Lok Sabha Question No. 579 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Pending Cases in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †579

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 20 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019.

## Pending Cases in Courts

†579. SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued guidelines under the new policy for expeditious disposal of pending cases in courts of the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  pending  cases  in  Chhattisgarh  and Madhya  Pradesh  during  the  last  two  years  and  the  current year; and
- (c)  whether  the  reason  behind  the  late  disposal  of  the  pending cases is the dearth of judges and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a): No, sir. Disposal of pending cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary.

(b):  As per data available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), cases  pending  in  the  States  of  Chhattisgarh  and  Madhya  Pradesh during the last two years and the current year  is as under:

| State   | Cases   | Cases   | Cases   |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|

| Chhattisgarh   | 2,72,888   | 2,57,782   | 2,75,552   |
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Madhya         | 13,25,053  | 13,70,355  | 14,20,515  |

Further,  the  details  of  pending  cases  as  on  date  in  the  States  of Chhattisgarh  and  Madhya  Pradesh  is  given  in Annexure  I  &  II respectively.

(c):  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.

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Annexure - I

## Details of Pending Cases in the State of Chhattisgarh (As on 14.11.2019)

| S. No.   | State                 | District wise Total Pendency of Chhattisgarh   |   District wise Total Pendency of Chhattisgarh |
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Balod                 |                                                |                                           3705 |
| 2.       | Balodabazar           |                                                |                                          10298 |
| 3.       | Balrampur Ramanujganj |                                                |                                           4898 |
| 4.       | Bastar                |                                                |                                           5287 |
| 5.       | Bemetara              |                                                |                                           4964 |
| 6.       | Bilaspur              |                                                |                                          31652 |
| 7.       | Dantewada             |                                                |                                           1834 |
| 8.       | Dhamtari              |                                                |                                           5563 |
| 9.       | Durg                  |                                                |                                          38398 |
| 10.      | Janjgir               |                                                |                                          11996 |
| 11.      | Jashpur               |                                                |                                           3727 |
| 12.      | Kanker                |                                                |                                           2306 |
| 13.      | Kawardha              |                                                |                                           4798 |
| 14.      | Kondagaon             |                                                |                                           1266 |
| 15.      | Korba                 |                                                |                                          13090 |
| 16.      | Koriya                |                                                |                                           8139 |
| 17.      | Mahasamund            |                                                |                                          11417 |
| 18.      | Mungeli               |                                                |                                           5585 |
| 19.      | Raigarh               |                                                |                                          18743 |
| 20.      | Raipur                |                                                |                                          52690 |
| 21.      | Rajnandgaon           |                                                |                                          14456 |
| 22.      | Surajpur              |                                                |                                           9343 |
| 23.      | Surguja               |                                                |                                          11397 |
|          | Total                 |                                                |                                         275552 |

Annexure - II

## Details of Pending Cases in the State of Madhya Pradesh (As on 14.11.2019)

|   S. No. | State       | District wise Total Pendency of Madhya Pradesh   |   District wise Total Pendency of Madhya Pradesh |
|----------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Alirajpur   |                                                  |                                             4614 |
|        2 | Anuppur     |                                                  |                                            10605 |
|        3 | Ashoknagr   |                                                  |                                            14341 |
|        4 | Balaghat    |                                                  |                                            17181 |
|        5 | Barwani     |                                                  |                                             9630 |
|        6 | Betul       |                                                  |                                            18990 |
|        7 | Bhind       |                                                  |                                            25927 |
|        8 | Bhopal      |                                                  |                                            92125 |
|        9 | Burhanpur   |                                                  |                                             8108 |
|       10 | Chhatarpur  |                                                  |                                            24274 |
|       11 | Chhindwara  |                                                  |                                            29084 |
|       12 | Damoh       |                                                  |                                            19693 |
|       13 | Datia       |                                                  |                                            12400 |
|       14 | Dewas       |                                                  |                                            29413 |
|       15 | Dhar        |                                                  |                                            32109 |
|       16 | Dindori     |                                                  |                                             7268 |
|       17 | Guna        |                                                  |                                            21181 |
|       18 | Gwalior     |                                                  |                                            62656 |
|       19 | Harda       |                                                  |                                             7060 |
|       20 | Hoshangabad |                                                  |                                            20355 |
|       21 | Indore      |                                                  |                                           184904 |
|       22 | Jabalpur    |                                                  |                                            99543 |
|       23 | Jhabua      |                                                  |                                             9295 |
|       24 | Katni       |                                                  |                                            25672 |
|       25 | Khandwa     |                                                  |                                            14118 |
|       26 | Mandla      |                                                  |                                             9938 |
|       27 | Mandleshwar |                                                  |                                            19584 |
|       28 | Mandsaur    |                                                  |                                            29674 |
|       29 | Morena      |                                                  |                                            36311 |
|       30 | Narsinghpur |                                                  |                                            16739 |
|       31 | Neemuch     |                                                  |                                            15231 |
|       32 | Panna       |                                                  |                                             9190 |
|       33 | Raisen      |                                                  |                                            18836 |
|       34 | Rajgarh     |                                                  |                                            23845 |
|       35 | Ratlam      |                                                  |                                            30842 |
|       36 | Rewa        |                                                  |                                            62410 |
|       37 | Sagar       |                                                  |                                            41397 |
|       38 | Satna       |                                                  |                                            43629 |

| 39.   | Sehore    |   16932 |
|-------|-----------|---------|
| 40.   | Seoni     |   20418 |
| 41.   | Shahdol   |   21214 |
| 42.   | Shajapur  |   22691 |
| 43.   | Sheopur   |    6833 |
| 44.   | Shivpuri  |   19666 |
| 45.   | Sidhi     |   22057 |
| 46.   | Singrauli |   27606 |
| 47.   | Tikamgarh |   21427 |
| 48.   | Ujjain    |   52160 |
| 49.   | Umaria    |    7066 |
| 50.   | Vidisha   |   24273 |
|       | Total     | 1420515 |