Lok Sabha Question No. 4397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Divorce Cases
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## L O K    S A B H A

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4397

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH MARCH, 2017

## Divorce Cases

## !4397.   SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

## SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- (a)
- whether the cases of divorce are on the rise in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  divorce  cases  pending before  the family courts in each State of the country during each of the last three years and the current year and the steps taken by the Government to dispose off these cases early;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals from various States to set up more family courts in the country to meet the demand;
- if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  State-wise  details  of  the  steps
- (d) taken by the Government in this regard;
- whether the Government proposes to amend the Hindu Marriage Act,
- (e) 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954; and
- (f) if so, the details of various acts and laws for resolving the increasing divorce cases in the country?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  to  (d):    No  data  relating  to  divorce  cases  is  maintained  separately. However, as per the information furnished by the Hon'ble High Courts, a statement giving details of cases pending in Family Courts, State/UT-wise which, inter-alia, includes divorce cases is given in the Annexure. In the Chief Ministers and Chief Justices Conference, 2015, directions have been issued to all High Courts to regularly monitor and take necessary steps for early disposal of such cases. Setting up of Family Courts is the responsibility of the State Government and High Courts.
- (e) and (f):  At present, there is no proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

## Annexure

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (b) OF the RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4397  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  29.03.2017  ASKED  BY SHRI JUGAL KISHORE AND SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE, MPs

The total number of cases pending in Family Courts  are as follows:-

|   Sl. No. | State                                                  | Cases Pending   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                                         | 2507            |
|         2 | Assam-3109 Arunachal Pradesh-62 Nagaland-26 Mizoram-12 | 3209            |
|         3 | Bihar                                                  | 50847           |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh                                           | 2769            |
|         5 | Delhi                                                  | 11862           |
|         6 | Goa                                                    | 933             |
|         7 | Gujarat                                                | 10042           |
|         8 | Haryana                                                | 15256           |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh*                                      | -               |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir                                        | 1490            |
|        11 | Jharkhand                                              | 14261           |
|        12 | Karnataka                                              | 22972           |
|        13 | Kerala                                                 | 52446           |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh                                         | 46866           |
|        15 | Maharashtra & Diu, Daman, Dadar & Nagar Haveli         | 45690           |
|        16 | Manipur                                                | 434             |
|        17 | Meghalaya *                                            | -               |
|        18 | Odisha                                                 | 22035           |
|        19 | Punjab                                                 | 4533            |
|        20 | Puducherry                                             | 748             |
|        21 | Rajasthan                                              | 14309           |
|        22 | Sikkim                                                 | 125             |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu                                             | 37618           |
|        24 | Telangana                                              | 1292            |
|        25 | Tripura                                                | 971             |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh                                          | 5466            |
|        27 | Uttarakhand                                            | 8048            |
|        28 | West Bengal                                            | 1091            |