Lok Sabha Question No. 4390 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Details of Courts/Tribunals
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4390

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 29 th  MARCH, 2017

## Details of Courts / Tribunals

## 4390. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) the number of district courts, session courts, tribunals in the country, State /
- UT-wise; and
- (b)  the  number  of  posts  of  Judges  lying  vacant  in  High  Courts,  district  and session courts, State / UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a):    The  District  and  Subordinate  Courts  are  set  up  by  the  State  Governments  in consultation  with  concerned  High  Courts.    Hence,  State  /  UT-wise  list  of  District  and Subordinate  Courts  are  not  maintained  centrally.    However,  as  per  the  Court  News (July-September,  2016)  of  Supreme  Court,  the  working  strength  of  Judges  /  Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts was 16,528 as on 30.09.2016. The State / UT  wise  details  of  working  strength  of  Judges  /  Judicial  Officers  of  District  and Subordinate Courts in the country are given in the Statement at Annexure - I . Indian Law  Institute  (ILI)  in  its  report  has  identified  36  Tribunals.    State  /  UT-wise  list  of Tribunals is not maintained centrally.
- (b):  The  details  of  vacancies  of  Judges  of  the  High  Courts  (High  Court-wise)  as  on 01.03.2017 are given in the Statement at Annexure - II .

Under  the  Constitutional  framework  the  responsibility  of  appointing  District Judges and other members of the State Judicial Service vests with the High Courts and State  Governments.    The  Central  Government  has  no  role  in  the  appointment  of Subordinate  Judiciary.    However,  as  per  the  Court  News  (July-September,  2016)  of Supreme  Court,  the  details  of  vacancies  of  Judges  /  Judicial  Officers  in  District  and Subordinate Courts as on 30.09.2016 are given in the Statement at Annexure - III.

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## Annexure - I

Statement referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4390 for reply on 29.03.2017 Working Strength of Judges / Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts

## in the country as on 30.09.2016*

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State / UT     | Working Strength of Judges / Judicial Officers as on 30.09.2016*   |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Uttar Pradesh              | 1674                                                               |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 798                                                                |
| 3(a)      | Mahrashtra                 | 2248                                                               |
| 3(b)      | Goa                        | 46                                                                 |
| 3(c)      | Diu and Daman              | 6                                                                  |
| 3(d)      | Silvasa                    |                                                                    |
| 4(a)      | West Bengal                | 885                                                                |
| 4(b)      | Andaman & Nicobar          |                                                                    |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh               | 334                                                                |
| 6.        | Delhi                      | 491                                                                |
| 7.        | Gujarat                    | 1133                                                               |
| 8(a)      | Assam                      | 314                                                                |
| 8(b)      | Nagaland                   | 25                                                                 |
| 8(c)      | Mizoram                    | 30                                                                 |
| 8(d)      | Arunachal Pradesh          | 17                                                                 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh           | 145                                                                |
| 10.       | Jammu & Kashmir            | 219                                                                |
| 11.       | Jharkhand                  | 454                                                                |
| 12.       | Karnataka                  | 923                                                                |
| 13(a)     | Kerala                     | 415                                                                |
| 13(b)     | Lakshadweep                | 3                                                                  |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh             | 1233                                                               |
| 15.       | Manipur                    | 34                                                                 |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                  | 41                                                                 |
| 17(a)     | Tamil Nadu                 | 948                                                                |
| 17(b)     | Puducherry                 | 14                                                                 |
| 18.       | Orissa                     | 606                                                                |
| 19.       | Bihar                      | 1016                                                               |
| 20(a)     | Punjab                     | 548                                                                |
| 20(b)     | Haryana                    | 505                                                                |
| 20(c)     | Chandigarh                 | 30                                                                 |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                  | 1081                                                               |
| 22.       | Sikkim                     | 14                                                                 |
| 23.       | Tripura                    | 78                                                                 |
| 24.       | Uttarakhand                | 220                                                                |
|           | Total                      | 16528                                                              |

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## Annexure - II

Statement referred to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 4390 for reply on 29.03.2017

| Sr. No.   | High Court   | Number of Vacancies   |
|-----------|--------------|-----------------------|

| 1     | Allahabad                             |   75 |
|-------|---------------------------------------|------|
| 2     | High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad |   34 |
| 3     | Bombay                                |   32 |
| 4     | Calcutta                              |   35 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                          |   12 |
| 6     | Delhi                                 |   22 |
| 7     | Gauhati                               |   07 |
| 8     | Gujarat                               |   21 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                      |   04 |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir                       |   08 |
| 11    | Jharkhand                             |   12 |
| 12    | Karnataka                             |   31 |
| 13    | Kerala                                |   11 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                        |   16 |
| 15    | Madras                                |   20 |
| 16    | Manipur                               |   02 |
| 17    | Meghalaya                             |   01 |
| 18    | Orissa                                |   09 |
| 19    | Patna                                 |   23 |
| 20    | Punjab & Haryana                      |   39 |
| 21    | Rajasthan                             |   17 |
| 22    | Sikkim                                |   01 |
| 23    | Tripura                               |   01 |
| 24    | Uttarakhand                           |   04 |
| Total | Total                                 |  437 |

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## Annexure - III

Statement referred to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 4390 for reply on 29.03.2017 Vacancy position of Judges / Judicial Officers of the District and Subordinate Courts as on 30.09.2016

| Sr. No.   | Name of State / UT                 |   Number of Vacancies |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh & Telengana         |                   223 |
| 3         | Assam                              |                   108 |
| 4         | Bihar                              |                   792 |
| 5         | Chandigarh                         |                     0 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                       |                    55 |
| 7         | Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli |                     3 |
| 8         | Delhi                              |                   307 |
| 9         | Goa                                |                    10 |
| 10        | Gujarat                            |                   794 |
| 11        | Haryana                            |                   137 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                    15 |
| 13        | Jammu and Kashmir                  |                    26 |
| 14        | Jharkhand                          |                   214 |
| 15        | Karnataka                          |                   367 |
| 16        | Kerala                             |                    89 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep                        |                     0 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                   202 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                        |                    99 |
| 20        | Manipur                            |                    11 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                          |                    16 |
| 22        | Mizoram                            |                    32 |
| 23        | Nagaland                           |                     8 |
| 24        | Orissa                             |                   191 |
| 25        | Puducherry                         |                    12 |
| 26        | Punjab                             |                   127 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                          |                   210 |
| 28        | Sikkim                             |                    04 |
| 29        | Tamil nadu                         |                    79 |
| 30        | Tripura                            |                    29 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                   595 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand                        |                    58 |
| 33        | West Bengal and A & N Islands      |                   124 |
| Total     | Total                              |                  4937 |

Source : Court News (July-September, 2016) of Supreme Court *****************