Lok Sabha Question No. 2864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Family Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Mohammad Azam Khan

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2864

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  JULY, 2019

## Family Courts

## 2864.  MOHAMMAD AZAM KHAN:

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

the  details  of  total  number  of  divorce  cases  filed/pending  in  different  family courts during the last 10 years along with number of cases in which final decision to close the case has been taken, year/State/court and district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

As  per  information  received  from  the  High  Courts,  a  statement  providing details of cases filed and disposed off during the last three years in different family courts and the number of cases pending, State-wise which inter-alia, includes divorce cases, is given as per Annexure-I .  The number of Family Courts functioning in the country,  State-wise,  as  per  available  information,  is  given  at Annexure-II. No data relating to divorce cases is maintained separately.

## ANNEXURE-I

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT   | Cases filed in Family Courts during 2016   | Cases disposed off in Family Courts during 2016   | Cases filed in Family Courts during 2017   |   Cases disposed off in Family Courts during 2017 | Cases filed in Family Courts during 2018   |   Cases disposed off in Family Courts during 2018 | No. of cases pending in Family Courts of the State/UT   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Bihar                  | 19408                                      | 21141                                             | 22304                                      |                                             23023 | 22653                                      |                                             19440 | 49755 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|         2 | Sikkim                 | 317                                        | 303                                               | 310                                        |                                               305 | 289                                        |                                               282 | 118 as on 31.03.2019                                    |
|         3 | Maharashtra            | 23542                                      | 22244                                             | 25310                                      |                                             23672 | 28581                                      |                                             24385 | 42406 as on 31.05.2019                                  |
|         4 | Punjab                 | -                                          | 5704                                              | -                                          |                                              6195 | -                                          |                                              5622 | 29471 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|         5 | Haryana                | -                                          | 15789                                             | -                                          |                                             15361 | -                                          |                                             17274 | 33358 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|         6 | Karnataka              | 18562                                      | 16062                                             | 19946                                      |                                             19464 | 23325                                      |                                             21724 | 29712 as on 01.06.2019                                  |
|         7 | Assam                  | 3381                                       | 3591                                              | 3557                                       |                                              3731 | 5526                                       |                                              3942 | 7327 as on 31.05.2019                                   |
|         8 | Nagaland               | -                                          | 183                                               | -                                          |                                               165 | -                                          |                                               139 | 66 as on 31.05.2019                                     |
|         9 | Andhra Pradesh         | 7236                                       | 6574                                              | 6893                                       |                                              6199 | 7306                                       |                                              6895 | 9751 as on 15.05.2019                                   |
|        10 | Kerala & Lakshadweep   | -                                          | 50530                                             | -                                          |                                             52151 | -                                          |                                             51937 | 71829 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        11 | Uttarakhand            | 6969                                       | 6498                                              | 9752                                       |                                              8982 | 12123                                      |                                             10829 | 10989 as on 31.05.2019                                  |
|        12 | Rajasthan              | 31002                                      | 24818                                             | 32652                                      |                                             27172 | 34342                                      |                                             30380 | 36590 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        13 | Chhattisgarh           | 11671                                      | 11413                                             | 12134                                      |                                             11016 | 12165                                      |                                             11428 | 13159 as on 31.05.2019                                  |
|        14 | Delhi                  | -                                          | 26006                                             | -                                          |                                             32692 | -                                          |                                             38534 | 31737 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        15 | Himachal Pradesh       | -                                          | -                                                 | -                                          |                                              6901 | -                                          |                                              7553 | 1561 as on 31.05.2019                                   |
|        16 | Jharkhand              | -                                          | -                                                 | -                                          |                                              9663 | -                                          |                                              8057 | 10259 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh         | 28317                                      | 24644                                             | 30745                                      |                                             28800 | 35080                                      |                                             30971 | 46067 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        18 | Manipur                | 1057                                       | 905                                               | 1221                                       |                                              1094 | 817                                        |                                               477 | 688 as on                                               |
|        19 | Odisha                 | 9820                                       | 7195                                              | 11143                                      |                                              8619 | 10668                                      |                                              4352 | 33532 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        20 | Tamil Nadu             | -                                          | -                                                 | -                                          |                                             22988 | -                                          |                                             19094 | 21688 as on 31.03.2019                                  |
|        21 | Puducherry             | -                                          | -                                                 | -                                          |                                               797 | -                                          |                                               972 | 990 as on                                               |
|        22 | Tripura                | 1977                                       | 1731                                              | 1984                                       |                                              1719 | 2267                                       |                                              1673 | 31.03.2019 1715 as on 31.03.2019                        |

|   23. | Uttar Pradesh*                   | -     | 179724   | -     | 151644   | -     | 162857   | 298404 as on 31.05.2019   |
|-------|----------------------------------|-------|----------|-------|----------|-------|----------|---------------------------|
|    24 | West Bengal &Andaman and Nicobar | 346   | 371      | 352   | 261      | 1535  | 845      | 1890 as on 31.05.2019     |
|    25 | Telangana                        | -     | -        | -     | 9926     | -     | 10462    | 12951 as on 31.03.2019    |
|    26 | Gujarat**                        | 22182 | -        | 25527 | -        | 25885 | -        | 27057 as on 31.03.2019    |

* 494225 cases disposed of during the last three years, year-wise breakup not provided

** cases disposed of during 01.01.2016 to 31.05.2019 is 61289, year-wise breakup not provided

## ANNEXURE-II

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT             |   No. of Family Courts functional (as on 31.03.2019) |
|-----------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                   |                                                   14 |
| 2.        | Assam                            |                                                   05 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                |                                                    0 |
| 4.        | Mizoram                          |                                                    0 |
| 5.        | Nagaland                         |                                                   02 |
| 6.        | Bihar                            |                                                   39 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                     |                                                   21 |
| 8.        | Delhi                            |                                                   21 |
| 9.        | Goa                              |                                                    0 |
| 10.       | Maharashtra                      |                                                   33 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                          |                                                   37 |
| 12.       | Haryana                          |                                                   22 |
| 13.       | Punjab                           |                                                   16 |
| 14.       | Chandigarh                       |                                                    0 |
| 15.       | Himachal Pradesh                 |                                                   03 |
| 16.       | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                                                    0 |
| 17.       | Jharkhand                        |                                                   19 |
| 18.       | Karnataka                        |                                                   32 |
| 19.       | Kerala &Lakshadweep              |                                                   28 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                   |                                                   58 |
| 21.       | Manipur                          |                                                   07 |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                        |                                                    0 |
| 23.       | Odisha                           |                                                   25 |
| 24.       | Rajasthan                        |                                                   39 |
| 25.       | Sikkim                           |                                                   04 |
| 26.       | Tamil Nadu                       |                                                   30 |
| 27.       | Puducherry                       |                                                   02 |
| 28.       | Tripura                          |                                                   04 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                  108 |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand                      |                                                   16 |
| 31.       | West Bengal &Andaman and Nicobar |                                                   03 |
| 32.       | Telangana                        |                                                   16 |
| 33.       | Daman &Diu                       |                                                    0 |
| 34.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli              |                                                    0 |
|           | Total                            |                                                  604 |