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CONTENTS Appointments and Retirements in the Supreme Court of India .........................2 Vacancies in the Courts ................................................................................ 3 - 6 Institution, Disposal and Pendency of Cases in the Supreme Court.................7 Institution, Disposal and Pendency of Cases in the High Courts .................. 8-9 Institution, Disposal and Pendency of Cases in the District and Subordinate Courts............................................................................ 10 - 12 Some Supreme Court Judgments / Orders of Public Importance .......... 13 - 17 Major activities of National Judicial Academy ........................................... 18 - 20 Major activities of National Legal Services Authority ....................................... 21 Some Important Visits and Meetings .................................................................... 22 - 24 This newsletter is intended to provide public access to information on the activities and achievements of the Indian Judiciary in general. While every care has . been taken to ensure accuracy and to avoid errors/omissions, information given in the newsletter is merely for reference and must not be taken as having the authority of, or being binding in any way on, the Editorial Board of the newsletter and the officials involved in compilation thereof, who do not owe any responsibility whatsoever for any loss, damage, or distress to any person, whether or not a user of this publication, on account of any action taken or not taken on the basis of the information given in this newsletter. 2 COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 APPOINTMENTS AND RETIREMENTS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM 01-10-2015 TO 31-12-2015) APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA Hon'ble Mr. Justice T.S. Thakur was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on 3-12-2015 RETIREMENTS S. No. Name of the Hon’ble Judge Date of Retirement 1 Hon'ble Shri H.L. Dattu, CJI 03-12-2015 2 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikramajit Sen 31-12-2015 COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 3 VACANCIES IN THE COURTS A) SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (As on 01-01-2016) Sanctioned Strength Working strength Vacancies 31 26 05 B1) HIGH COURTS (As on 30-09-2015) S.No. Name of the High Court Sanctioned Strength Working Strength Vacancies 1 Allahabad 160 75 85 2 Andhra Pradesh & 49 27 22 Telangana 3 Bombay 94 61 33 4 Calcutta 58 42 16 5 Chhatisgarh 22 9 13 6 Delhi 60 39 21 7 Gujarat 52 28 24 8 Gauhati 24 17 7 9 Himachal Pradesh 13 7 6 10 Jammu & Kashmir 17 10 7 11 Jharkhand 25 14 11 12 Karnataka 62 31 31 13 Kerala 38 36 2 14 Madhya Pradesh 53 30 23 15 Madras 60 37 23 16 Manipur 5 3 2 17 Meghalaya 3 3 0 18 Orissa 27 22 5 19 Patna 43 30 13 20 Punjab & Haryana 85 52 33 21 Rajasthan 50 25 25 22 Sikkim 3 3 0 23 Tripura 4 4 0 24 Uttarakhand 9 6 3 Total 1016 611 405 . Above statement is compiled on the basis of figures received from the High Courts 4 COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 B2) HIGH COURTS (As on 31-12-2015) S.No. Name of the High Court Sanctioned Strength Working Strength Vacancies 1 Allahabad 160 74 86 2 Andhra Pradesh & 49 27 22 Telangana 3 Bombay 94 59 35 4 Calcutta 58 39 19 5 Chhatisgarh 22 9 13 6 Delhi 60 39 21 7 Gujarat 52 28 24 8 Gauhati 24 17 7 9 Himachal Pradesh 13 7 6 10 Jammu & Kashmir 17 9 8 11 Jharkhand 25 14 11 12 Karnataka 62 31 31 13 Kerala 38 35 3 14 Madhya Pradesh 53 30 23 15 Madras 60 37 23 16 Manipur 5 3 2 17 Meghalaya 3 3 0 18 Orissa 27 22 5 19 Patna 43 28 15 20 Punjab & Haryana 85 50 35 21 Rajasthan 50 25 25 22 Sikkim 3 2 1 23 Tripura 4 4 0 24 Uttarakhand 11 6 5 Total 1018 598 420 . Above statement is compiled on the basis of figures received from the High Courts COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 5 C1) DISTRICT & SUBORDINATE COURTS (As on 30-09-2015) S.No. State/Union Territory Sanctioned Strength Working Strength Vacancies 1 Uttar Pradesh 2099 1845 254 2 Andhra Pradesh & 1034 795 239 Telangana 3(a) Maharashtra 2251 1709 542 3(b) Goa 57 49 8 3(c) Diu and Daman & Silvasa 7 6 1 4 West Bengal and 994 904 90 Andaman & Nicobar 5 Chhatisgarh 384 319 65 6 Delhi 778 475 303 7 Gujarat 1914 1181 733 8(a) Assam 424 306 118 8(b) Nagaland 27 25 2 8(c) Mizoram 67 31 36 8(d) Arunachal Pradesh 16 15 1 9 Himachal Pradesh 152 138 14 10 Jammu & Kashmir 246 221 25 11 Jharkhand 590 471 119 12 Karnataka 1122 820 302 13(a) Kerala 457 422 35 13(b) Lakshadweep 3 3 0 14 Madhya Pradesh 1461 1218 243 15 Manipur 41 31 10 16 Meghalya 39 30 9 17(a) Tamil Nadu 1011 967 44 17(b) Puducherry 21 14 7 18 Orissa 713 614 99 19 Bihar 1727 1070 657 20(a) Punjab 672 495 177 20(b) Haryana 644 476 168 20(c) Chandigarh 30 30 0 21 Rajasthan 1191 986 205 22 Sikkim 18 14 4 23 Tripura 104 70 34 24 Uttarakhand 280 207 73 Total 20574 15957 4617 . Above statement is compiled on the basis of figures received from the High Courts INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND 6 COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 C2) DISTRICT & SUBORDINATE COURTS (As on 31-12-2015) S.No. State/Union Territory Sanctioned Strength Working Strength Vacancies 1 Uttar Pradesh 2100 1825 275 2 Andhra Pradesh & 1034 786 248 Telangana 3(a) Maharashtra 2251 1917 334 3(b) Goa 57 48 9 3(c) Diu and Daman & Silvasa 7 6 1 4 West Bengal and 994 868 126 Andaman & Nicobar 5 Chhatisgarh 394 341 53 6 Delhi 778 490 288 7 Gujarat 1939 1170 769 8(a) Assam 424 319 105 8(b) Nagaland 27 25 2 8(c) Mizoram 63 30 33 8(d) Arunachal Pradesh 17 15 2 9 Himachal Pradesh 152 134 19 10 Jammu & Kashmir 245 220 25 11 Jharkhand 592 466 126 12 Karnataka 1122 820 302 13(a) Kerala 457 442 15 13(b) Lakshadweep 3 3 0 14 Madhya Pradesh 1461 1215 246 15 Manipur 41 34 7 16 Meghalya 39 30 9 17(a) Tamil Nadu 1015 969 46 17(b) Puducherry 26 14 12 18 Orissa 716 598 118 19 Bihar 1727 1067 660 20(a) Punjab 672 490 182 20(b) Haryana 644 474 170 20(c) Chandigarh 30 30 0 21 Rajasthan 1191 985 206 22 Sikkim 18 14 4 23 Tripura 104 68 36 24 Uttarakhand 280 206 74 Total 20620 16119 4501 . Above statement is compiled on the basis of figures received from the High Courts INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 7 INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND PENDENCY OF CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT [01-10-2015 to 31-12-2015] i) Table I Pendency (At the end of 30-09-2015) Admission Regular Total matters matters matters 33,506 26,404 59,910 Institution (including Disposal (including Pendency unregistered CC matters and unregistered CC matters and (At the end of 31-12-2015) conversion) (01-10-2015 to conversion) (01-10-2015 to 31-12-2015) 31-12-2015) Admission Regular Total Admission Regular Total Admission Regular Total matters matters matters matters matters matters matters matters matters 16,821 2,470 19,291 17,064 2,865 19,929 33,263 26,009 59,272 ii) Table II OPENING INSTITUTION DISPOSAL PENDENCY BALANCE AS FROM 01-10-15 FROM 01-10-15 AT THE END ON 01-10-15 TO 31-12-15 TO 31-12-15 OF 31-12-15 Civil cases 48,717 14,447 14,983 48,181 Criminal cases 11,193 4,844 4,946 11,091 ALL CASES (Total) 59,910 19,291 19,929 59,272 NOTE: 1. Out of the 59,272 pending matters as on 31-12-2015, if connected matters are excluded, the pendency is only of 34,502 matters as on 31-12-2015. 2. Out of the 59,272 pending matters as on 31-12-2015, 16,558 matters are upto one year old and thus arrears (i.e. cases pending more than a year) are only of 42,714 matters as on 31-12-2015. 3. Total institution shown above of 19,291 includes conversion of 2,457 matters from one case type to other and also registration of 6,999 unregistered CC matters. 4. Total Disposal shown above of 19,929 includes conversion of 1,125 matters from one case type to other and also registration of 5,859 unregistered CC matters. 8 COURT NEWS, OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2015 INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND PENDENCY OF CASES IN THE HIGH COURTS 1) HIGH COURTS (FROM 01-07-15 TO 30-09-15) Cases brought forward Freshly instituted Cases Disposed of Cases during Pending cases at the % of % of % from the previous Quarter during this Quarter this Quarter end of this Quarter Institution Disposal Increase or (Nos.) (Civil/Crl.) (Nos.) (Civil/Crl.) (Nos.) (Civil/Criminal) (Nos.)(Civil/Criminal) of Cases of Cases Decrease in (As on 1-7-2015) (As on 30-9-2015) w.r.t w.r.t Pendency S. Name of the CIVIL CRL. CIV.+ CIVIL CRL. CIV.+ CIVIL CRL. CIV.+ CIVIL CRL. CIV.+ Opening Opening w.r.t. No. High Court CRL. CRL. CRL. CRL Balance Balance Opening as on as on Balance as 1-07-15 1-07-15 on 1-07 -15 1 Allahabad* 555422 359511 914933 41820 45723 87543 38658 47320 85978 558584 357914 916498 9.57 9.40 0.17 2 Andhra Pradesh & 226159 35989 262148 18315 5416 23731 15050 4148 19198 229424 37257 266681 9.05 7.32 1.73 Telangana 3 Bombay 187615 44648 232263 19399 6918 26317 18165 6278 24443 188849 45288 234137 11.33 10.52 0.81 4 Calcutta 180124 39078 219202 17594 4753 22347 18673 4232 22905 179045 39599 218644 10.19 10.45 -0.25 5 Chhatisgarh 28822 17292 46114 4267 3738 8005 3932 3534 7466 29157 17496 46653 17.36 16.19 1.17 6 Delhi 54204 15423 69627 8895 3974 12869 7061 4035 11096 56038 15362 71400 18.48 15.94 2.55 7 Gujarat 55307 33905 89212 11293 8174 19467 15817 8856 24673 50783 33223 84006 21.82 27.66 -5.84 8 Gauhati 36157 7101 43258 5079 1953 7032 4207 2258 6465 37029 6796 43825 16.26 14.95 1.31 9 Himachal Pradesh 28559 5149 33708 5143 1189 6332 5987 1072 7059 27715 5266 32981 18.78 20.94 -2.16 10 Jammu & Kashmir* 52480 3890 56370 2890 479 3369 3623 284 3907 51747 4085 55832 5.98 6.93 -0.95 11 Jharkhand 42781 37438 80219 2516 6785 9301 3183 6396 9579 42114 37827 79941 11.59 11.94 -0.35 12 Karnataka 208087 18104 226191 33549 4776 38325 32479 4208 36687 209157 18672 227829 16.94 16.22 0.72 13 Kerala 118841