Lok Sabha Question No. 630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Pending Cases in SC
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 630

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019.

Pending Cases in SC

630. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

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

- (a) the number of pending court cases in the Supreme Court, State-wise especially for Punjab;
- (b) whether the number of cases pending have increased since 2014 and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  not  implemented  the  online  facilities  for  all administrative matters of the Court and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government consulted the States in implementing online facilities in the lower courts, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (d):  The  details  of  State-wise  number  of  cases  presently  pending  including  cases pending for the State of  Punjab as on 01.12.2018 in the Supreme Court are given in a Statement at Annexure .

As per the information made available by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the yearwise pendency of cases in the Supreme Court since 2014 is given below:

| Year             | Number of Cases pending   |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| 2014             | 62,791                    |
| 2015             | 59,272                    |
| 2016             | 62,537                    |
| 2017             | 55,588                    |
| As on 01.12.2018 | 56,994                    |

Government has been implementing the e-Courts Mission Mode Project throughout  the  country  for  Information  and  Communication  Technology  enablement  of district and subordinate courts.  Number of computerised District & Subordinate courts has increased from 13,672 in 2014 to 16,845 in  2018.  New and user-friendly version of Case Information  Software  has  been  developed and  deployed  at all  the  computerized  District and Subordinate Courts.  QR Code facility has been  made operational in the software, which enables to check current  status of the case.  National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) provides  citizens  with  online  information  about  case  filings,  case  status  and  electronic copies  of  orders  and  judgments  from  district  and  subordinate  courts  that  have  already been computerized.  Information regarding 10.92 crore cases including more than three crore  pending cases and more than 8.09 crore orders / judgments are available on this portal.  eCourts services such as details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders  &  final  judgments  are  available  to  litigants  and  advocates  through  eCourts  web portal,  Judicial  Service  Centres  (JSC)  in  all  computerised  courts,  eCourts  Mobile  App, email  service,  SMS  push  &  pull  services.    Information  Kiosks  have  been  setup  at  all computerized court complexes for disseminating judicial information related to cause lists and other case related information to the lawyers and litigants.  eCourts Project has been consistently amongst the top 5 Mission Mode Projects of country.

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Annexure Statement referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.630 for reply on 06.02.2019.

State-wise number of cases lying pending as on 01.12.2018 in the Supreme Court

| S. No.   | State            | No. of pending matters as on 01.12.2018   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 2114                                      |
| 2        | Assam            | 849                                       |
| 3        | Bihar            | 1516                                      |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     | 884                                       |
| 5        | Delhi            | 11395                                     |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 2366                                      |
| 7        | Haryana          | 113                                       |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh | 946                                       |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 201                                       |
| 10       | Jharkhand        | 479                                       |
| 11       | Karnataka        | 3282                                      |
| 12       | Kerala           | 2242                                      |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh   | 2557                                      |
| 14       | Maharashtra      | 6510                                      |
| 15       | Manipur          | 62                                        |
| 16       | Meghalaya        | 47                                        |
| 17       | Orissa           | 811                                       |
| 18       | Punjab           | 6,331                                     |
| 19       | Rajasthan        | 2805                                      |
| 20       | Sikkim           | 62                                        |
| 21       | Tamil nadu       | 3497                                      |
| 22       | Telengana        | 38                                        |
| 23       | Tripura          | 79                                        |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh    | 5333                                      |
| 25       | Uttarakhand      | 1050                                      |
| 26       | West Bengal      | 1425                                      |
|          | Total            | 56,994                                    |

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