Lok Sabha Question No. 594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Shortage of Court Rooms
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 594

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## Shortage of Court Rooms

## 594.    Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav:

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

- (a) whether the Government has pondered over the shortage of thousands of court rooms in district and subordinate judiciary in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government  has  also  contemplated  on  shortage of residential quarters for district and subordinate judiciary in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) the constraints, if any, being faced by the Central Government to help State  Governments in dealing with infrastructural challenges being faced by lower judiciary and the steps taken to address the same?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (c): As per the information  made available by the High Courts, there are 19,632 Court Halls available and 2,713 Court Halls are under construction against the working strength of 18,812 Judges/Judicial Officers in the Subordinate Judiciary. In addition there are 17,412 Residential Units available and 1,893 Residential Units are under construction.  The Scheme aims to match the available infrastructure of court  halls  and  the  residential  units  of  district  and  subordinate  courts  with  the sanctioned  strength  of  Judges  and  Judicial  Officers  of  District  and  Subordinate Courts. A State-wise statement of available Judicial Infrastructure in the Subordinate Judiciary vis-à-vis sanctioned and working strength is at Annexure-I.
- (d): It  is  the  primary  responsibility of the State Governments to provide Judicial Infrastructure  for  District  and  Subordinate  Courts  in  their  respective  States.    The aforesaid  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  is  being  implemented  to  augment  the

resources  of State  Governments/UTs  for  construction  of court buildings  and residential units of Judicial Officers of District and Subordinate Courts. Considerable progress  has  been  made  with  regard  to  court  buildings  and  residential  units  for judicial officers in last five years. Focus is now to match the number of availability of court  halls  and  residential  units  with  23,782  number  of  sanctioned  strength  of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts.

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## Annexure-I

## Statement referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 594 for Reply on 05.02.2020 Statement showing State-wise Judicial Infrastructure vis-à-vis J of the subordinate Judicial  Manpower

| Sl. No.   |                     | Sanctioned   | Working   | Court Halls   | Court Halls        | Residential Units   | Residential Units   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|           | States & Uts        | Strength     | Strength  | Available     | Under Construction | Available           | Under Construction  |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar | 0            | 13        | 17            | 0                  | 10                  | 2                   |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      | 597          | 528       | 602           | 50                 | 604                 | 11                  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 41           | 27        | 24            | 0                  | 24                  | 0                   |
| 4         | Assam               | 441          | 412       | 371           | 67                 | 294                 | 31                  |
| 5         | Bihar               | 1925         | 1161      | 1476          | 88                 | 1053                | 244                 |
| 6         | Chandigarh          | 30           | 29        | 31            | 0                  | 30                  | 0                   |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        | 468          | 393       | 470           | 22                 | 414                 | 10                  |
| 8         | D & N Haveli        | 3            | 3         | 3             | 0                  | 3                   | 0                   |
| 9         | Daman & Diu         | 4            | 3         | 5             | 0                  | 5                   | 0                   |
| 10        | Delhi               | 799          | 681       | 541           | 152                | 350                 | 70                  |
| 11        | Goa                 | 50           | 40        | 53            | 28                 | 27                  | 4                   |
| 12        | Gujarat             | 1521         | 1185      | 1509          | 158                | 1323                | 168                 |
| 13        | Haryana             | 772          | 475       | 551           | 81                 | 499                 | 100                 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    | 175          | 153       | 160           | 8                  | 151                 | 0                   |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir   | 290          | 232       | 202           | 35                 | 123                 | 38                  |
| 16        | Jharkhand           | 677          | 461       | 601           | 61                 | 567                 | 63                  |
| 17        | Karnataka           | 1345         | 1103      | 1100          | 51                 | 1112                | 10                  |
| 18        | Kerala              | 536          | 457       | 509           | 37                 | 477                 | 0                   |
| 19        | Lakshadweep         | 3            | 3         | 3             | 0                  | 3                   | 0                   |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh      | 2021         | 1620      | 1452          | 392                | 1517                | 212                 |
| 21        | Maharashtra         | 2189         | 1941      | 2266          | 322                | 2044                | 179                 |
| 22        | Manipur             | 55           | 39        | 38            | 9                  | 16                  | 1                   |
| 23        | Meghalaya           | 97           | 49        | 53            | 34                 | 23                  | 33                  |
| 24        | Mizoram             | 64           | 46        | 43            | 26                 | 29                  | 8                   |
| 25        | Nagaland            | 33           | 26        | 30            | 12                 | 39                  | 2                   |
| 26        | Odisha              | 919          | 770       | 664           | 179                | 616                 | 84                  |
| 27        | Puducherry          | 26           | 11        | 29            | 7                  | 23                  | 6                   |
| 28        | Punjab              | 675          | 579       | 572           | 47                 | 527                 | 48                  |
| 29        | Rajasthan           | 1428         | 1120      | 1198          | 193                | 1031                | 5                   |
| 30        | Sikkim              | 25           | 19        | 25            | 1                  | 14                  | 0                   |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu          | 1255         | 1080      | 1132          | 91                 | 1253                | 49                  |
| 32        | Telangana           | 474          | 333       | 448           | 28                 | 417                 | 1                   |
| 33        | Tripura             | 120          | 96        | 78            | 10                 | 96                  | 8                   |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       | 3416         | 2578      | 2312          | 317                | 2092                | 425                 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand         | 294          | 228       | 228           | 66                 | 185                 | 10                  |
| 36        | West Bengal         | 1014         | 918       | 836           | 141                | 421                 | 71                  |
|           | TOTAL               | 23782        | 18812     | 19632         | 2713               | 17412               | 1893                |