH. SUKHRAMSINGH YADAV:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is considering to set a deadline for taking decision on recommendations of Collegiums in matters of appointment, promotion and transfer of Judges; (b) whether it is a fact that Government is taking time to take decision on the recommendations given by the Collegiums owing to which the number of pending cases is increasing due to lack of timely appointment of Judges; and (c) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Timelines for processing of appointment of Judges of High Courts has been prescribed in the Memorandum of Procedure prepared in 1998 pursuant to the Supreme Court Judgement of October 6, 1993 (Second Judges case) read with their Advisory Opinion of October 28, 1998 (Third Judges case).
(b) and (c): The pendency of the 'cases is not only due to the vacant post of
Judges, but also due to the factors namely: (i) increasing number of state and central legislation, (ii) accumulation of first appeals, (iii) continuation of ordinary civil jurisdiction in some of the High Courts, (iv) Appeals against orders of quasi-judicial forums goings to High Courts, (v) number of revision/appeals, (vi) frequent adjournments, (vii) indiscriminate use of writ jurisdiction and (viii) lack of adequate arrangements to monitor, track and bunch cases for hearing, and (ix) long duration of vacation period of Court, (x) assigning work of administrative nature to the Judges, (xi) non-effective implementation of the principle of res-judicata by the District Courts and High Courts etc.
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. RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTIONNO. 597.
TO BE ANSWEREDON THURSDAY,21sT NOVEMBER,2019.
Arrears Committee for disposal of court cases
597. DR.AMEE YAJNIK:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of criminal and civil cases pending in the Supreme Court, High Courts and Subordinate Courts in the country and the number of cases pending for more than five years; (b) the steps being taken by Government for speedy disposal of the cases in various courts; .(c) the details of the States and Union Territories that have not constituted the Arrears Committee for disposal of court cases pending for more than five years; and (d) the details as by when they would be constituted? ANSWER
MINISTEROF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONSAND ELECTRONICS& INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) Total number of cases pending in Supreme Court as on 01.11.2019 is 59,867. As per the information available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), as on 17.11.2019, total number of criminal and civil cases pending in High Courts and District & Subordinate Courts in the country and the number of cases pending for more than five years, is as under- Name Civil Criminal Writs Total Cases of more than 5 years High Courts 1900215 1268730 1309006 4477951 16,07,185 District & 8919298 22548495 - 31467793 66,32,686 Subordinate Courts
(b) The Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases and reduction in pendency of cases to improve access to justice in line with the mandate under Article 39A of the Constitution. The Union Government has taken several initiatives to provide an ecosystem for faster disposal of cases by the judiciary. The National Mission for Justice Delivery and Lega,1 Reforms, established in
~·t-: 2011 by the Government, has adopted a coordinated approach to effect for phased liquidation of arrears' and pendency at various levels of judicial administration through many strateqic initiatives, including improving infrastructure [court halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts, leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for better justice delivery,' filling up of vacant positions of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court, reduction in pendency through follow up by Arrears Committees at District, High Court and Supreme Court level, emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and initiatives to fast track special type of cases. The number of District and Subordinate Courts has increased from 19518 in 2014 to 23566 at present. As on 30.09.19, 704 Fast Track Courts are functional for heinous crimes, crimes against women and children, family and matrimonial disputes, etc. Further, Government has approved a scheme for setting up 1023 Fast Track Special Courts across the country for expeditious disposal of pending 166882 cases under Rape and POCSO Act. In addition,. all stakeholders including Judicial Officers can access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of computerized District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Currently litigants can access case status information in respect of over 12.23 crore pending and disposed cases and more than 10.26 crore orders / judgments pertaining to these computerized courts from NJDG. Also, Pending cases are considered and disposed in Lok Adalats conducted under National Legal Services Authority .(NALSA). 172.60 lakh pending cases have been settled in National Lok Adalat from 2015 till date while 88.40 lakh pending cases have been settled in Regular Lok Adalats during 2015-16 to June, 2019.
(c) Pursuant to the Joint Conference of the Chief Ministers of the States and Chief Justices of the High Courts in 2015 it was resolved that all High Courts would constitute an Arrears Committee. The then Minister of Law and Justice had written to the Chief Justices of High Courts requesting them to apprise ttie Government of the steps being taken by them to address the issue of pendency especially regarding cases pending for more than 5 years. As per available ------"s- information, all the High Courts and District & Subordinate Courts have established Arrears Committees.' Arrears Committee has also been established :..... in the Supreme Court of India.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSnCE
·RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 598
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 21st NOVEMBER, 2019.
Pendency of cases in District Courts
598. SHRI NEERAJ SHEKHAR: Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: (a) the details of the pending court cases in District Courts in the country, as on date, State-wise; (b) the details of the District Courts in the country which had zero pendency during 2018 on any specific date, State-wise; (c) the details of District Courts in UT of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh which had zero pendency during 2019 on any specific date, court-wise; and (d) the steps proposed to reduce pendency in District Courts?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & . IN.FORMATIONTECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) As per data available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), details of cases pending in the District & Subordinate Courts, State-wise, is given in the Annexure:
(b) As per the available information that can be gathered from NJDG, it is observed that there was no Court Establishment/District Court in the country which had zero pendency during 2018.
(c) As per the available information that can be gathered from NJDG, it is observed that there was no Court Establishment/District Court in the UT of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh which had zero pendency during 2019. (d) Disposal of cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary. Timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate number of judges, 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'and proper application of rules and procedures: The Union Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases and reduction in pendency of cases to improve access to justice in line with the mandate under Article 39A of the Constitution. The Union Government has taken several initiatives to provide an ecosystem for faster disposal of cases by the judiciary. The National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms, established by the Union Government in 2011, has adopted many strategic initiatives, including improving infrastructure [court halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts, leveraging .Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for better justice delivery, fHling up of vacant positions of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court, reduction in pendency through follow up by Arrears Committees at District, High Court and Supreme Court level, emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and initiatives to fast track special type of cases. The major achievements during the last five years under various initiatives are as follows: a. Improving infrastructure for JUdicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts: As on date, Rs. 7,453.1° crores has been released since the inception of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary in 1993-94. Out of this, Rs.4,008.80 crores (which is 53.79% of the total amount released till date) has been released to the States and UTs since April, 2014. The number of court halls has increased from 15,818 as on 30.06.2014 to 19,414 as on date and number of residential units has increased from 10,211 as on 30.06.2014 to 17,103 ·as on date under this scheme. In addition, 2,822 court halls and 1,869 residential units are under construction. b. Leveraging Information and Communication .Technology .(ICT) for improved justice delivery: Government has been implementing the e- Courts Mission Mode Project throughout the country for Information and Communication Technology enablement of district and-subordinate courts. Number of computerized District & Subordinate courts has increased from i 13,672 to 16,845 registering an increase of 3,173 during 2014 till date. New and user-friendly version of Case Information Software developed and deployed at all the computerized District and Subordinate Courts. All stakeholders including Judicial Officers can access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of computerized District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Currently, case status information in respect of over 12.23 crore pending and disposed cases and more than 10.26 crore orders / judgments pertaining to these computerized courts is available on NJDG. eCourts services such as details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders & final judgments are available to litigants and advocates through eCourts web portal, Judicial Service Centres (JSC) in all computerized courts, eCourts Mobile App, email service, SMS push & pull services. c. Filling up of vacant positions in Supreme Court, High Courts and District and Subordinate Courts: From 01.05.2014 to 14.11.2019, 35 Judges were appointed in Supreme Court. 478 new Judges were appointed and 427 Additional Judges were made permanent in the High Courts. Sanctioned strength of Judges of High Courts has been increased from 906 in May, 2014 to 1079 currently. Sanctioned and working strength of judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts has been increased as follows:
As on Sanctioned Strength Working Strength 31.12.2013 19,518 15,115 14.11.2019 23,566 17,342
d. Reduction in Pendency through / follow up by Arrears Committees: In pursuance of resolution passed in Chief Justices' Conference held in April, 2015, Arrears Committees have been set up in High Courts to clear cases pending for more than five years. Arrears Committees have been set up under District Judges too. Arrears Committee has been constituted in the Supreme Court to formulate steps to reduce pendency of cases in High Courts and District Courts. e. Emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR): Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (as amended on zo" August, 2018) stipulates mandatory pre- Institution mediation and settlement of commercial disputes. Amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been made by the , Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2015 for expediting the speedy resolution of disputes by prescribing timelines. f. Initiatives to Fast Track Special Type of Cases: As on 30.09.2019, 704 Fast Track Courts are functional for heinous crimes, crimes against women and children, family and matrimonial disputes, etc. Further, Government has approved a scheme for setting up 1023 Fast Track Special Courts across the country for expeditious disposal of pending 166882 cases under Rape and POCSO Act. g. Lok Adalats: Pending cases are considered and disposed in Lok Adalats conducted under National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). 172.60 lakh pending cases have been settled in National Lok Adalat from 2015 till date while 88.40 lakh pending cases have been settled in Regular Lok Adalats during 2015-16 to June, 2019.
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Annexure
State-wise pending cases in District and Subordinate Courts .., 51.No Name of States/UTs Number of Cases pending in District and Subordinate Courts as on 14.11.2019 1. A & Nisland -- 2. Andhra Pradesh 558144 3. Telangana 553032 4. Arunachal Pradesh --- 5. Assam 296205 6. Bihar 2839812 7. Chandigarh 47132 8. Chhatti~arh 275552 9. D & N Haveli 3091 10. Daman & Diu 2203 11. Delhi 832229 12. Goa 46462 13. Gujarat 1604461 14. Haryana 852700 15. Himachal Pradesh 287555 16. Jammu & Kashmir 174640 17. Jharkhand 383212 18. Karnataka 1546631 19. Kerala .1275520 20. Lakshadweep --- 21. Madhya Pradesh 1420511 22. Maharashtra 3760171 23. Manipur 9879 24. Meghalaya 8851 25. Mizoram 2560 26. Nagaland --- 27. Orissa 1220696 28. Punjab 631132 29. Rajasthan 1654941 30. 8ikkim 1180 31. Tamil Nadu 1158027 32. PuducherIY --- 33. Tripura 24190 34. Uttar Pradesh 7504678 35. Uttarakhand 197858 36. , West 8en_g_aI 2275633 Total 3,14,48,888 Source: NJDG Web portal. Note: Data on District and Subordinate Courts in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry are not available on the web-portal of NJDG. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ****** RAJYASABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 115 TO BE ANS\VERED ON THURSDAY, THE zs" NOVEMBER, 2019 India Justice Report 2019
*115. SHRI NARAIN DASS GUPTA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Ministry is aware that as per India Justice Report 2019,67 per cent of all prison inmates are undertrials awaiting proper legal procedure;
(b) whether the Ministry is also aware that the Indian Jails are functioning at the occupancy rate of 114 percent; and
(c) if so, what are the reform measures being undertaken by the Ministry to address the shortcomings?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RA VI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ,
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO ,PARTS (a) to (c) OF THE RAJYA SABRA STARRED QUESTION NO 115 DUE FOR REPLY ON 28.11.2019.
(a) As per India Justice Report, 2019 published by Tata Trusts, 67.7% of India's prison population were undertrial prisoners in 2016.The study has relied on the
Prison Statistics India, 2016 data published by National 'Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB). b) As per latest published data of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for the year 2017, as against the total capacity of 3,91,574 prisoners in jails, 4,50,696 prisoners were lodged showing an occupancy rate of 115.1 %.
(c) 'Prisons 'and Prisoners' is a State subject. Therefore, the management of prisons and prisoners is the responsibility of the State Governments. However, in order to address the issue of overcrowding in prisons, the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) has issued advisories to States &UTs on steps to be taken by them
for providing free legal aid to undertrials and for setting up LokAdalats / Special
courts in prisons for expediting the review of cases of undertrials. MHA has also
circulated the Model Prison Manual, 2016 to all States & UTs, which has a chapter
on 'Legal Aid' .which provides for facilities which may be provided.to undertrials
viz. legal defence, interview with lawyers, signing of Vakalatnama, application to
Courts for legal aid at Government cost etc. Legal Services Authorities are concerned with providing of legal aid to persons in custody and other categories as 'mentioned in Section 12 of the Legal Services
Authorities Act, 1987. The National Legal-Services Authority (NALSA) has also opened 1335 legal service clinics in jails to provide free legal aid to all undertrial prisoners all over India. Awareness camps are being organized at regular intervals to make prisoners aware of their legal rights including right tobail. The functionaries. of Legal Services Authorities also visit jails to identify prisoners who require legal aid and advice.
The details of number of persons in custody provided free legal services under the
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 during the last two years and current yearare as follows:
Years Number of persons In custody benefited 2017-18 1,47,662 2018-19 1,75,656 2019-20 (tillAu_g_ust,19) 81,856 Total - 4,05,174
Besides, the Under Trial Review Committees in districts which is headed by the
District Judge are functioning in all the districts. They meet once in a quarter to review the cases of all undertrials who have completed half of the maximum sentence to them. NALSA has prepared guidelines in the form of "Standard
Operating Procedure (SOP) for Undertrial Trial Review Committees". The SOP has been circulated by MHA to all States & UTs on 18.02.2019. (~)
GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.120
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY,THE 28TH NOVEMBER,2019
Nyaya Mitra Scheme
*120 SHRI NARESH GUJRAL:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
. (a) the number of Nyaya Mitras appointed to dispose off pending cases under the Nyaya Mitra Scheme initiated in April 2017; (b) the number of cases disposed off by the Nyaya Mitra appointed under the scheme; (c) whether in the first phase only 15 Nyaya Mitras have been engaged in 15 Districts of Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura; (d) if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether the Ministry propose to extend the scheme to more States?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. :·r; STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF It-tE RAJYA'SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 120 DUE FOR REPLY ON 28.11.2019
(a) Fifteen (15) Nyaya Mitras were engaged in 5 States of Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura in October 2017.
(b) Nyaya Mitras have helped in disposal of 236 cases in total.
(c)& (d) Yes, Sir. These 15 Nyaya Mitras were engaged in districts of Patna (Bihar), Jalore, Alwar, Ganganagar, Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Howrah, 24 North Paragnas, Birbhum, Coochbehar (West Benqal), West Tripura (Tripura), Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar & Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
(e) The Nyaya Mitra Programme has been extended to the States of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Orissa.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
. RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 11215 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 2St NOVEMBER, 2019
All India Judicial Service
t1215. SHRI V. VIJAYASAI REDDY:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has any plans to set up an All India Judicial Service (AIJS) on the lines of All India Services; (b) if so, the reasons for the delay and the details of discussions taken place. in this regard; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) and (b): The matter regarding creation of a Judicial Service Commission to help the recruitment to the post of district judges and review of selection process of judges I judicial officers at all levels was included in the agenda' for the Chief Justices Conference, which was held on 3rd and 4th April, 2015. It was resolved to leave it open to the respective High Courts to evolve appropriate methods within the existing system to fill up the vacancies for appointment of District judges expeditiously. Further, views of States and High Courts were sought on a comprehensive proposal formulated for constitution of All India Judicial Service (AIJS) which was approved by the Committee of Secretaries. The High Courts ofSikkim and Tripura have concurred with the proposal approved by Committee of Secretaries for formation of AIJS. High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras, Manipur, Patna, Punjab & Haryana and Guwahati have not favoured the proposal of formation of AIJS. High Courts of Allahabad, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Orissa and Uttarakhand have suggested changes in age at induction level, qualifications, training and quota of vacancies to be filled through AIJS. High Courts of Jharkhand and Rajasthan have indicated that the matter is pending consideration. Most High Courts want administrative control over Subordinate Judiciary to remain with the respective High Courts.
State Governments of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Punjab do not favour the formation of AIJS. State Government of Maharashtra wants the recruitment to be done at judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) level. State Governments of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Odisha and Uttarakhand want changes in the proposal formulated by the Central Government. State Government of Haryana has stated that the proposal seems to be justified. State Government of Mizoram has supported creation of AIJS on the lines of lAS, IPS and other Central Services. The comprehensive proposal formulated for constitution of AIJS which was approved by the Committee of Secretaries along with views received from High Courts and States was included in the agenda for the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts held on 5th April, 2015. However, no progress was made on the subject. Keeping in view the divergence of opinion among the States and High Courts on constitution of AIJS, the Government has undertaken the consultative process to arrive at a common ground.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA , I MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE I' II DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE II. d RAJYASABHA i' 'j
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t1216
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28TH NOVEMBER, 2019.
Disclosure of assets for appointment to judicial posts t1216. SHRI NAZIR AHMED LAWAY:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has any proposal to bring legislation mandating the proactive disclosure of assets as a requirement for appointment to a judicial post; (b) if so, the timeline for the same; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .
I -j i (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) 1 .1 (a): At present, there is no proposal to bring legislation for disclosure of assets for appointment of Judge in Higher Judiciary. Judges of Supreme Court and Judges of High Courts are appointed under Articles 124, 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India respectively and as per procedure prescribed in Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which does not have any condition for disclosure of assets for appointment as Judges in Higher Judiciary. Further, as per Articles 233 and 234 of the Constitution of India, the appointment of District Judges and appointments of persons other. than District Judges to the judicial service of a State is the responsibility of High Courts and State Governments concerned.
(b) and (c): Does not arise, in view of (a) above.
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GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISiRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOFJUS~CE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1217
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28th NOVEMBER, 2019.
Pending cases due to stay orders
1217. SHRI PARIMAL NATHWANI:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is aware of the fact that there are many cases stuck up with stay orders in different courts for more than three years; (b) if so, the number of court cases pending due to stay orders for more than three years; and (c) the steps taken by Government to ensure that after specific duration and according to merit of the case, such stay orders will be automatically lifted?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONSAND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): As per the information available on the National judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the total number cases pending in the District and Subordinate Courts for more than 3 years on account of stay granted being the reason for delay is 27,264 cases.
(c): Granting of stay orders in civil and criminal cases is part of judicial proceedings and Courts have been vested with inherent powers in this regard under the relevant provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1375-1376 of 2013, in the matter of Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Pvt. Ltd. & Anr vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, in its Order dated 28.03.2018, has observed that the situation of proceedings remaining pending for a long time on account of stay order needs to be remedied in criminal and civil cases. Accordingly, it has been directed that in all pending J~
C7 cases where stay against proceedings of a civil,or;criminal trial is operating, the same will come to an end on the, expiry of six months fr~m' of date of order l.e. 28.03.2018 I : ~~ unless such stay is extended, in exceptional cases, by a speaking order. ******
'. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. t1218
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY,THE 28TH NOVEMBER, 2019.
Remuneration/rewards for zero pendency t1218. SHRI NEERAJ SHEKHAR:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government proposes to remunerate and elevate Judges / Judicial Officers of those District Courts to High Courts directly whose courts have reported zero pendency of civil/criminal cases in their respective courts during the years 2018 and 2019 to encourage the Judges/Judicial Officers to bring down pendency to zero as per the directions of the Supreme Court; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor?
.ANSWER
MINISTEROF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONSAND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government.
(b): Does not arise, in view of (a) above.
(c): Judges of High Court are appointed under Articles 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India and as per procedure prescribed in Memorandum of Procedure for appointment and transfer of Chief Justice and Judges of High Courts. ****** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE ® DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTIONNO. 1219
TO BE ANSWEREDON THURSDAY,THE 28TH NOVEMBER,2019
Infrastructure in Subordinate Courts
1219. SHRIAMAR SHANKAR SABLE:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that a large number of Subordinate Courts in various States including Maharashtra do not have sufficient infrastructure, including suitable court buildings; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the amount of funds released under Centrally Sponsored Schemes for providing sufficient infrastructure in Subordinate Courts, State-wise; (d) whether there are any pending funds to be released to States under any central schemes for infrastructure purposes in Subordinate Courts in Maharashtra; and (e) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTEROF LAW AND JUSTICE,COMMUNICATIONSAND ELECTRONICS& INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): As per information made available by the High Courts and respective State Governments, as on 25.11.2019, there are 19,417 court halls available against the current sanctioned strength of 23,564 Judges I Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts. However, the number of court halls currently available in the country is sufficient to accommodate the current working strength of 18,131 Judges and Judicial Officers. In the State of Maharashtra there are 2,256 Court halls available against the current working strength of 1,937 Judges I Judicial Officers of Subordinate Judiciary. In addition, 2,800 Court Halls are under construction. The State-wise number of available and under construction Court Halls vis-a-vis the Judicial manpower in the subordinate courts in the country is at annexure-I. \ ( (c) to (e) : It is the primary responsibility of' State Governments to provide adequate infrastructure for Subordinate Judiciary which includes court complexes / court halls and residential accommodation. The Union Government is administering the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary in order to augment the resources of State Governments in this regard in association with the States I UT Governments. The scheme has been implemented' since 1993-94. It covers the construction of court halls and court complexes and residential(ccommodations of judicial officers of District and Subordinate Judiciary. As on date, Rs. 7,453 5:rorehas been released J since the inception of the Scheme in 1993-94. During the current financial year a sum of Rs. 710.00 crore was provided under the Scheme, out of which a sum of Rs. 702.86 crore has already been released, which includes release of Rs. 21.09 crore to the Government of Maharashtra. The State-wise release of funds under the Scheme is at annexure-II. ************** ." J Annexure-I ® ~ . . Statement referred to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1219for Re.plyon 28.11.2019 Statement showing State-wise availability of Court Halls vis-a-vis the current JUdicial Manpower in the country (as on 25.11.2019) SI. No. States & Uts No. of Court Halls Sanctioned Working court Halls under Strength Strength available Construction 1 Andaman & Nicobar 0 12 17 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 597 530 602 50 3 Arunachal Pradesh 41 27 24 0 4 Assam 441 388 371 67 5 Bihar 1847 1152 1485 159 6 Chandlgarh 30 29 31 0 - 7 Chhattisgarh 468 394 462 31 8 D & N Haveli 3 3 3 0 9 Daman & Diu 4 3 5 0 10 Delhi 799 680 529 90 11 Goa 50 43 55 28 12 Gujarat 1506 1180 1501 165 13 Haryana . 772 479 551 81 14 Himachal Pradesh 175 .152 160 ~ 15 Jammu and Kashmir 290 232 202 35 16 Jharkhand 676 463 601 61 17 Karnataka 1345 1104 1095 49 18 Kerala ·536 461 510 37 19 Lakshadweep 3. 3 3 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 2021 1504 1449 401 21 Maharashtra 2173 1937 2256 322 22 Manipur 55 39 38 9 23 Meghalaya 97 49 53 35 24 Mizoram 64 46 43 26 2·5 Nagaland 30 30 32 0 26 Odisha 917 773 636 201 27 Puducherry 26 11 29 7 28 Punjab 675 582 557 52 29 Rajasthan 1425 1122 1152 210 30 Sikkim 25 19 20 1 31 Tamil Nadu 1216 1087 1095 116 32 Telangana 413 334 448 28 33 Tripura 120 96 78 10 34 UttarPradesh 3416 2012 2278 332 35 Uttarakhand 294 227 228 66 36 West Bengal 1014 928 818 123 TOTAL 23564 18131 19417 2800 Annexure-II Statement referred to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1219'for Reply on 28.11.2019 Statement showing Siale-wise release under Centrally Sponsored Schemefor Infrastructure facilities for judiciary (as on 25/11/2019) SI. No. State Release Release (Rs in LllkhSj Release Release Release Release Release Release Release Release from in In "- Total (1993- In In ' In' .. in In In 94 to 2018-19) 1993-94 to 2011-12 2012-13 In e" 2013-14 2014-16 2015-16 2018-17 2010-11 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 1 Afldhra Pradesh 7683.45 1888.00 6393.00 0.00 2 Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4036.37 0.00 1000.00 1000.00 17964.45 1524.00 0.00 4909.35 0.00 3 Chhattisgarh 5000.00 4290.00 6204.00 7762.00 2907.47 2097.00 0.00 0.0.0 . 33725.72 4 217~.60 o.oo 0.00 0.00 Goa 627.93 172.00 1968.00 983.00 10132.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 315.00 406.00 5371.42 0.00 9893.00 10000.00 1520.93 6 10000.00 5000.00 5000.00 Haryana 3516.42 5000.00 1502.00 1649.00 53415.42 2138.00 0.00 3632.00 0.00 7 Himachal Pradesh 5000.00 1500.00 1191.00 1406.00 1507.00 0.00 0.00 18383.42 806.00 0.00 0.00 819.00 8 Jammu &Kashmir 0.00 408.00 572.00 4112.00 1687.60 1035.00 2572.00 3428.00 9 3429.00 1325.00 2104.00 Jharkhand 1906.52 1000.00 1901.00 1000.00 19481.60 0.00 1500.00 1693.00 3044.00 10 Karnataka 3044.00 5000.00 959.00 6536.65 2961.00 7610.00 1374.00 18520.52 '10384.00 16370.00 5000.00 5000.00 11 Kerala 5000.00 3812.00 3404.00 66077.85 3419.30 1169.00 1499.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2500.00 12 Madhya Pradesh 6382.04 3082.00 1562.00 13251.30 4403.00 2046.00 6141.00 6141.00 13 Maharashtra 5000.00 0.00 5000.00 7942.00 11131.62 12915.00 5920.24 4690.00 47745.04 10000.00 9975.00 5000.00 4975.00 14 Odlsha 5074.27 5000.00 1058.00 2109.00 68083.86 2416.00 1534.00 0.00 0.00 15 Punjab 0.00 0.00 0.00 2250.00 2677.92 0.00 3569.00 14843.27 7902.00 12000.00 9805.00 5000.00 16 Rajasthan 4800.00 5000.00 2647.00 1978.00 4188.51 1172.00 1042.00 51809.92 0.00 0.00 5000.00 4374.00 17 Tamilnadu 1734.00 1741.00 3421.00 22672.51 5835.46 0.00 1953.00 7343.00 18 0.00 0.00 5000.00 0.00 Telangana 0.00 609.00 2871.00 23611.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 0.00 0.00 0.00 1000.00 Uttarakhand 1635.35 0.00 565.00 1565.00 829.76 2043.00 3559.05 0.00 20 UttarPradesh 0.00 2500.00 2202.00 850.00 17542.57 15659.00 9398.00 13619.16 12530.00 12531.00 5000.00 5000.00 21 West Bengal 6435.46 7500.00 12806.00 12194.00 110160.57 2518.00 0.00 0.00 2000.00 Total (A) 0.00 0.00 1734.00 3522.00 4143.00 100103.53 50543.00 61616.00 20352.46 80000.00 ·83940.00 44369.00 42072.00 NE States 527158.00 58119.00 57528.00 631048.53 1. Arunachal Pradesh 441.44 972.00 750.00 0.00 2. 1000.00 1593.00 0.00 Assam 5926.40 0.00 0.00 269.00 5025.44 2690.00 2954.90 0.00 0.00 3. 0.00 0.00 2000.00 3209.00 Manlpur 641.71 0.00 3154.00 20134.30 0.00 1500.00 2000.00 2000.00 4. Me.ghalaya 0.00 '0.00 887.00 666.00 297.00 0.00 0.00 7694.71 1474.00 1709.00 2037.00 2000.00 5. Mljoram 863.00 1482.00 1285.00 11147.00 1099.95 0.00 704.78 812.56 6. 1085.00 0.00 2000.00 Nagaland 3860.64 169.00 594.00 524.00 6820.29 7SO.00 0.00 2016.00 0.00 7. Sikkim 2000.00 2000.00 321.00 0.00 1278.05 0.00 549.50 11116.64 2802.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 if. Tripura 1097.25 0.00 257.00 278.00 5165.39 0.00 1495.60 2910.60 1550.00 Total (8) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1382.00 14642.44 4031.00 7204.78 8435.45 9500.00 9360.00 5630.00 4000.00 UTs .. 6863.00 6750.00 7558.00 75539.22 1. A&NIslands 395.55 500.00 0.00 0.00 2. 0.00· 0.00 259.68 0.00 Chandlgarh 3400.95 131.00 200.00 1486.23 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Haveili 206.25 500.00 0.00 3900.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4. Daman&Diew 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 190.00 0.00 0.00 706.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.43 5. Delhi 0.00 0.00 0.00 232.43 3647.08 2250.00 2000.00 0.00 6. 0.00 6040.32 5000.00 2500.00 Lakshadweep 51.25 0.00 4669.00 26106.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7. Puducherry 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1898.88 1250.00 O.OQ 51.25 0.00 0.00 259.68 2500.00 Total (C) 0.00 0.00 331.00 6239.56 9789.96 5000.00 2000.00 0.00 0.00 6300.00 7802.11 2500.00 131.00 (A+B+C) 124535.93 59574.00 5200.00 38723.07 70820.78 89500.00 93300.00 56299.00 53874.11 62121.00 65000.00 70286.00 745310.82 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA .." MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE . t-: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 4-~ JA v\~tA . ~l1' RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1220
TO.BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28.11.2019
Vacant posts of Judges in High Courts
1220. SHRI AHMED PATEL:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that as many as 414 posts of High Court Judges are lying vacant in various High Courts of the country; (b) if so, the details thereof, High Court-wise; (c) whether it is also a fact that Government is holding back large number of appointment of Judges despite recommendations of Supreme Court Collegium; and (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
.MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): A Statement showing the vacancies of Judges of High Courts as on
18.11.2019 is at Annexure.
(c) & (d): Proposals recommended by various High Courts Collegiums for
appointment of High Court Judges are under various stages of processing with
the Government and Supreme Court Collegium as per the procedure prescribed
in Memorandum of Procedure (MoP). ". Annexure>
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred .. ; Question No. 1220due for answer on 28.11.2019regarding 'Vacant posts of Judges in High Courts'
( As on 25.11.2019)
51. No. Name of the High Court Vacancies
1 Allahabad 60 2 Andhra Pradesh 22 3 Bombay 29 4 Calcutta 32 5 Chhattisgarh 07 6 Delhi 23 7 Gauhati 03 8 Gujarat 24 9 Himachal Pradesh 03 10 High Court for Union 09 territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh 11 Jharkhand 06 12 Karnataka 22 13 Kerala 15 14 Madhya Pradesh 22 15 Madras 21 16 Manipur 01 17 Meghalaya 01 18 Orissa 13 19 Patna 26 20 Punjab& Haryana 35 21 Rajasthan 29 22 Sikkim 0 23 . Telangana 11 24 Tripura 01 25 Uttarakhand 01 Total 416
**** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE ; " DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t1224
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28TH NOVEMBER, 2019.
Study conducted on legal system by 11M,Kolkata
t1224. SHRI JOSE K.MANI:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government had commissioned a study by the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata on India's overburdened legal system and whether the findings are not positive; (b) whether the study reveals that the convoluted nature of the litigation process is the main cause for the near break-down of the judicial system; and . (c) whether according to the findings, it takes around two and a half years for a litigant to get a judgement which is bogged down by shortage and non-attendance of judges, arbitrary adjournments, absence of lawyers and witnesses who are made to turn hostile often?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata has submitted a Research Report on project titled "Study of Court processes and Re-engineering Opportunities for Improving Court efficiencies for Justice Delivery in India" sanctioned under the Scheme for Action Research and Studies on Judicial Reforms.
(b) and. (c): The study, conducted on the basis of survey done through questionnaire, attempts to understand the sources of delays and propose corrective measures that may be considered to tackle the delays. The study has brought out the reasons for delays in processing cases in the judicial system. These are, inter alia, vacancies among judicial officers, judicial officers being assigned administrative duties and responsibilities, inadequate number of court rooms and high pendency of cases, vacancles among court staff, non- t: . . attendance of witnesses, non-appearance of lawyers, length of oral arqurnents, '. - and adjournments. The study has made recommendations under four broad categories, namely people, process, policy and technology. The Report has been shared with the Calcutta High Court for necessary action.
***** c@ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ******
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1226
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE zs" NOVEMBER, 2019
Fast Track Special Courts
1226. SHRIMATI VANDANA CHAVAN:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Department of Justice has proposed to set up Fast Track Special Courts under the Nirbhaya Fund for expeditious trial and disposal of cases pertaining to sexual offences involving women and girls;
(b) if so, the details thereof, including the number of Fast Track Special Courts proposed to be set up, State-wise;
(c) the number of proposed Fast Track Special Courts that have been set up, Statewise;
(d) the time-frame within which the remaining number of Fast Track Special Courts are expected to be set up; and
(e) the details of the amount appraised, released and utilized for the same?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a-e): In furtherance to The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, Government has finalized a Scheme for Setting up of a total of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases pertaining to Rape and Prevention of Children
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from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in a time-bound manner under Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The Scheme is proposed for one year, . spread over two financial years (2019-20 & 2020-21). The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs.767.25 cr. which has a Central Share of Rs.474 cr. to be incurred under Nirbhaya Fund. Against present allocation of Rs. 100 Cr., RS.78.975 Cr. has been released so far to 11 States. Details of number of FTSCs proposed to be set up, estimated budget total as well as central share, funds released so far, state wise, has been given in the Annexure.
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ANNEXURE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1226 FOR 28th NOVEMBER, 2019 STATUS OF SCHEME OF FAST TRACK SPECIAL COURTS (FTSCs)
As on 25/11/2019 (Rs. In Crore)
SI States/UTs Total Total Central Funds No. No. of estimat share as release Date of Release FTSCs ed per CSS d so far of central share in the cost pattern for setting up of State/UT number of FTSCs as per the Scheme 1 Andhra 18 13.5 8.1 Pradesh 2 Bihar 54 40.5 24.3 3 Chhattisgarh 15 11.25 6.75 4 West Bengal 123 92.25 55.35 5 A& N Islands 1 0.75 0.75 6 Delhi 16 12 7.2 7 Gujarat 35 26.25 15.75 8 Assam 27 20.25 18.225 -9 Arunachal 3 2.25 2.025 Pradesh 10 Mizoram 3 2.25 2.025 11 Nagaland 1 0.75 0.675 0.3375 18.10.2019 For 1 FTSC 12 Maharashtra 138 103.5 62.1 31.05 07.11.2019 For 138 FTSC 13 Goa 2 1.5 0.9 14 Himachal 6 4.5 4.05 Pradesh 15 J&K 4 3 2.7 16 Jharkhand 22 16.5 9.9 4.95 18.10.2019 For 22 FTSC 17 Karnataka 31 23.25 13.95 6.975 20.11.2019 For 31 FTSC 18 Kerala 56 42 25.2 6.3 14.11.2019 For 28 FTSCs 19 Madhya 67 50.25 30.15 15.075 11.10.2019 Pradesh For 67 FTSCs .20 Manipur 2 1.5 1.35 0.675 11.11.2019 For 2 FTSCs 21 Meghalaya 5 3.75 3.375 22 Odisha 45 33.75 20.25 \.-5.4 "\t 30.10.2019 For 24 FTSCs
23 Punjab 12 9 5.4 24 Haryana . 16 12 7.2 25 Chandigarh 1 0.75 0.75 26 Rajasthan 45 33.75 20.25 5.85 'OT 11.2019 For 26 FTSCs 27 Tamil.Nadu 14 10.5 6.3 28 Tripura 3 2.25 2.025 1.0125 18.10.2019 For 3 FTSCs 29 Telangana 36 27 16.2 30 Uttar 218 163.5 98.1 Pradesh 31 Uttarakhand 4 3 2.7 1.35 24.10.2019 For4 FTSCs Total 1023 767.25 474 78.975 For 346 FTSCs I
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1228
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28th NOVEMBER, 2019
Use of regional languages in courts
t1228. SHRI RAKESH SINHA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of regional courts in terms of language of the country where execution of the judicial process related to all parties is taking place in regional languages; (b) .the names of such courts and languages thereof; and (c) if the work is not executed in all the languages, by when it has been targeted to be done? ANSWER MINISTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND. ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (c): Under Article 235 of the Constitution of India, the administrative control over the district and subordinate judiciary in the States vest with the concerned High Court. Use of regional language in lower courts is subject matter of States. " .L.:
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEP ARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *182
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, osthDECEMBER, 2019.
.Delay in criminal justice system
*182. SHRI NARANBHAI J. RATHWA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the criminal justice system is delaying in deciding the criminal cases due to which crimes are increasing;
(b) if so, Government's reaction thereto; and
(c) the efforts made by Government to expedite the disposal of criminal cases?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RA VI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ®
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) of RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *182 FOR ANSWER ON 5th DECEMBER, 2019.
(a): Disposal of pending cases, including criminal cases, is a matter of concern and
priority for Central Government, particularly for serious and heinous offences.
However, the disposal and decision of cases is primarily within the domain of
judiciary. Surely, the Government intervenes to support the courts functioning with
infrastructure, creation of special courts, and also amend the laws depending upon
societal needs and gravity of offences. Timely disposal of cases in courts depends
on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate number of
judges, 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 and proper application of rules and procedures to
monitor, track and bunch cases for hearing. As per the data available on the
National Crime Records Bureau website, a total of 1,52,372 criminal cases relating
to crimes against women have been disposed during 2017.
As regards law and order, Police and Public order are State subjects and
prevention, detection, investigation of crime are primarily the responsibility of
States. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the
extant provisions of laws.
(b): The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been enacted making the punishment for offences like rape more stringent by including death penalty for rape of a girl below the age of 12 years. The Act also, inter-alia; mandates .» completion of investigation and trials within 2 months each. Further, in order to' ensure that the amendments in law effectively translate at ground level, and to enhance women safety in the country, the Government has undertaken a number of measures for implementation. These include an online analytic tool for police launched on 19th February 2019 called "Investigation Tracking System for Sexual
Offences" to monitor and track time-bound investigation in sexual assault cases in accordance with Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2018; launch of National
Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) on 20th September 2018 to facilitate investigation and tracking of sexual offenders across the country by law enforcement agencies; setting up of Cyber Crime Forensic Labs in several States; sanction of Safe City Projects in phase-I in 8 cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,
Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai) under Nirbhaya Fund for using technology to aid smart policing and safety management; and steps taken to improve investigation by strengthening DNA analysis units in Central and State
Forensic Science Laboratories, which includes setting up of a State-of-the-Art
DNA Analysis Unit in Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh.
Guidelines have been notified for collection of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases and the standard composition in a sexual assault evidence collection kit. To facilitate adequate capacity in manpower, training and skill building programs for
Investigation Officers, Prosecution Officers and Medical Officers have commenced. In September, 2016, Union Minister of Law &,}ustice wrote to the Chief
Ministers of States and the Chief Justices of High Courts to enhance the cadre
strength of the District and Subordinate Courts and provide physical infrastructure
to the State judiciary. The same was reiterated in May, 2017. In August, 2018, in
the context of increasing. pendency of cases, the Union Minister of Law & Justice
has written to all Chief Justices of High Courts to monitor the Status of the
vacancies regularly and to ensure proper coordination with the state Public Service
Commission to fill up vacant posts as per time schedule prescribed by the Hon'ble
Supreme Court in the Malik Mazhar Sultan case. Union Minister of Law & Justice,
vide a letter dated 3rd February 2017, had requested the Chief Justices of all 24
High Courts to advise the district judiciary to ensure effective implementation of
. section 436A CLP.C. and ensure periodic monitoring of the associated Under Trial
Review Committee Mechanism.
Government has taken significant steps on the offences committed under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Narcotics, Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The Central Government in the Finance Act,
2019 has taken steps to tighten the gaps in the existing provisions of the Prevention
of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in order to make the existing provisions stricter
and better armoured to detect suspicious transactions.
(c): The Union Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases and reduction
in pendency of cases, including criminal cases. The National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms has adopted many strategic initiatives, including
improving infrastructure [court halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of
District and Subordinate Courts, leveraging Information and Communication
Technology (lCT) for better justice delivery, filling up of vacant positions of
Judges in High Courtsand Supreme Court, reduction in pendency through follow
up by Arrears Committees at District, High Court and Supreme Court level,
emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and initiatives to fast track
special type of cases. The major steps taken by the Union Government during the
last five years specifically with reference to expeditious disposal of criminal cases
are as under:
(i) Legislative Amendments to expedite disposal of criminal cases: The
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, enacted on l I" August, 2018,
mandates completion of investigation and trials within 2 months each.
(ii) Initiatives to Fast Track Special Type of Criminal Cases: The Fourteenth
Finance Commission endorsed the proposal of the Government to strengthen
the judicial system in States which included, inter-alia, establishing Fast
Track Courts for cases of heinous crimes; cases involving senior citizens,
women, children etc., and urged the State Governments to use the additional
fiscal space provided in the form of enhanced tax devolution form 32% to
42% to meet such requirements. As on 30.09.2019, 704 Fast Track Courts
are functional for heinous crimes, crimes against women and children,
family and matrimonial disputes, etc. To fast track criminal cases involving elected MPs / MLAs, ten (10) Special Courts are functional in nine (9)
States (one each in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and two in NCT of
Delhi) and proportionate funds have been released to these States by the
Government. Further, Government has approved a scheme for setting up
1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious
disposal of pending cases of Rape under IPC and crimes under POCSO Act.
As on date, 15 States have joined the scheme for setting up of 420 FTSCs
and 203 exclusive POCSO courts. Rs.89.1 crore (out of the total allocation
of Rs.100 crore) has already been released as the first instalment to these 15
States.
(iii) Leveraging Information and Coinmunication Technology (lCT) for
improved justice delivery: Government has been implementing the e-Courts
Mission Mode Project throughout the country for Information and
Communication Technology enablement of district and subordinate courts.
Video Conferencing facility has been enabled between 3240 court
. complexes and 1272 corresponding jails. All stakeholders including Judicial
Officers can access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions.of
computerized District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the
National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Currently, case status information in
respect of over 12.23 crore pending and disposed cases and more than 10.26 " '
crore orders I judgments pertaining to these computerized courts is available
onNJDG.
In addition, the following measures have 'been taken to strengthen the justice system, in general:
(i) Improving infrastructure for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate
Courts: As on date, Rs.7,453.l0 crores have been released since the
inception of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of
Infrastructure Facilities for judiciary in 1993-94. Out of this, Rs.4,008.80
crores (which is 53.79% of the total amount released till date) have been
released to the States and UTs since April, 2014. The number of court halls
has increased from 15,818 as on 30.06.2014 to 19,423 as on 02.12.2019 and
number of residential units has increased from 10,211 as on 30.06.2014 to
17,151 as on 02.12.2019 under this scheme. In addition, 2,826 court halls
and 1,843 residential units are under construction.
(ii) Filling 'up of vacant positions in Supreme Court, High Courts and District
and Subordinate Courts: From 01.05.2014 to 02.12.2019, 35 Judges were
appointed in Supreme Court. 489 new Judges were appointed and 427
Additional Judges were made permanent in the High Courts. Sanctioned
strength of Judges of High Courts has been increased from 906 in May, 2014
to 1079 currently. Sanctioned and working strength of Judicial Officers in
District and Subordinate Courts has increased as follows: As on Sanctioned Strength Working Strength
31.12.2013 19,518 15,115
02.12.2019 23,567 18,120
(iii) Leveraging Information and Communication Technology (lCT) for
improved justice delivery: As part of the e-Courts Mission Mode Project,
number of computerized District & Subordinate courts has increased from
13,672 to 16,845 registering an increase of 3,173 during 2014 till date. New
and user-friendly version of Case Information Software has been developed
and deployed at all the computerized District & Subordinate Courts. eCourts
services such as details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily
orders & final judgments are available to litigants and advocates through
eCourts web portal, Judicial Service Centres (JSC) in all computerized
courts, eCourts Mobile App, email service, SMS push & pull services.
(iv) Reduction in Pendency through / follow up by Arrears Committees: In
pursuance of resolution passed in Chief Justices' Conference held in April,
2015, Arrears Committees have been set up in High Courts to clear cases
pending for more than five years. Arrears Committees have been set up
under District Judges too. Arrears Committee has been constituted in the
Supreme Court to formulate steps to reduce pendency of cases in High
Courts and District Courts.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t2003 . TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE osth DECEMBER, 2019
Pendency of cases in Courts and vacancy of Judges
t2003. DR. SASMIT PATRA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of cases pending in the Supreme Court, High Courts in the country, Court-wise, District Courts in the country, Court-wise over the past five years; and .
(b) the number of vacancies of Judges in Supreme Court, High Courts of the country, Court-wise, District Courts of the country, Court-wise over the past five years?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): As per the data made available on the website of the Supreme Court of India, the number of cases pending in the Supreme Court in the past five years is as given below:- Year Total Pendency (No. of cases) 2015 (as on 31.12.2015) 59,272 2016 (as on 31.12.2016) 62,537 2017 (as on 01.12.2017) 55,089 2018 (As on 01.12.2018) 56,994 2019 (As on 01.11.2019) 59,867
As per information and data furnished by the High Courts and also information and data available on the web-portal of the National judicial Data Grid (NJDG), High Court-wise pendency of cases in High Courts and State / UT-wise pendency of cases in District and Subordinate Courts during last four years and current year is given in a . statement. at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively. (b): The number of vacancies of Judges in Supreme Court and various High Courts and ~. State I UT-wise vacancies in District and Subordinate Courts during last four years and ,. current year is given in a statement at Annexure-III and'Annexure-IV respectively. ,...., ® Annexure -I
High Court-wise pendency of cases in High Courts during last four years and current year '"
51. High Court As on As on As on As on As on No. 31.12.2015 31.12.2016 31.12.2017 21.12.2018 02.12.2019 1. Allahabad 9,18,829 9,16,046 $ 7,24,726 7,31,516 2. Punjab & 2,88,351 3,02,313 3,84,098 3,93,953 5,16,613 Haryana 3. Madras 2,84,428 2,97,617 3,14,345 3,98,997 4,01,778 4. Madhya 2,73,827 2,89,445 3,07,384 3,30,554 3,56,86.9 Pradesh 5. Andhra 2,70,272* 2,91,761* 3,25,119* 3,60,574* 1,92,914 Pradesh 6. Bombay 2,46,441 2,61,649 4,64,074 4,64,074 2,67,809 7. Rajasthan 2,44,866 2,54,131 2,63,103 7,41,193 4,58,714 8. Karnataka 2,37,454 2,77.,620 2,11,110 2,36,161 2,46,194 9. Calcutta 2,21,282 2,19,064 2,32,116 . 2,43,456 22,049 10. Orissa 1,69,453 1,68,003 1,68,375 1,67,072 1,49,454 11. Kerala 1,57,369 1,66,735 1,81,114 1,93,371 1,96,625 12. Patna 1,28,738 1,34,459 1,45,056 1,49,920 1,68,762 13. Gujarat 87,072 75,098 1,09,709 1,13,511 1,25,937 14. Jharkhand 80,419 85,757 57,944 87,997 84,205 15. Delhi 68,784 67,082 69,546 74,252 80,091 16. Jammu & 56,453 59,404 $ 91,994 74,849 Kashmir 17. Chhattisgarh 50,111 55,642 59,463 63,359. 67,734 18. Uttarakhand 26,680 32,004 36,910 55,751 39,025 19. Himachal 26,533 25,147 37,955 36,066 44,497 Pradesh 20. Gauhati 25,948 29,469 39,191 40,457 44,963 21. Manipur 3,315 3,286 16,889 7,308 3,717 22. Tripura 3,037 2,545 '. 2,798 2,964 2,686 23. Meghalaya 597 700 951 1,069 1,056 24. Sikkim 114 170 212 254 239 25. Telangana$$ ------2,17,632 Total 38,70,373 40,15,147 34,27,462 49,79,033 44,95,928 *IncludesData for Telangana $Data as on 31.12.2017was not availableon NationalJudicial Data Grid (NJOG). $$ New High Court established after bifurcationof the State of Andhra Pradesh. Annexure -It-
State I UT-wise pendency of cases in District and Subordinate Courts during last four years and current year ,-
SI. No Name of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of States/UTs Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases pending in -pending in pending in pending in pending in District and District and District' and District and District and Subordinate Subordinate Subordinate Subordinate Subordinate Courts as on Courts as on Courts as on Courts as on Courts as on 31.12.2015 31.12.2016 31.12.2017 10.12.2018 02.12.2019 1. A & Nisland 9,495 8,767 11,185 --- 0 2_ Andhra Pradesh 10,31,515 10,77,944 4,99,246 5,22,853 5,63,587 3. Telangana 4,16,164 5,14,425 5,58,826 4. Arunachal 8,776 14,583 ------Pradesh 5_ Assam 2,42,503 2,58,639 2,23,954 2,84,344 2,91,792 6_ ' Bihar 20,73,303 21,28,325 16,58,292 24,39,139 28,45,004 7. Chandigarh 36,322 38,907 38,628 42,980 47,569 8. Chhattisgarh 2,85,962 2,90,434 2,72,888 2,57,782 2,76,761 9. 0& N Haveli 3,903 3,766 3,552 2,465 3,091 10. Daman & Diu 1,723 1,720 1,746 1,758 2,203 11. Delhi 5,39,601 6,06,181 6,07,036 7,19,977 8,44,115 12. Goa 39,615 42,074 39,745 43,825 46,637 13. , Gujarat 21,42,011 18,22,311 16,41,355 16,59,335 16,30,273 14. Haryana 5,24,281 5,47,736 6,45,647 7,21,335 8,57,782 15. Himachal 1,62,553 2,06,941 2,09,938 2,56,577 2,92,505 Pradesh 16. Jammu & 1,24,763 1,45,999 1,21,754 1,55,889 1,74,876 Kashmir 17. Jharkhand 3,24,357 3,42,768 3,33,494 3,53,670 3,82,972 18_ Karnataka 12,68,966 13,62,167 13,81,438 12,77,153 15,61,111 19. Kerata 13,45,127 14,82,667 11,52,056 11,62,952 12,72,369 20. Lakshadweep 380 357 ------21. Madhya Pradesh 11;91,799 10,97,634 13,25,053 13,70,355 14,29,873 I 22. Maharashtra 29,94,074 32,39,540 33,36,574 35,61,746 37,76,743 23. Manipur 6,885 6,978 9,604 9,994 9,866 24. Meghalaya 7,493 15,239 7,032 6,727 8,845 25. Mizoram 4,671 4,665 3,306 3,653 2,541 I 26. Nagaland 3,862 4,450 ------27. Orissa 10,64,039 10,49,325 10,22,635 11,23,055 12,22,098 28. Punjab 5,04,028 5,04,320 5,68,232 5,99,053 6,34,354 29. Rajasthan 14,79,173 11,48,704 14,24,560 15,05,712 16,71,789 30. Sikkim 1,299 1,434 1,400 1,306 1,156 31. Tamil Nadu 10,82,793 10,99,521 10,10,381 11,03,460 11,59,965 32. Pondicherry 24,973 ------33. Tripura 1,29,789 43,568 25,191 23,519 24,204 34. Uttar Pradesh 55,74,490 59,80,071 61,61,822 70,04,569 75,60,213 35. Uttarakhand 1,66,618 1,90,948 2,10,587 2,38,349 1,98,944 36. West Bengal 26,18,813 27,28,753 ' 17,59,635 22,05,954 22,77,387 Total 2,70,19,955 2,74,97,436 2,61,24,130 2,91,73,911 3,16,29,451 Annexure - III
Vacancies of Judges in the Supreme 'Court and High Courts during last four years and current year -.
51. Name of the Vacancies No. Court 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 as on as on as on as on as on 01.1.201~ 01.1.2016 01.1;2017 01.1.2018 27.11.2019
Supreme Court 03 05 07 06 00
High Court 1 Allahabad 80 86 75 52 60 2 Andhra Pradesh 19 22 38 30 22 3 Bombay' 08 35 32 24 29 4 Calcutta 19 16 34 39 32 5 Chhattisgarh 08 13 11 10 07 6 Delhi 19 21 22 23 23 7 Gauhati 12 08 07 06 03 8 Gujarat 12 24 21 21 24 9 Himachal Pradesh 06 06 03 05 03 10 ' High Court for 08 07 07 06 09 Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh 11 Jharkhand 11 11 12 11 06 12 Karnataka 27 31 32 37 22 13 Kerala 07 03 10 10 15 14 Madhya Pradesh 19 23 14 19 22 15 Madras 17 38 18 15 21 16 Manipur 01 02 02 03 01 17 Meghalaya 00 01 01 02 01 18 Orissa 07 05 09 10 13 19 Patna 11 25 22 20 26 20 Punjab& Haryana 29 35 38 35 29 21 Rajasthan 20 25 16 16 29 22 Sikkim 01 01 01 00 00 23 Telangana ------11 24 Tripura 0 0 01 02 01 25 Uttarakhand 05 05 04 02 01 Total 346 443 430 398 410 ~ ~ Annexure -'"IV
Vacancies of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts during last four years and- current year -.,
SI. Name of Vacancies No. States/UTs 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 as on as on as on as on as on 31.12.2015 31.12.2016 31.12.2017 31.12.2018 02.12.2019 1 Andhra Pradesh 249 96 66 85 146 &Telangana 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 9 11 5 14 3 Assam 105 113 77 74 53 4 Bihar 660 823 835 637 695 5 Chhattisgarh 44 39 63 58 74 6 Goa 8 7 12 3 7 7 Gujarat 769 391 375 360 326 8 Haryana - 170 143 149 172· 293 9 Himachal Pradesh 18 8 --11 15 23 10 Jammu & Kashmir 25 27 29 86 58 11 Jharkhand 126 225 253 218 213 12 Karnataka 302 387 327 202 241 13 Kerala 15 64 85 68 75 14 Madhya Pradesh 218 781 728 442 517 15 Maharashtra 334 125 167 176 236 1-6 Manipur 6 9 9 15 16 17 Meghalaya -28- 16 58 58 48 18 Mizoram 33 33 17 18 18 19 Nagaland 2 9 12 7 0 20 Odisha 118 261 206 164 144 21 Punjab 182 128 136 148 93 22 Rajasthan 206 129 103 271 303 23 Sikkim 4 10 5 4 6 24 Tamil Nadu 46 108 200 263 129 25 Tripura 36 29 31 40 24 26 Uttar Pradesh 277 1414 1348 1208 1404 27 Uttarakhand 74 73 61 63 67 28 West Bengal 59 100 40 57 93 29 A & Nisland 0 0 -13 30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 1 31 D & N Haveli and 1 1 0 0 1 Daman & Diu 32 Delhi 303 304 317 216 119 33 Lakshadweep 0 -0 1 0 0 34 Puducherry 12 13 14 14 15 Total 4432 5875 5746 5147 -5439 ' ® .. j
N tJ\ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ****** RAJYASABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2005
TO BE ANSWERED ON THRUSDAY, THE 5TH DECEMBER,2019 Appointment of lawyers to provide legal assistance
t2005. SHRI AMAR SHANKAR SABLE: Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleasedto state: (a) the process of appointing lawyers to provide legal assistance to. the people by Government; (b) the number of such Government appointed lawyers in the country at present, whether the posts of such Government lawyers are vacant or there is a requirement of more lawyers; (c) whether with a view to providejustice for all, Government intends to set up free legal advice centres in every district or tehsil; and (d) if so, the details of the scheme thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) The National Legal Services Authority (Free and Competent Legal Services)
Regulations, 2010 provides for criteria and procedure for empanelment of panel
lawyers for providing legal assistance to the eligible sections of the population.
The selection of panel lawyers is made by the Executive Chairman or Chairman of .
the Legal Services Institution in consultation with the Attorney General [for the
Supreme Court], Advocate General [for the High Court], District Attorney or
Government Pleader [for District and Taluka level] and the Monitoring and
Mentoring Committee of the Institution. (b) At present, there are 61,295 panel lawyers ernpanelled by Legal Services
Authorities throughout the country for providing legal assistance to the people who
are eligible to receive such assistance. The panel lawyers are em panelled by the
Legal Services Institutions as per the work load. As of now, the required number
of panel lawyers are available with the Legal Services Institutions.
(c)&(d) The Legal Services Institutions have been set up under the Legal Services
Authorities Act, 1987 at all levels from the level of Taluk Courts to SupremeCourt.
The Legal Services Institutions have set up Front Offices to provide legal advice
to the visitors. More than 23,000 legal Services Clinics have also been set up in
Jails, Courts, Juvenile Justice Board (JJBs), Community Centres, Villages/ Rural
areas and Law Colleges/Universities to provide free legal services.
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.. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2006 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE osth DECEMBER, 2019
Corruption in judicial services
2006. SHRI K.SOMAPRASAD:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government proposes to workout any concrete policy to save judicial service from corruption and if so, the details thereof; (b) the number of Judges of High Courts and District Courts who have been compulsorily retired or imposed with a ban on their judicial power during the last three years till date, S~ate-wise details thereof; and (c) whether regular monitoring of the Judges of the District Courts/High Courts are being done to check corruption in judicial service and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) and (b): The issue of checking corruption in the judiciary is to be addressed by the judiciary itself, as it is an independent organ under the Indian Constitution. Accountability in higher judiciary is maintained through "in-house procedure" adopted by the Supreme Court in Full Court meeting held on ih May, 1997. As per the "In-house procedure" Chief Justice of India is competent to receive complaints against the conduct of the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justices of the High Courts. Similarly, the Chief Justices of the High Courts are competent to receive complaints against the conduct of High Court Judges. Further, as per Article 235 of the Constitution of India, the control over District Courts and Courts subordinate thereto vests in the High Court. Complaints and representations regarding allegation of corruption received are forwarded to the Chief Justice 'of India or to the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court, as the case .may be, for appropriate action. Similarly, complaints I representations against member of Subordinate Judiciary received are forwarded to the Registrar General of the concerned High Court, for appropriate action.
(c): Does not arise in view of (a) and (b) above: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2007
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE OSTH DECEMBER, 2019
Women Judges in High Courts
2007. SHRI NARAIN DASS GUPTA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Ministry is aware that as per the India Justice Report, the share of women Judges came down to 28 per cent in Subordinate Courts' and 11 per cent in High Courts;
(b) whether any gender sensitivity study has been initiated to look into the matter;
(c) if so, the findings thereof; and
(d) the measures taken to address the issue?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): India Justice Report, 2019, published by a private body, Tata Trusts, claims to rank states according to the level to which they have capacitated themselves to \ deliver justice to all. The report has pointed out that despite wide acceptance of the value of gender diversity, the actual presence of women in state judiciaries is underwhelming. As per information available in the Department of Justice, for the year 2019, the number of women judges in all the High Courts is 77 as against 53 in the year 2012.
(b): No, Sir.
(c): Does not arise in view of (b) above.
(d): Appointment of Judges of the High Court is made under Article 217 of the Constitution of India. This Article does not provide for reservation for any caste or class of person. Therefore, no caste or class-wise data of Judges is maintained by the Government. Government has, however, been requesting the Chief Justices of the High Courts that while sending proposals for appointment of Judges, due consideration be given to suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women and Minorities. Further, the selection and appointment of judges in subordinate courts is the responsibility of the High Courts and the State Governments concerned. The recruitment of judicial officers in some States is done by respective High Courts, whereas in other States the High Courts do it in consultation with the State Public Service Commissions. As per the available information, some States such as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan, have· provided reservation quota for appointment of women in the subordinate judiciary.
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GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENTOF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2008
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 05.12.2019
Vacancies of Judges in Andhra Pradesh
2008. SHRI V. VIJAYASAI REDDY:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
a) whether it is a fact that there are 24 vacancies of Judges in Andhra Pradesh High Court; b) if so, since how long they have been lying vacant; and c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to fill the vacancies? ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (c): As on 01.12.2019, there are 22 vacant posts of Judges in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. As per the Memorandum of Procedure for appointment and transfer of Chief Justices and Judges of High Court, the Chief Justice of the High . Court is required to initiate the proposals for filling up of vacancies of Judges in the High Court six months prior to the occurrence of vacancies. However,this timeline is rarely adhered to. Filling up of vacancies is a continuous, integrated and collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary. It requires consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities both at the State and Centre level. While every effort is made, to fill up the existing vacancies expeditiously, vacancies do keep on arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges and increase in Judge Strength. *** , 7 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
.RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 12009. TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE cs' DECEMBER, 2019
Pendency of cases in District Courts/High Courts
t2009. SHRI NEERAJ SHEKHAR:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of District Courts and High Courts which have complied with the direction of the Supreme Court for bringing down pendency to nil, of cases pending for ten years or more on or before 31st December, 2017 and cases pending for five years or more on or before 31st December, 2018, State-wise;
(b) whether any court in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh has complied with the said direction of the Supreme Court;
(c) if so, the details thereof, Court-wise; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a), (b) and (c): Current data regarding pendency of cases in District and Subordinate Courts and High Courts is available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). NJDG does not provide historical data. As on 02.12.2019, the number of cases pending for ten years or more and for five years or more, in District and Subordinate Courts, State/UT• wise is given' in Annexure I, and in High Courts, High Court-wise is given in Annexure II.
(d) Disposal of cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary. Timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate '~ - number of judges, supporting,court staff and physical infrastructure, complexity of facts
< involved, nature of evidence,' eo-operation of stake holders viz. bar, investigation agencies, witnesses and litigants and proper application ofrules and procedures.
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Number of cases pending in District and Subordinat~ ..Courts, State I UT-wise
SI. No Name of States/UTs Number of Cases Number of Cases pending for 5 pending for 10 years or more years or more . 1. A & Nisland ------2. Andhra Pradesh 24149 4105 3. Telangana 31441 6704 4. Arunachal Pradesh ------5. Assam 21984 2703 6. Bihar 929823 373542 7. Chandigarh 554 49 8. Chhattisgarh 5427 739 9. 0& N Haveli 523 198 10. Daman & Diu 259 67 11. Delhi 38561 5023 12. Goa 5241 1690 13. Gujarat 347012 173578 14. Haryana 6117 493 15. Himachal Pradesh 20842 714 16. Jammu & Kashmir 26220 3958 17. Jharkhand 63348 11350 18. Karnataka 170078 35224 19. Kerala 61694 6064 20. Lakshadw.eep ------21. Madhya Pradesh 84390 13045 22. Maharashtra 720314 249282 23. Manipur 807 256 24. Meghalaya 1920 744 25. Mizoram 122 16 26. Nagaland ------27. Orissa 395189 174088 28. Punjab 8779 880 29. Rajasthan 247159 47170 30.. Sikkim 3 0 31. Tamil Nadu 138728 33086 32. Pondicherry ------33. Tripura 2707 1176 34. Uttar Pradesh 2467929 939849 35. Uttarakhand 18371 2710 36. West Bengal 743277 285332 Total 6582968 2373835 Note: Dataon DIstrictand SubordinateCourtsIn the Statesof Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and UnionTerritoriesof Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Puducherry are not availableonthe web-portalof NJDG. Annexure II
Number of cases pending in the High.Courts
51. Name of High Courts Number of Cases Number of Cases No pending for 5 years pending for 10 or more years or more 1. Allahabad High Court . 419378 250179 2. Calcutta High Court 11691 8226 3. Gauhati High Court 3944 272 4. High Court for the State of 71001 23078 Telangana 5. High Court of Andhra Pradesh 67279 23018 6. High Court of Bombay 121928 71346 7. High Court of Chhattisgarh 13891 4360 8. High Court of Delhi 19817 7461 9. High Court of Gujarat 32801 12021 10. High Court of Himachal Pradesh 7358 977 11. High Court of Jammu & Kashmir 27417 6126 12. High Court of Jharkhand 29961 13431 13. High Court of Karnataka 47676 5587 14.- High Court of Kerala 54945 15227 15. High Court of Madhya Pradesh 147070 62269 16. High Court of Manipur 588 249 17. High Court of Me_ghalaya 13 0 18. High Court of Punjab & Haryana 144137 75881 19. High Court of Rajasthan 130324 67367 20. High Court of Sikkim 1 0 21. High Court of Tripura 12 1 22. High Court of Uttarakhand 8417 4186 23. Madras High Court 142055 91382 24. Orissa High Court 59783 24986 25. Patna High Court 39545 20943 Total. 1601032 788573 ~-
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE OEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2011
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 5TH DECEMBER, 2019
Modernisation of judicial infrastructure
2011. SHRI'RANJIB BISWAL:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the schemes/programmes intended for modernisation, infrastructural development and judicial reforms have achieved the desired results in the country, if so, the details thereof along with funds allocated and released under the said schemes/programmes during each of the last three years and the current year, scheme/ programme-wise;
(b) whether the delivery of justice of Gram Nyayalayas to the litigants is faster than that of the judicial system in the country, if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of Government thereto; and
(c) the other steps taken by Government to improve the functioning of judiciary in the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) It is the primary responsibility of the State Governments to provide Judicial Infrastructure for District and Subordinate Courts, The Union Government has been administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary in order to augment the resources of State Governments by providing financial assistance to the States / UTs in _the prescribed fund sharing pattern. It covers the construction of court buildings and residential accommodations of Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Judiciary. As on date, Rs. 7,453 crores has been sanctioned since the inception of the Scheme in 1993.,94. Out of this, Rs. 4,008 crores has been sanctioned to the States and UTs since April, 2014. 19,423 court halls and 17,151 residential accommodations are available for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts against the working strength of 18,120 Judicial Officers in District - and Subordinate Courts of the country. In addition, 2,826 court halls and 1,843 residential units are under construction. _The details of Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates and funds released under the Scheme during last 3 years and current financial year are given below:
(Rs. in crore) Financial Budget Estimates Revised Estimates Funds released year (BE) (RE) 2016-17 595.00 538.74 538.74 2017-18 621.20 621.21 621.21 2018-19 622.00 650.00 650.00 2019-20 710.00 . - 702.86 (As on 02.12.2019)
In addition, the Central Government has been implementing another I Scheme, namely, the e-Courts Mission Mode Project for Information and Communication Technology enablement of District and Subordinate courts. Number of computerized District & Subordinate courts has increased from 13,672 to 16,845 registering an increase of 3,173 during 2014 till date. Video Conferencing facility has been enabled between 3240 court complexes and 1272 corresponding jails. New and user-friendly version of Case Information Software has been developed and deployed at all the computerized District and Subordinate Courts. All stakeholders including Judicial Officers can access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of computerized District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Currently, case status information in respect of over 12.23 crore pending and disposed cases and more than 10.26 crore orders / judgments pertaining to these computerized courts is available on NJDG. eCourts services such as details of case registration, cause ·list, case status, daily orders & final judgments,,_are available to litigants and advocates through eCourts web portal, Judicial Service Centers (JSC) in all computerized courts, eCourts Mobile App, email service, SMS push & pull services. The details of Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates and funds released under eCourt Mission Mode Projects during last 3 years and current financial year are given below:
(Rs. in crore) Financial Budget Revised Funds released year Estimates (BE) Estimates (RE) 2016-17 286.00 362.07 344.82 2017-18 416.00 375.00 373.27 2018-19 480.00 300.00 284.23 2019-20 256.53 - 37.15 (As on 02.12.2019)
(b) The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 provides the following for faster delivery of justice to litigants:
(i) Special procedure for both criminal and civil disputes under Sections 11J 12 and 13. (ii) Summary trial procedure for criminal offences under Section 19. (iii) Plea bargaining in Gram Nyayalayas under Section 20. (iv) Pronouncement of judgment within fifteen days immediately after termination of trial under Section 22. (v) Hearing on a day to day basis until its conclusion under Section 24. (vi) Disposal of suit, claim, application, filed under the Act within a period of six months from the date of its institution under Section 24. (vii) Procedure for conciliation and settlement of civil disputes under Section 26. (viii) Gram Nyayalayas to receive evidence which would be otherwise not relevant or admissible under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 under Section 30. (ix) Appeals in civil and criminal matters under Section 33 & 34 respectively.
The Central Government has been requesting States and High Courts for establishment of Gram Nyayalayas in the respective States. As per the information made available by various State Governments J High Courts, 353 Gram Nyayalayas have been notified, out of which 221 are operational.
(c) The Government has adopted a coordinated approach for improving judicial . " administration through many strategic initiatives, including improving infrastructure [court halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts, leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for better justice delivery, filling up of vacant positions of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court.
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RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t2012 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE osth DECEMBER, 2019
Pending cases of corruption
t2012. SHRI NARAYAN RANE:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that close to several thousand cases of corruption are pending in Courts of the country;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the number of such cases disposed of by the Courts during the last three years?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Cases of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 are investigated by agencies of the Central Government as well as agencies under State Governments/UTs. Details of cases pending as well as disposed in the District and Subordinate Courts [criminal or civil cases], as well as High Courts [criminal or civil cases or writ petitions] are available on the web-portal of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). However, NJDG does not provide data regarding corruption cases separately. As per information I data available on NJDG, a total number of 2,27,20,111 criminal cases are pending in District and Subordinate courts of the country, which includes criminal cases of corruption. Similarly, a total number of 12,75,545 criminal cases are pending in the High Courts of the country, which includes criminal cases of corruption.
(b): Disposal of cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary. Timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of @adeQUate number of judges, supportingcourt staff and physical infrastructure, complexity of facts involved, nature of evidence, co-operation of stake holders viz. bar, investigation agencies, witnesses and litigants and proper application of rules and procedures.
,oj, I' , (c): Does not arise in view of (a) above. ." GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREO QUESTION NO. 2013
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 5TH DECEMBER, 2019
Funds for judicial infrastructure development in Madhya Pradesh
2013. DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
The details of the installment amount and release schedule thereof with regard to the amount of ~112.69 crores till the year 2018-19 and ~617 crores for the year 2019-20 respectively as Central Government's total share designated under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for 'Judicial Infrastructure Development' in the State of Madhya Pradesh?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
A sum of Rs. 477.45 crore has so far been sanctioned to the Government of Madhya Pradesh under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (eSS) for development of infrastructure facilities for the judiciary since inception of the Scheme in 1993-94, which includes Rs. 79.42 crore in 2018-19 and Rs. 46.90 crore in 2019-20. The details of the date and funds sanctioned and released to Madhya Pradesh State during 2018-19 and 2019-20 are given below:-
(Rs. in crore) 2018-19 2019-20 Date Amount Date Amount 14.08.2019 34.71 08.05.2019 15.00 13.09.2019 34.71 21.08.2019 31.90 07.08.2019 10.00 Total 46.90 Total 79.42 ******* .- ._ ®
GOVERNMENT .OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2014 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 5th DECEMBER, 2019
Video conferencing during trials
2014. SHRI MAHESH PODDAR:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of prisons across the country that have been linked via video conferencing across the country, the State- wise details thereof;
(b) whether any amendment has been made to permit the use of video conferencing during trial hearings;
(c) the number of prisoners being produced via video conferencing for remand hearing and trial hearings across the country; and
(d) the nodal agency incharge of monitoring and documenting the use of video-conferencing at the district/State/national level?
ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Under the eCourts Mission Mode Project, video conferencing facility has been enabled between 3240 court complexes and 1272 corresponding jails. StatelUT wise information is placed in the Annexure. -,
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(b): An amendment was made in section 167 (2) (b) of Code of Criminal Procedure to extend further detention of the accused in judicial custody through the medium of electronic video linkage.
As per the said section, no Magistrate shall authorise detention of the accused in custody of the police under this section unless the accused is produced before him in person for the first time and subsequently every time till the accused remains in the custody of the police, but the Magistrate may extend further detention in judicial custody on production of the accused either m person or through the medium of electronic video linkage.
(c) and (d) : The nodal agency in charge of monitoring and documenting the use of video conferencing varies from State to State. In some States, the documentation is recorded in the proceedings of case records. In some States, Nodal Officers under eCourts project at District Level and Central Project Coordinator (CPC) of High Court at State Level do the monitoring' and documenting of use of video conferencing. In some other States, the remote end District Jails are also maintaining the records of such under trial prisoners in which judicial proceedings are' conducted through video conferencing. Therefore, the details of number of prisoners being produced via video conferencing for remand hearing and trial hearings across the country are not maintained centrally but by the respective nodal agency. II
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ANNEXURE
Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 150 65 2 Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh' 212 111 D&NHaveli Daman & Diu 2 2 3 Bombay Goa 17 2 Maharashtra 466 138 A & N Islands 4 4 4 Calcutta West Bengal 84 53 28 5 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh 90 10 6 Delhi Delhi 6 Arunachal Pradesh 14 2 Assam 68 29 7 Gauhati Mizoram 8 7 Nagaland ' 11 11 23 8 Gujarat Gujarat 327 Himachal 12 9 Himachal Pradesh 43 Pradesh Jammu and 14 10 Jammu and Kashmir 86 Kashmir 27 11 Jharkh and Jharkhand 28 97 12 Kamataka Karnataka 200 Kerala 156 33 13 Kerala Lakshadweep 3 4 122 14 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh 203 Puducherry 4 2 15 Madras Tamil Nadu 263 117 2 16 Manipur Manipur ]7 4 17' Meghalaya Meghalaya 6 18 Orissa Odisha 141 ,88 56 19 Patna Bihar 76 Chandigarh Punjab & 20 Haryana 53 19 Haryana Punjab 64 24 21 Rajasthan Rajasthan 238 95 22 Sikkirn Sikkim 4 2 23 Telangana Telangana 129 44 '!: ,.'" .. .8
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24 Tripura Tripura 13 13 25 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand 52 10 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DVN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2018
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 05.12.2019
Sanctioned post of Judges in High Courts
2018. SHRI RAVI PRAKASH VERMA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of vacancies of Judges in various High Courts filled up during last three years and the current year so far, year wise and High Court-wise;
(b) whether 40 per cent sanctioned post of High Court Judges are lying vacant at present; .
(c) if so, the details thereof, High Court wise;
(d) the reasons for the same; and
(e) the details of steps Government would take to ensure speedy and fair justice to common people?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (e): A Statement showing Sanctioned strength, Working Strength and
Vacancies of Judges and total number of Judges appointed during 2016 to
2019 ( till 27.11.2019) in the High Courts is at Annexure.
As per the Memorandum of Procedure for appointment and transfer of.
Chief Justices and Judges of High Court, the Chief Justice of the High Court is required to initiate the proposals for filling up of vacancies of Judges in the @ High Court six months prior to the occurrenceof v~can~ies.However, this timelines is rarely adhered to.
Filling up of vacancies in the High Courts is a continuous, integrated and
collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary. It requires
consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities both at the
State and Centre level. While every effort is made to- fill up the existing
vacancies expeditiously, vacancies do keep on arising on' account of
retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges and increase in Judge Strength.
The disposals of cases in Courts is within the domain of judiciary.
However, the Union Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases.
and reduction in pendency of cases to improve access to justice in line with the
mandate under Article 39A of the Constitution. The National Mission for Justice
Delivery and' Legal Reforms, established by the Union Government in 2011,
has adopted many strategic initiatives, including improving infrastructure [court
halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate
Courts, leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for better
justice delivery, reduction in pendency through follow up by Arrears
Committees at District, High Court and Supreme Court emphasis on Alternate
Dispute Resolution (ADR) and initiatives to fast track special type of cases.
****** Annexure Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) in Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2018 to be answered on 05.12.2019 regarding 'Sanctionedpost of Judges in High Courts. (Position as on 27.11.2019) Sl. No. Name of the Court Sanctioned Working Vacancies Total number of Judges appointed Strenzth Strength durinj 2016 2017 2018 2019 (27.11.2019) 1 Allahabad 160 100 60 20 31 28 01 2 Andhra Pradesh 37 15 22 01 10 - 02 3 Bombay 94 65 29 06 14 04 05 4 Calcutta 72 40 32 01 06 11 06 5 Chhattisgarh 22 15 07 03 03 4 -- 6 Delhi 60 37 23 OS 04 5 04 7 Gauhati 24 21 OJ OS 02 2 04 8 Gujarat 52 28 24 05 - 4 03 9 Himachal Pradesh 13 10 03 04 -- - 02 High Court for 17 08 09 -- 03 2 - Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union territory 10 of Ladakh 11 Jharkhand 25 19 06 04 02 3 02 -- 12 Karnataka 62 40 22 OS 02 12 10 13 Kerala 47 32 15 OS 03 4 01 14 Madhya Pradesh 53 31 22 18 - 8 02 15 Madras 75 54 21 25 12 8 01 16 Manipur 05 04 01 01 -- - - 17 Meghalaya 04 03 01 -- -- 1 . 01 18 Orissa 27 14 13 - -- 1 - 19 Patna 53 27 26 06 06 - 05 20 Punjab& Haryana 85 56 29 01 08 7 10 21 Rajasthan 50 21 29 11 os - 03 22 Sikkim 03 03 0 -- 01 - - 23 Telangana 24 13 11 "- -- 1 03 24 Tripura 04 03 01 - 03 3 - 25 Uttarakhand 11 10 01 01 Total 1079 669 410 126 115 108 66 - . _------,------
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t2019 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE os" DECEMBER, 2019
. Problems reflected by India Justice Report, 2019 t2019. SHRI JOSE K.MANI:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has examined the recently released India Justice Report, 2019 compiled by the civil society, relying on Government data since 2012, that throws light on problems plaguing the justice delivery system in the country; . (b) whether the report reveals that India spends 0.08 per cent of its GOP on its judiciary with no State filling all the sanctioned posts of High Court Judges; and (c) whether even on physical infrastructure, the report reveals a shortage of over 4,000 court halls against the sanctioned number?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): It is understood that India Justice Report, 2019 has been published by a private body, Tata Trusts. The report claims to rank states according to the level to which they have capacitated themselves to deliver justice to all. The report claims to use data available in public domain for analysis and inferences but in the absence of the details of years and sources of data it is not possible to verify the data used in the report.
(b): Insofar as expenditure for providing infrastructure to High Courts and District and Subordinate Courts is concerned, it is the primary responsibility of State Governments to provide adequate infrastructure for High Courts as well as Subordinate Judiciary. Further, the Union Government in its Memorandum to the 14th Finance Commission had proposed an amount of Rs.9748.71 crore for the justice sector including setting up of additional courts, Fast Track Courts, Family Courts, Re-designing existing courts, technical manpower support, scanning and digitization, L.,,~wSchools,Lok Adalats, ADR centres, Mediators, and capacity building. The 14th Finance Commission endorsed the proposal of the Union Government and urged the State Governments to use the. additional fiscal space provided in the form of enhanced tax devolution from 32% to 42% to meet such requirements. As regards filling all the sanctioned posts of High Court Judges, initiation of proposal for appointment of Judges in High Courts vests with the Chief Justice of the High Court. Appointment of Judges in High Courts is a continuous collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary, as it requires consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities. Sanctioned strength of Judges of High Courts. has been increased from 906 in May, 2014 to 1079 currently. While every effort is made to fill up the existing vacancies keep on arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges. Due to combined efforts of Government and Judiciary, 126 Judges in 201.6, 115 Judges in 2017, 108 Judges in 2018 and 66 Judges in 2019 (as on 02.12.2019) have been appointed in High Courts.
(c): As regards physical infrastructure, the Union Government has been administering the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for District and Subordinate Judiciary in order to augment the resources of State Governments in this regard in association with the States / UT Governments. As on date, Rs.7,453.10 crores have been released since the inception of the CSS in 1993-94. Out of this, Rs.4,008.80 crores (which is 53.79% of the total amount released till date) have been released to the States and UTs since April, 2014. Under the CSS, the number of court halls has increased from 15,818 as on 30.06.2014 to 19,423 as on 02.12.2019 under this scheme. In addition, 2,826 court halls are under construction. As on 02.12.2019, the sanctioned str.ength of Judicial Officers in the District and Subordinate Judiciary is 23,567 and working strength is 18,120. Thus, compared with the sanctioned strength, there is a shortfall of 4,144 court halls [including court halls under construction, the shortfall is 1,318 court halls]. However, compared with the working strength, there is an excess of 1,303 [including court halls under construction, the excess is 4,129 court halls]. ******* ------_. _. ------
t>\JJ'lMINI~~~~~M~vJ ~~6~~~TICE ~ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ~ . RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2020
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 05.12.2019
SCs/STs Judges in Supreme Court
2020. SHRI RONALD SAPA TLAU:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
a) whether it is a fact that Government is eager to provide maximum accommodation to the deserving/qualified minority groups i.e. SCs/STs etc. even in high places like the Supreme Court; b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; c) the present number of Supreme Court Judges belonging to the
SCs/STs; and d) how many such posts are lying vacant in Supreme Court as on date? ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (d): Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court is made under Article 124 of the Constitution which does not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. Therefore, no caste or class wise data of Judges is maintained. However, the Government is committed to social .,
;,. diversity in the appointment of 'Judges in the Supreme Court and makes such request to the High Courts from time to time.
As per the Memorandum of Procedure the initiation of proposal,for appointment of Judges of Supreme Court vests with the .Chief Justice of India. The Government considers only those names for appointment as Judges of Supreme Court, which are recommended by the Chief Justice of India/Supreme Court Collegium. As on 01.12.2019, out of sanctioned strength of 34 Judges in Supreme Court, there is a working strength of 33 Judges, leaving one vacancy.
*** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ****** RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2021 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 5thDECEMBER, 2019
FAST TRACK COURTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH 2021. SHRI KANAKAMEDALA RAVlNDRA KUMAR:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state? (a) whether it is a fact that 14th Finance Commission has urged the State Government to use the additional fiscal space provided by the Commission in tax devolution from 32 per cent to 42 per cent to set up Fast Track Courts across the country including the State of Andhra Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether Government/State Governments has set up Fast Track Courts (FTC) pursuant to this; (d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTEROF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) (a) to (e): Yes Sir. The Union of India proposed setting up of 1800 FTCs at a total. cost of Rs. 4144 Cr. during the period of 2015-2020, in its memorandum to the 14thFinance Commission. The Commission endorsed the proposal and urged the State Government to use the additional fiscal space provided by the Commission in the tax devolution from 32% to 42% to meet the requirements. Further the Union Government has also urged the State Governments to allocate funds for the activities mentioned in the 14th FC recommendation including setting up of FTCs from their State budgets from the financial year 2015-16 onwards. The number of FTCs and fund proposed, State wise, is given at Annexure-I. The present status of number of Fast Track Courts functional, State-wise made available, by the various High Courts is given at Annexure-II.
*** ANNEXURE":I r RAJY A SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.122019
"' STATUS OF NO. OF FAST TRACK COURTs & FUND PROPOSEDDURING 14THFINANCE COMMISSION (2015-20), STATE-WISE
(Rs. in Crore) S.No Name of the State No. ofFTCs proposed Funds proposed 1. Andhra Pradesh 47 108.21 2. Telangana 37 85.18 3. Assam 36 82.88 4. Arunachal Pradesh 0 0.00 5. Mizoram 07 16.12 6. Nagaland 03 6.91 7. Bihar 147 338.43 8. Chhattisgarh 28 64.46 9. Gujarat 174 400.59 10. Himachal Pradesh 13 29.93 11. Jammu & Kashmir 21 48.35 12. Jharkhand 50 115.11 13. Karnataka 95 218.72 14. Kerala, Lakshadweep 41 94.39 15. Madhya Pradesh 133 306.20 16. Maharashtra, D&N, 204 469.67 Daman & Diu 17. Goa 05 11.51 18. Manipur 03 6.91 19. Meghalaya 04 9.21 20. Orissa 63 145.04 21. Punjab 50 115.11 22. Chandigarh 02 4.61 Haryana 48 110.51 23. Rajasthan 93 214.11 24. Sikkim 01 2.3 25. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry 89 204.91 26. Tripura 09 20.72 27. Uttar Pradesh 212 488.08 28. Uttarakhand 28 64.46 29. West Bengal, A&N 94 216.42 Islands 30. Delhi 63 145.05 Total 1800 4144.11 s: .... ANNEXURE-II
RAJY A SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.122019
STATUS OF STATE-WISE NO. OF FAST TRACK COURTs FUNCTIONAL AS ON 30.09.2019.
SI. Name of the StatefUT No. of FTCs functional No. (as on 30.09. I 2019) 1. Andhra Pradesh ! 21 2. Assam 26 3. Maharashtra 74 4. West Bengal & Andaman and Nicobar 88 5. Chhattisgarh 23 6. Manipur !' 04 7. Bihar ! 59 8. Delhi 10 9. Haryana il 06 10. Sikkim 02 11. Tripura 09 12. Uttar Pradesh I 286 13 Mizoram 02 14 Jammu & Kashmir 05 15 Tamilnadu 51 16 Telangana 38 !
**** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA UNST ARRED QUESTION NO. 2022
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 05.12.2019
Vacancies of Judges in Courts
2022. SHRI TIRUCHI SIVA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the number of vacancies in the post of Judges in each of the High Courts, State-wise for the years 2015-16,2016-17,2017-18 and 2018-19; and
(b) the number of vacancies in the post of judges at the District level in each State for the same period?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): AStatement showing the number of vacancies of the Judges High Court-wise during the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019(upto 27.11.2019) is at Annexure-I
(b): A Statement showing the number of vacancies of the Judicial Officers at District level, State-wise during the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019(upto 02.12.2019) is at Annexure-II
**** Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of _Rajya Sabha Unstarred ~ Question No. 2022to be answered on 05.12.2019regarding 'Vacancies of Judges in Courts'. .
:;1.No. Name of the Court Vacancies of Judges 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 as on as on as on as on as on 01.1.201051.1.201601.1.201701.1.201827.11.2019 1 Allahabad 80 86 75 52 60 2 Andhra Pradesh 19 22 38 30 22 3 Bombay 08 35 32 24 29 4 Calcutta 19 16 34 39 32 5 Chhattisgarh 08 13 11 10 07 6 Delhi, 19 21 22 23 23 7 Gauhati 12 08 07 06 03 8 Gujarat 12 24 21 21 24 9 Himachal Pradesh 06 06 03 05 03 10 High Court for Union 08 07 07 06 09 territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union ~ territory of Ladakh 11 Jharkhand 11 11 12 11 06 12 Karnataka 27 31 32 37 22 13 Kerala 07 03 10 10 15 14 Madhya Pradesh 19 23 14 19 22 15 Madras 17 38 18 15 21 16 Manipur 01 02 02 03 01 17 Meghalaya 00 01 01 02 01 18 Orissa 07 05 09 10 13 19 Patna 11 25 22 20 26 20 Punjab& Haryana 29. 35 38 35 29 21 Rajasthan 20 25 16 16 29 22 Sikkim 01 01 01 00 00 23 Telangana ...... - 11 24 . Tripura 0 0 01 02 01 25 Uttarakhand . 05 05 04 02 01 Total 346 443 430 398 410 ------~-- ~------~
, , . Annexure-ll • Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2022 to be answered on 05.12.2019"regarding 'Vacancies of Judges in Courts'.
~I. No. Name of Statesl Position of Vacancies of Judicial Officers Union Territories 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 as on as on as on as on as on 31.12.201531.12.201631.12.201731.12.201802.12.2019 Andhra Pradesh & 249 96 66 85 146 1 Telangana 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 9 11 5 14 3 Assam 105 113 77 74 53 4 Bihar 660 823 835 637 695 5 Chhattisgarh 44 39 63 58 74 6 Goa 8 7 12 3 7 7 Gujarat 769 391 375 360 326 8 Haryana 170 143 149 172 293 9 Himachal Pradesh 18 8 11 15 23 10' Jammu & Kashmir 25 27 29 86 58 f 11 Jharkhand 126 225 253 218 213 1 112 Karnataka 302 387 327 202 241 I. ,13 Kerala 15 64 85 68 75 14 Madhya Pradesh 218 781 728 442 517 15 Maharashtra 334 125 167 176 236 16 Manipur 6 9 9 15 16 17 Meghalaya 28 16 58 58 48 18 Mizoram 33 33 17 18 18 119 Negaland 2 9 12 7 0 Odisha 118 261 206 164 144 120 121 Punjab 182 128 136 148 93 122 Rajasthan I 206 129 103 271 303 23 Sikkim 4 10 5 4 6 24 Tamil Nadu 46 108 200 263 129 25 Tripura 36 29 31 40 24 26 Uttar Pradesh 277 1414 1348 1208 1404 27 Uttarakhand 74 73 61 63 67 ® ,- 28 West B~ngal I" 59 100 40 57 93 29 A& Nisland o· 0 .. ·13 30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 1 D & N Haveli and . 1 1 0 0 1 31 Daman & Diu _(_ 32 Delhi 303 304. 317 216 119 33 Lakshadweep 0 0 1 0 0 34 Puducherry 12 13 14 14 15 Total 4432 5875 5746 5147 5439 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 256
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 12THDECEMBER, 2019
Mobile application to read Supreme Court Judgments
*256 SMT. SHANTA CHHETRI :
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
a) whether Government is aware that a new mobile application to read the Supreme Court judgements in various languages is available; b) 'whether Government proposes to include Nepali language in the said application to read the Supreme Court judgements; and c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY.TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 256 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 12.12.2019.
(a) to (c): Supreme Court has informed that Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software (SUVAS), a machine learning tool trained by Artificial Intelligence to be used for translating Supreme Court Judgments into vernacular languages has been introduced on 26.11.2019.
The software SUVAS is for translation of Supreme Court judgments into nine vernacular languages which are: Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odiya, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. As on date, no development work has been carried. out to translate Supreme Court Judgments into Nepali language using SUVAS.
At present, judgments in nine vernacular languages are being translated and uploaded on the website of the Supreme Court oflndia. The nine languages are: Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odiya, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The translation of judgments relates to cases arising under the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India in relation to the following subject categories:
1. Labour matters; 2. Rent Act matters; 3. Land Acquisition and Requisition matters; 4. Service matters; 5. Compensation matters; 6. Criminal matters; 7. Family Law matters; 8. Ordinary Civil matters 9. Personal Law matters; 10. Religious and Charitable Endowments matters; 11. Simple money and Mortgage matters; 12. Eviction under the Public Premises (Eviction) Act matters; 13. Land Laws and Agriculture Tenancies; and 14. Matters relating to Consumer Protection.
-0- GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2818
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 12.12.2019
Women judges in courts
2818. SHRI MAJEED MEMON:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that according to India Justice Report, 2019, several States and Union Territories were found to have no women judges in their High Court Benches;
(b) if so, complete details of various women judges in various courts, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether it is also a fact that judiciary remains a low priority in funding or budget allocation; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) & (b): Appointment of Judges of the High Court is made under
Article 217 of the Constitution of India. This Article does not provide for
reservation for any caste or class of person or women. Government has,
however, been requesting the Chief Justice of the High Courts that while
sending proposals for appointment of Judges, due consideration be
given to suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backwards Classes , Women and Minorities. A Statement
showing women Judges working in High Courts ( as on 1st June,2018
and 01.12.2019) is at Annexure.
Information on women Judges in Subordinate Judiciary is not
centrally maintained as the subject matter falls within the domain of the
High Courts and the State Governments.
. (c) & (d): State Government provides expenditure for creating
infrastructure facilities and necessary funds for running of High Courts
and Subordinate Judiciary.
However, Central Government has been implementing a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme for development of infrastructure facilities for the
judiciary from 1993-94 under which financial assistance is provided to
State Governments/UTs for construction of court buildings and residential
. units of Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts. A sum of Rs.
7453.10 crore has been sanctioned since the inception of the Scheme,
of which Rs. 4008.80 crore has been sanctioned since 2014-15 which is
around 54% of the total release under the Scheme. ® Annexure Utatement referred to in reply to part (b) of Rajya 5abha Unstarred Question No. 2818 due for answer on 12.12.2019 regarding 'Womenjudges in courts'
51.No. Nameof the High No. of Women No. of Women Court Judges Judges (as on 01.06.20181las on 01.12.2019) 1 Allahabad 06 06 2 Andhra Pradesh 03 03 3 Bombay 10 08 4 Calcutta 06 06 5 Chhattisgarh -- 02 6 Delhi 08 08 7 Gauhati 01 01 8 Gujarat 03 04 9 Himachal Pradesh -- 01 10 High Court for Union -- 02 territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh 11 Jharkhand 01 01 12 Karnataka 03 04 13 Kerala 05 04 14 Madhya Pradesh 03 03 15 Madras 11 09 16 Manipur -- 00 17 Meghalaya -- 00 18 Orissa 01 01 19 Patna 02 01 20 Punjab& Haryana 06 10 21 Rajasthan 02 01 22 Sikkim 01 01 23 Telangana (come into existence on 1.1.2019) 01 24 Tripura -- 00 25 Uttarakhand -- 00 Total 72 77 '.. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t2819 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 12thDECEMBER, 2019
Pre-litigation mediation for commercial disputes
t2819. SHRI JOSE K. MANI:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the new Chief Justice of India (CJI) has called for making a pre• litigation mediation a must for commercial disputes;
(b) whether the CJI has also suggested that Parliament should consider enacting a legislation to give mediation/conciliation statusof decree;
(c) whether there is already a provision in the Lok Adalat Act where a settlement before a Lok Adalat is enforceable like a decree of court; and (d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
\. (a): On the occasion of inauguration of the new building of Rajasthan High Court, the Chief Justice of India stated that it is necessary to strengthen the use of Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanism, especially pre-litigation mediation.
(b): As reported in Economic Times on 14.11.2019, the Chief Justice of India has felt that the Parliament should consider enacting a legislation to give agreement arrived at in mediation status of a decree.
(c): Yes, Sir.
\ (d): Section 21 (1) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, inter-alia, provides that every award of the Lok Adalat shall be deemed to be a decree of a civil court. ***** ·GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. t2820 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 12th DECEMBER, 2019
National Judicial Data Grid t2820. SHRI NEERAJ SHEKHAR:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to refer to answer to Unstarred question 598 given in the Rajya Sabha on 21st November, 2019 and state:
(a) whether data on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is not maintained individual court-wise;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether Government is aware that Court of Additional Session Judge, Karkarduma, Delhi dealing with electricity theft has reported zero pendency on 31st July, 31st August and 30th September, 2019;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the details of policy of Government to remunerate such courts/judges for bringing down pendency to zero?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Individual court-wise data can be obtained using Drill Down feature available on the web portal of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).
(b): Doss not arise in view of (a) above.
(c) and (d): As per report received, the then Ld. Additional Sessions Judge (Electricity), East District had zero pendency on 31.07.2019, 31.08.2019 and 31.09.2019.
(e): There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RAJYASABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2821
TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 12.12.2019
Judges belonging to SCs/STs in the higher judiciary
2821. SHRI TIRUCHI SIVA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
a) the data on number of judges belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in each High Court, Statewise for the year 2019 along with the total sanctioned strength of each High Court; and b) whether Government is planning on introducing reservations for the Scheduled. Castes and. Scheduled Tribes in the appointment to the High Court and Supreme Court?
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) and (b): The Appointment of Judges of the various High Courts is made under Article 217 of the Constitution which does not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. Therefore, no caste or class wise data of Judges is maintained. However, the Government is committed to social diversity in the appointment of Judges in the High Courts and has been requesting the Chief Justices of the High Courts to give due consideration t_
to suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women and minorities while sending proposals <, for appointment of Judges. A statement showing total sanctioned strength of Judges in each High Court as on 9.12.2019 is enclosed at Annexure.
There is no proposal for introducing reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the appointment of Judges in the High Courts and the Supreme Court. *** ...... , ,
Annexure Statement referred to in parts (a) and (b) in the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2821 regarding "Judges belonging to SCs/STs in the higher judiciary", (As on 9.12.2019) Sl. No. Sanctioned Strength of Judges in High Name of the High Court Court 1 Allahabad 160 2 Andhra Pradesh 37 3 Bombay 94 4 Calcutta 72 5 Chhattisgarh 22 6 Delhi 60 7 Gauhati 24 8 Gujarat 52 9 Himachal Pradesh 13 10 Jammu & Kashmir 17 11 Jharkhand 25 12 Kamataka 62 13 Kerala 47 14 Madhya Pradesh . 53 15 Madras 75 16 Manipur 05 17 Meghalaya 04 18 Orissa. 27 19 Patna 53 20 Punjab& Haryana 85 21 Rajasthan 50 22 Sikkim 03 23 Telangana 24 , 24 Tripura 04 25 Uttarakhand 11 Total 1079 ® GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
·RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 12822 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 12t DECEMBER, 2019 .
Cases pending for twenty years t2822. SHRI RIPUN BORA:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that over one lakh cases for more than 20 years are pending in different High Courts of the country;
(b) if so, whether Government is committed to easy disposal of the cases therefor;
(c) if so, the time bound action proposal of Government for early disposal therein; and
(d) year-wise and High Court-wise pending cases and disposed off cases since 2015 thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Yes, Sir. As per the information available on web-portal of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), 1,35,857 cases are pending in various High Courts for more than twenty years.
(b) and (c): Disposal of cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary. Timely disposal of cases in courts depends on several factors which, inter-alia, include availability of adequate number of judges, 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 and proper application of rules and procedures. However, the Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases and reduction in pendency of cases. The Union Government has taken many initiatives to provide an ecosystem for faster disposal of cases by the judiciary. The National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms established in 2011. by the Government has adopted a coordinated approach to effect for phased liquidation of arrears and pendency at various levels of judicial administration through many strategic initiatives, including improving infrastructure [court halls and residential units] for Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts, lev~raging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for better justice delivery, filling up of vacant positions of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court, reduction in pendency through follow up by Arrears Committees at District, High Court and Supreme Court level, emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and initiatives to fast track special type of cases. In addition, all stakeholders including Judicial Officers can, access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of computerized District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). Currently, litigants can access case status information in respect of over 12.23 crore A . pending and disposed cases and more than 10.26 crore orders / judgments pertaining to these computerized courts from NJDG. Also, pending cases are considered and disposed in Lok Adalats conducted under National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). 172.60 lakh pending cases have been settled in National Lok Adalat from 2015 till date while 88.40 lakh pending cases have been settled in Regular Lok Adalats during 2015-16 to June, 2019.
(d): The year-wise pending cases in various High Courts since 2015 is given in Annexure-f. The year-wise disposal of cases in various High Courts is not made available in National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). However, based on available data, number of cases disposed in various High Courts during the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 is given in Annexure-II. ***** . . Annexure -I
High Court-wise, Year-wise pendency of Cases since 2015
51. High Court As on As on As on As on As on No 31.12.2015 31.12.2016 31.12.2017 21.12.2018 09.12.2019 * .- ** ** - 1. Allahabad 9,18,829 9,16,046 $ 7,24,726 7,29,176 2. Punjab & 2,88,351 3,02,313 3,84,098 3,93,953 5,20,095 Haryana 3. Madras 2,_84,428 2,97,617 3,14,345 3,98,997 4,02,313 4. Madhya 2,73,827 2,89,445 3,07,384 3;30,554 3,57,068 Pradesh 5. Andhra 2,70,272 2,91,761 3,25,119 3,60,574 1,93,281 Pradesh 6. Bombay 2,46,441 2,61,649 4,64,074 4,64,074 2,67,809 7. Rajasthan 2,44,866 2,54,131 2,63,103 7,41,193 4,60,780 8. Karnataka 2,37,454 2,77,620 2,11,110 2,36,161 2,46,194 9. Calcutta 2,21,282 2,19,064 2,32,116 2,43,456 21,935 10. Orissa 1,69,453 1,68,0(}3 1,68,375 1,67,072 1,49,450 11. Kerala 1,57,369 1,66,735 1,81,114 1,93,371 1,96,580 12. Patna 1,28,738 I 1,34,459 1,45,056 1,49,~20 1,69,901 13. Gujarat 87,072 75,098 1,09,709 1,13,511 1,26,617 14. Jharkhand 80,419 85,757 57,944 87,997 83,876 15. Delhi 68,784 67,082 69,546 74,252 80,138 16. Jammu & 56,453 59,404 $ 91,994 74,967 Kashmir 17. Chhattisgarh 50,111 55,642 59,463 63,359 69,082 18. Uttarakhand 26,680 32,004 36,910 55,751 . 39,172 19. Himachal 26,533 25,147 37,955 36,066 48,153 Pradesh 20. Gauhati 25,948 29,469 39,191 40,457 45,206 21. Manipur 3,315 3,286 16,889 7,308 3,735 22. Tripura 3,037 2,545 2,798 2,964 2,647 23. Meghalaya 597 700 951 1,069 1,080 24. Sikkim 114 170 212 254 237 25. Telengana$$ - - - - 2,17,884 Total 38,70,373 40,15,147 34,27,462 49,79,033 45,07,376 *As per Information furnished by High Courts **As per data available on the web-portal (National Judicial Data Grid) uploaded by concerned High Courts. $Data as on 31.12.2017 was not available on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). $$ New High Court established after bifurcation of the State OfAndhra Pradesh. Annexure -II .' Disposal of Cases.in various High Courts during the years( 2016-2018}
81. Name of the High Cases Cases Cases Disposed No. Court disposed . of disposed of of in the year in the year in the year 2018 (upto 2016 2017 30.09.2018) .. 1 Allahabad 2,80,986 3,01,259 2,26,617 2 Hyderabad (Andhra 69,638 62,047 . 45,990 Pradesh and Telengana) Bombay 82,484 93,917 68,492 3 - 4 Calcutta 70,862 62,209 37,550 5 Chhattisgarh 28,085 31,493 27,648 6 Delhi 46,027 39,779 33,010 7 Gujarat 97,217 87,164 43,419 8 Gauhati 11,601 . 16,097 11,574 9· Meghalaya 612 673 437 10 Manipur 1,726 1,325 1,476 11 Tripura 2,761 3,128 1,766 12 Himachal Pradesh 24,941 21,233 15,860 13 Jammu & Kashmir 12,293 14,386 11,542 14 Jharkhand 28,725 32,632 30,900 15 Karnataka 1,16,951 1,00,279 75,283 16 Kerala 80,188 80,255 62,497 17 Madhya Pradesh 1,20,020 1,20,310 83,048 18 Madras 1,45,239 1,42,084 1,23,228 19 Orissa 71,474 74,798 47,341 20 Patna 87,482 98,191 91,818 21 Punjab & Haryana 1,14,486 1,05,966 89,161 22 Rajasthan 94,428 1,12,573 81 ;389 \ 23 Sikkim 169 190 119 24 Uttarakhand 12,884 22,541 14,237 Total 16,01,279 16,24,529 12,24,402 Source: High Courts, received through Supreme Court.