Lok Sabha Question No. 995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Pending Cases in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy, Sushil Kumar Singh, Nama Nageswara Rao, Talari Rangaiah

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 995 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 22 ND  JULY, 2022

## PENDING CASES IN COURTS

## 995. SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

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

- (a) the details of cases pending in various courts including lower courts, High Courts and Supreme court indicating the number of cases pending for over ten years, court-
- wise and State-wise;
- (b) the list of cases in which the Union Government is one of the parties and the steps taken  to  ensure  reduction  in  the  unnecessary  litigation  by  various  arms  of  the
- Government;
- (c) the details of cases pending in tribunals, tribunal-wise;
- (d) the details of vacancies in the Supreme Court and High Courts over the last three
- years, State/UT-wise along with the measures taken/being taken to fill them up;
- (e)  the  details  of  cases  disposed  of  by  the  Fast  Track  Courts  during  the  last  three years; and
- (f)  the  steps  taken,  funds  released  to  provide  infrastructure  facilities  for  speedy disposal of pending cases across the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a): As per information  received  from  Supreme  Court  of  India,  as  on  15.07.2022,  the number  of  cases  pending  for  over  ten  years  in  Supreme  Court  of  India  is  10,486.  The

number of cases pending for over ten years in the High Courts and District & Subordinate Courts is at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

(b) & (c): The list of cases in which the Union Government is one of the parties is at Annexure-III.

Regarding  the  steps  taken  to  ensure  reduction  in  the  unnecessary  litigation  by various  arms  of  the  Government,  it  is  stated  that  Ministries  and  Departments  like  the Railways and Department of Revenue, involved in a high number of litigations have been taking several  measures  for  reducing  the  number  of  Court  cases.    Ministry  of  Railways have  issued  instructions  for  effective  monitoring  of  Court  cases  at  all  levels.    Zonal Railways  and  Production  Units  have  been  asked  to  take  effective  steps  to  reduce  the number  of  cases  in  which  the  Government  is  a  party  and  reduce  the  burden  of  courts, expedite  finalization  of  all  the  cases  in  all  courts  at  the  earliest  and  to  cut  down  the expenditure  in  contesting  court  cases.    For  achieving  this,  emphasis  has  been  laid  on effective monitoring of cases by having regular meetings with empanelled advocates, for briefing and necessary directions to be given at the highest level, besides ensuring timely submission of replies, Counter replies and necessary documents to the advocates.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) under the Department of Revenue, have issued a slew of instructions and  brought  in  several  measures,  for  reducing  litigations  and  the  resultant  burden  on Courts.    While  the  CBDT  has  issued  circulars  directing  the  field  Officers  that  pending appeals  before  Income  Tax  Appellate  Tribunals/High  Courts/Supreme  Court  with  tax effect  below  the  specified  limits  may  be  withdrawn/not  pressed,  and  in  the  process facilitating  a  better  and  concerted  focus  on  high  demand  litigations.    CBDT  has  also clarified to the field officers that appeals should not be filed merely because the tax effect in  a  particular  case  exceeds  the  prescribed  monetary  limits  and  the  filing  of  an  appeal should be decided strictly on the merits of the case.

Similarly,  the  field  formations  under  the  CBIC  have  been  instructed  to  withdraw appeals  pending  in  High  Courts/Customs  Excise  and  Service  Tax  Appellate  Tribunal, where  the  Supreme  Court  has  decided  on  identical  matter.    Besides,  CBIC  has  also instructed its field formations not to contest further in appeal where the issue has been lost in two stages of appeals.  It has been decided, however, that in cases where it is felt that the issue is fit for further appeal, then on proper justification and approval of the Zonal Chief Commissioner, an appeal can be filed for the third time.  Also, the field formation have  been  instructed  to  forward  only  those  SLP  proposals  where  in  the  issue  involves substantial question of law or gross perversity or illegality in the appreciation of evidence. In this direction, both the CBDT and the CBIC have also enhanced the threshold monetary limit for filing appeals, the details of which are as follows:

## CBDT:

| For filing appeals                   | Monetary limit   |
|--------------------------------------|------------------|
| Before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal | Rs. 50 lakhs     |
| Before High Court                    | Rs.1 Crore       |
| Before Supreme Court                 | Rs.2 Crore       |

## CBIC:

| Monetary limits for filing appeals in cases relating to Central Excise and Service Tax   | Monetary limits for filing appeals in cases relating to Central Excise and Service Tax   | Monetary limits for filing appeals in cases relating to Central Excise and Service Tax   | Monetary limits for filing appeals in cases relating to Customs   | Monetary limits for filing appeals in cases relating to Customs   | Monetary limits for filing appeals in cases relating to Customs   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Before CESTAT                                                                            | Before High Court                                                                        | Before Supreme Court                                                                     | Before CESTAT                                                     | Before High Court                                                 | Before Supreme Court                                              |
| Rs.50 lakhs                                                                              | Rs.1 Crore                                                                               | Rs.2 Crore                                                                               | Rs. 5 lakhs                                                       | Rs.10 lakhs                                                       | Rs.25 lakhs                                                       |

For  the  purpose  of  monitoring  of  litigation  of  Union  of  India,  a  web-platform namely, Legal Information Management & Briefing System (LIMBS) was created in the year  2016.    LIMBS  Ver.2  has  been  launched  in  the  year  2019  to  overcome  the  then existing  technological  gaps  in  the  application.  The  vision  of  LIMBS  Ver.2  is ' to  be  a single platform for Litigation of GoI along with establishment of a synchronized regime for monitoring of Litigation ' across all Ministries / Departments of Government of India. Law Secretary, vide DO letter dated 20.11.2020, followed by reminders dated 16.03.2021 and 09.07.2021 has taken up the case for grant permission for data of various Tribunals and with LIMBS Ver.2 through API with the Chairperson/President of the Tribunals and Secretaries  of  the  respective  Ministries/Departments.  At  present,  Central  Administrative Tribunal, The Telecom Dispute Settlement & Appellate Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal for Electricity have provided API linkage to their database with LIMBS Ver.2.  Further, the  fast  track  integration  of  database  of  cases  of  Railway  Claims  Tribunal,  Income  Tax Appellate  Tribunal,  National  Green  Tribunal,  National  Company  Law  Tribunal  and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal with LIMBS is envisioned.

The  alternative  mechanism  for  the  resolution  of  Inter-Ministerial/Departmental disputes also provide for an institutionalized mechanism for resolution of such disputes, namely,  Administrative  Mechanism  for  Resolution  of  Disputes  (AMRD).    This  was framed by the Department of Legal Affairs and circulated vide O.M.  dated  31.03.2020. This mechanism, applicable to disputes other than taxation disputes, will reduce litigations in  courts  and  resolve  the  cases  outside  the  court  system,  where  both  parties  are  Govt. Department  or  where  one  party  is  Govt.  Department  and  other  is  its  instrumentalities, (CPSEs/Boards/ Authorities, etc.).

To resolve the commercial disputes between Central Public Sector Enterprises interse and Central Public Sector Enterprises and Government Departments/ Organizations in place  of  the  earlier  'Permanent  Machinery  of  Arbitration',  a  new  scheme,  namely, 'Administrative  Mechanism  for  Resolution  of  CPSE  Disputes  (AMRCD)'  evolved  by Department of Public Enterprises has been brought into effect w.e.f. 22.05.2018.

The Commercial Courts Act, 2015 was amended in 2018 to inter-alia provide for Pre-Institution  Mediation  and  Settlement  (PIMS)  mechanism.  Under  this  mechanism  a party  which  does  not  contemplate  any  urgent  interim  relief  in  a  subject-matter  of commercial  dispute  of  specified  value  of  Rs.3  lakh  and  above  has  to  first  exhaust  the remedy of PIMS to be conducted by the authorities constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, before approaching the Court.'

The details of pending cases in Tribunals is not maintained on the centralised webportal viz. National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).  Further, as per information received from Supreme Court of India that data relating to cases pending in tribunals is not maintained in the Registry. However, as per the information received from Department of Legal Affairs who is the administrator for Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), as on 01.07.2022, the pendency of appeals in ITAT is 47940.

(d): The details of vacancies in the Supreme Court and High Courts over the last three years, State/UT-wise is at Annexure-IV.

Filling  up  of  vacancies  in  the  High  Courts  is  a  continuous,  integrated  and collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary. It requires consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities both at the State and Centre level. While every effort is made to fill up the existing vacancies expeditiously, vacancies of Judges in High  Courts  do  keep  on  arising  on  account  of  retirement,  resignation  or  elevation  of Judges and also due to increase in the strength of Judges.

(e): The details of cases disposed of by the Fast Track Courts during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-V .

(f): The primary responsibility  of  development  of  infrastructure  facilities  for  judiciary rests with the State Governments. To augment the resources of the State Governments, the Union Government has been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development  of  Infrastructure  Facilities  in  district  and  subordinate  courts  by  providing financial assistance to State Governments / UTs in the prescribed fund sharing pattern. The scheme is being implemented since 1993-94. It covers the construction of court buildings and residential accommodations for judicial officers of district and subordinate judiciary. The scheme has been extended from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 9,000  crore  including  central  share  of  Rs.  5,307crore.  Besides  the  construction  of  court halls  and  residential  quarters,  the  scheme  now  also  covers  the  construction  of  lawyers' halls, digital computer rooms and toilet complexes in the district and subordinate courts. The release of funds under the scheme are released after the state government fulfilling the conditions as per the extant guidelines of the scheme. The release in respect of a State is subject to the budgetary allocation made under the scheme. Funds amounting to Rs. 982.00 crore, 593.00 and Rs. 770.44 crore were allocated at RE stage during the Financial Years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary. The state-wise release made under the scheme for the last 3 years is at Annexure-VI.

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO    PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  995  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  REGARDING PENDING CASES IN COURTS.

| Sl. No   | Name of High Courts                      |   Number of Cases pending over ten years as on 19.07.2022 |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Allahabad High Court                     |                                                    396014 |
| 2.       | Calcutta High Court                      |                                                     81644 |
| 3.       | Gauhati High Court                       |                                                      1638 |
| 4.       | High Court for the State of Telangana    |                                                     42511 |
| 5.       | High Court of Andhra Pradesh             |                                                     42313 |
| 6.       | High Court of Bombay                     |                                                    142964 |
| 7.       | High Court of Chhattisgarh               |                                                      4736 |
| 8.       | High Court of Delhi                      |                                                     13050 |
| 9.       | High Court of Gujarat                    |                                                     18730 |
| 10.      | High Court of Himachal Pradesh           |                                                      2939 |
| 11.      | High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh |                                                      5907 |
| 12.      | High Court of Jharkhand                  |                                                     16957 |
| 13.      | High Court of Karnataka                  |                                                     53103 |
| 14.      | High Court of Kerala                     |                                                     26963 |
| 15.      | High Court of Madhya Pradesh             |                                                    100908 |
| 16.      | High Court of Manipur                    |                                                       831 |
| 17.      | High Court of Meghalaya                  |                                                         1 |
| 18.      | High Court of Punjab & Haryana           |                                                    101682 |
| 19.      | High Court of Rajasthan                  |                                                     98122 |
| 20.      | High Court of Sikkim                     |                                                         1 |
| 21.      | High Court of Tripura                    |                                                         0 |
| 22.      | High Court of Uttarakhand                |                                                      2327 |
| 23.      | Madras High Court                        |                                                    116728 |
| 24.      | Orissa High Court                        |                                                     33363 |
| 25.      | Patna High Court                         |                                                     29880 |
| Total    | Total                                    |                                                   1333312 |

Source: National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)

## Annexure-II

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO    PART  (A)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  995  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  REGARDING

## PENDING CASES IN COURTS.

| Sl. No   | Name of States/UTs   | Number of Cases pending over ten years as on 19.07.2022   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | A & N Island*        | --                                                        |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh       | 8448                                                      |
| 3.       | Telangana            | 11153                                                     |
| 4.       | Arunachal Pradesh*   | --                                                        |
| 5.       | Assam                | 5638                                                      |
| 6.       | Bihar                | 579415                                                    |
| 7.       | Chandigarh           | 209                                                       |
| 8.       | Chhattisgarh         | 1247                                                      |
| 9.       | D & N Haveli         | 106                                                       |
| 10.      | Daman & Diu          | 84                                                        |
| 11.      | Delhi                | 12728                                                     |
| 12.      | Goa                  | 2626                                                      |
| 13.      | Gujarat              | 145106                                                    |
| 14.      | Haryana              | 3145                                                      |
| 15.      | Himachal Pradesh     | 3494                                                      |
| 16.      | Jammu & Kashmir      | 9282                                                      |
| 17.      | Jharkhand            | 45166                                                     |
| 18.      | Karnataka            | 44574                                                     |
| 19.      | Kerala               | 13308                                                     |
| 20.      | Ladakh               | 3                                                         |
| 21.      | Lakshadweep*         | --                                                        |
| 22.      | Madhya Pradesh       | 18354                                                     |
| 23.      | Maharashtra          | 347544                                                    |
| 24.      | Manipur              | 255                                                       |
| 25.      | Meghalaya            | 1622                                                      |
| 26.      | Mizoram              | 45                                                        |
| 27.      | Nagaland             | 123                                                       |
| 28.      | Odisha               | 234216                                                    |
| 29.      | Punjab               | 2388                                                      |
| 30.      | Rajasthan            | 85884                                                     |
| 31.      | Sikkim               | 3                                                         |
| 32.      | Tamil Nadu           | 52042                                                     |
| 33.      | Puducherry           | 1897                                                      |
| 34.      | Tripura              | 1358                                                      |
| 35.      | Uttar Pradesh        | 1456356                                                   |
| 36.      | Uttarakhand          | 5325                                                      |
| 37. West | Bengal Total         | 488272 3581416                                            |

* Data on District and Subordinate Courts in the States/Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep are not available on the web-portal of NJDG.

Annexure-III STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO  PARTS (B) & (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  995  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  REGARDING

## PENDING CASES IN COURTS.

|   Sl. No | Name of High Courts                      | Number of cases pending in which Union Government one of the party (as on 31.05.2022)   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Supreme Court of India                   | Not available                                                                           |
|        2 | Allahabad High Court                     | Not available                                                                           |
|        3 | Calcutta High Court                      | Not available                                                                           |
|        4 | Gauhati High Court                       | 746                                                                                     |
|        5 | High Court for the State of Telangana    | 3294**                                                                                  |
|        6 | High Court of Andhra Pradesh             | 2552                                                                                    |
|        7 | High Court of Bombay                     | 1118                                                                                    |
|        8 | High Court of Chhattisgarh               | 2032                                                                                    |
|        9 | High Court of Delhi                      | 14117*                                                                                  |
|       10 | High Court of Gujarat                    | 3680                                                                                    |
|       11 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh           | 2528                                                                                    |
|       12 | High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | Not available                                                                           |
|       13 | High Court of Jharkhand                  | 412                                                                                     |
|       14 | High Court of Karnataka                  | 399                                                                                     |
|       15 | High Court of Kerala                     | 12002                                                                                   |
|       16 | High Court of Madhya Pradesh             | 13173                                                                                   |
|       17 | High Court of Manipur                    | 35                                                                                      |
|       18 | High Court of Meghalaya                  | 26                                                                                      |
|       19 | High Court of Punjab & Haryana           | 17602                                                                                   |
|       20 | High Court of Rajasthan                  | 859                                                                                     |
|       21 | High Court of Sikkim                     | 20                                                                                      |
|       22 | High Court of Tripura                    | 138                                                                                     |
|       23 | High Court of Uttarakhand                | 77                                                                                      |
|       24 | Madras High Court                        | Not available                                                                           |
|       25 | Orissa High Court                        | Not available                                                                           |
|       26 | Patna High Court                         | 6172                                                                                    |

* as on 28.02.2022 ** pending since 2018

## Annexure-IV STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO    PART  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  995  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  REGARDING

PENDING CASES IN COURTS.

Statement showing Sanctioned Strength, Working Strength and Vacancies of Judges in the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts.                                                                                  (As on 14.07.2022)

| A.   | Supreme Court    | Sanctioned strength 34   | Sanctioned strength 34   | Sanctioned strength 34   | Working strength 32   | Working strength 32   | Working strength 32   | Vacancies 2   | Vacancies 2   | Vacancies 2   |
|------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| B.   | High Court       | Pmt.                     | Addl                     | Total                    | Pmt.                  | Addl                  | Total                 | Pmt.          | Addl          | Total         |
| 1    | Allahabad        | 119                      | 41                       | 160                      | 79                    | 12                    | 91                    | 40            | 29            | 69            |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh   | 28                       | 9                        | 37                       | 24                    | 0                     | 24                    | 4             | 9             | 13            |
| 3    | Bombay           | 71                       | 23                       | 94                       | 46                    | 9                     | 55                    | 25            | 14            | 39            |
| 4    | Calcutta         | 54                       | 18                       | 72                       | 36                    | 10                    | 46                    | 18            | 8             | 26            |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh     | 17                       | 5                        | 22                       | 8                     | 4                     | 12                    | 9             | 1             | 10            |
| 6    | Delhi            | 46                       | 14                       | 60                       | 46                    | 1                     | 47                    | 0             | 13            | 13            |
| 7    | Gauhati          | 18                       | 6                        | 24                       | 16                    | 6                     | 22                    | 2             | 0             | 2             |
| 8    | Gujarat          | 39                       | 13                       | 52                       | 28                    | 0                     | 28                    | 11            | 13            | 24            |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh | 13                       | 4                        | 17                       | 9                     | 0                     | 9                     | 4             | 4             | 8             |
| 10   | J &Kand Ladakh   | 13                       | 4                        | 17                       | 12                    | 3                     | 15                    | 1             | 1             | 2             |
| 11   | Jharkhand        | 20                       | 5                        | 25                       | 20                    | 1                     | 21                    | 0             | 4             | 4             |
| 12   | Karnataka        | 47                       | 15                       | 62                       | 37                    | 7                     | 44                    | 10            | 8             | 18            |
| 13   | Kerala           | 35                       | 12                       | 47                       | 28                    | 9                     | 37                    | 7             | 3             | 10            |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh   | 39                       | 14                       | 53                       | 33                    | 0                     | 33                    | 6             | 14            | 20            |
| 15   | Madras           | 56                       | 19                       | 75                       | 48                    | 10                    | 58                    | 8             | 9             | 17            |
| 16   | Manipur          | 4                        | 1                        | 5                        | 3                     | 0                     | 3                     | 1             | 1             | 2             |
| 17   | Meghalaya        | 3                        | 1                        | 4                        | 3                     | 0                     | 3                     | 0             | 1             | 1             |
| 18   | Orissa           | 24                       | 9                        | 33                       | 22                    | 0                     | 22                    | 2             | 9             | 11            |
| 19   | Patna            | 40                       | 13                       | 53                       | 37                    | 0                     | 37                    | 3             | 13            | 16            |
| 20   | Punjab &Haryana  | 64                       | 21                       | 85                       | 40                    | 6                     | 46                    | 24            | 15            | 39            |
| 21   | Rajasthan        | 38                       | 12                       | 50                       | 28                    | 0                     | 28                    | 10            | 12            | 22            |
| 22   | Sikkim           | 3                        | 0                        | 3                        | 3                     | 0                     | 3                     | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 23   | Telangana        | 32                       | 10                       | 42                       | 27                    | 0                     | 27                    | 5             | 10            | 15            |
| 24   | Tripura          | 4                        | 1                        | 5                        | 4                     | 0                     | 4                     | 0             | 1             | 1             |
| 25   | Uttarakhand      | 9                        | 2                        | 11                       | 7                     | 0                     | 7                     | 2             | 2             | 4             |
|      | Total            | 836                      | 272                      | 1108                     | 644                   | 78                    | 722                   | 192           | 194           | 386           |

Cont…..

(As on 01.01.2021)

| A.   | Supreme Court    | Sanctioned strength   | 34   | Sanctioned strength   | Working strength 30   | Working strength 30   | Working strength 30   | Vacancies 04   | Vacancies 04   | Vacancies 04   |
|------|------------------|-----------------------|------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| B.   | High Court       | Pmt.                  | Addl | Total                 | Pmt.                  | Addl                  | Total                 | Pmt.           | Addl           | Total          |
| 1    | Allahabad        | 120                   | 40   | 160                   | 82                    | 14                    | 96                    | 38             | 26             | 64             |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh   | 28                    | 09   | 37                    | 18                    | 0                     | 18                    | 10             | 09             | 19             |
| 3    | Bombay           | 71                    | 23   | 94                    | 49                    | 15                    | 64                    | 22             | 08             | 30             |
| 4    | Calcutta         | 54                    | 18   | 72                    | 32                    | 02                    | 34                    | 22             | 16             | 38             |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh     | 17                    | 05   | 22                    | 13                    | 01                    | 14                    | 04             | 04             | 08             |
| 6    | Delhi            | 45                    | 15   | 60                    | 30                    | 0                     | 30                    | 15             | 15             | 30             |
| 7    | Gauhati          | 18                    | 06   | 24                    | 17                    | 03                    | 20                    | 01             | 03             | 04             |
| 4    | Gujarat          | 39                    | 13   | 52                    | 29                    | 0                     | 29                    | 10             | 13             | 23             |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh | 10                    | 03   | 13                    | 09                    | 0                     | 09                    | 01             | 03             | 04             |
| 10   | J &Kand Ladakh   | 13                    | 04   | 17                    | 11                    | 0                     | 11                    | 02             | 04             | 06             |
| 11   | Jharkhand        | 19                    | 06   | 25                    | 17                    | 0                     | 17                    | 02             | 06             | 08             |
| 12   | Karnataka        | 47                    | 15   | 62                    | 26                    | 20                    | 46                    | 21             | -05            | 16             |
| 13   | Kerala           | 35                    | 12   | 47                    | 30                    | 07                    | 37                    | 05             | 05             | 10             |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh   | 40                    | 13   | 53                    | 29                    | 0                     | 29                    | 11             | 13             | 24             |
| 15   | Madras           | 56                    | 19   | 75                    | 52                    | 10                    | 62                    | 04             | 09             | 13             |
| 16   | Manipur          | 04                    | 01   | 05                    | 04                    | 01                    | 05                    | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 17   | Meghalaya        | 03                    | 01   | 04                    | 04                    | 0                     | 04                    | -01            | 01             | 0              |
| 18   | Orissa           | 20                    | 07   | 27                    | 15                    | 0                     | 15                    | 05             | 07             | 12             |
| 19   | Patna            | 40                    | 13   | 53                    | 22                    | 0                     | 22                    | 18             | 13             | 31             |
| 20   | Punjab &Haryana  | 64                    | 21   | 85                    | 42                    | 11                    | 53                    | 22             | 10             | 32             |
| 21   | Rajasthan        | 38                    | 12   | 50                    | 23                    | 0                     | 23                    | 15             | 12             | 27             |
| 22   | Sikkim           | 03                    | 0    | 03                    | 03                    | 0                     | 03                    | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 23   | Telangana        | 18                    | 06   | 24                    | 14                    | 0                     | 14                    | 04             | 06             | 10             |
| 24   | Tripura          | 04                    | 0    | 04                    | 04                    | 0                     | 04                    | 0              | 0              | 0              |
| 25   | Uttarakhand      | 09                    | 02   | 11                    | 08                    | 01                    | 09                    | 01             | 01             | 02             |
|      | Total            | 815                   | 264  | 1079                  | 583                   | 85                    | 668                   | 232            | 179            | 411            |

Cont…..

(As on 01.01.2020)

|       |                          | Sanctioned strength   | Sanctioned strength   | Sanctioned strength   | Working strength   | Working strength   | Working strength   | Vacancies   | Vacancies   | Vacancies   |
|-------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| A. B. | Supreme Court High Court | Pmt.                  | 34 Addl               | Total                 | Pmt.               | 33 Addl            | Total              | Pmt.        | 01 Addl     | Total       |
| 1     | Allahabad                | 76                    | 84                    | 160                   | 67                 | 40                 | 107                | 09          | 44          | 53          |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh           | 28                    | 09                    | 37                    | 15                 | 0                  | 15                 | 13          | 09          | 22          |
| 3     | Bombay                   | 71                    | 23                    | 94                    | 55                 | 15                 | 70                 | 16          | 08          | 24          |
| 4     | Calcutta                 | 54                    | 18                    | 72                    | 22                 | 18                 | 40                 | 32          | 0           | 32          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh             | 17                    | 05                    | 22                    | 11                 | 04                 | 15                 | 06          | 01          | 07          |
| 6     | Delhi                    | 45                    | 15                    | 60                    | 36                 | 0                  | 36                 | 09          | 15          | 24          |
| 7     | Gauhati                  | 18                    | 06                    | 24                    | 15                 | 06                 | 21                 | 03          | 0           | 03          |
| 4     | Gujarat                  | 39                    | 13                    | 52                    | 27                 | 0                  | 27                 | 12          | 13          | 25          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh         | 10                    | 03                    | 13                    | 09                 | 01                 | 10                 | 01          | 02          | 03          |
| 10    | J &Kand Ladakh           | 13                    | 04                    | 17                    | 08                 | 0                  | 08                 | 05          | 04          | 09          |
| 11    | Jharkhand                | 19                    | 06                    | 25                    | 17                 | 02                 | 19                 | 02          | 04          | 06          |
| 12    | Karnataka                | 47                    | 15                    | 62                    | 19                 | 21                 | 40                 | 28          | -06         | 22          |
| 13    | Kerala                   | 35                    | 12                    | 47                    | 27                 | 05                 | 32                 | 08          | 07          | 15          |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh           | 40                    | 13                    | 53                    | 31                 | 0                  | 31                 | 09          | 13          | 22          |
| 15    | Madras                   | 56                    | 19                    | 75                    | 46                 | 09                 | 55                 | 10          | 10          | 20          |
| 16    | Manipur                  | 04                    | 01                    | 05                    | 04                 | 0                  | 04                 | 0           | 01          | 01          |
| 17    | Meghalaya                | 03                    | 01                    | 04                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 0           | 01          | 01          |
| 18    | Orissa                   | 20                    | 07                    | 27                    | 14                 | 0                  | 14                 | 06          | 07          | 13          |
| 19    | Patna                    | 40                    | 13                    | 53                    | 26                 | 0                  | 26                 | 14          | 13          | 27          |
| 20    | Punjab &Haryana          | 64                    | 21                    | 85                    | 38                 | 17                 | 55                 | 26          | 04          | 30          |
| 21    | Rajasthan                | 38                    | 12                    | 50                    | 21                 | 0                  | 21                 | 17          | 12          | 29          |
| 22    | Sikkim                   | 03                    | 0                     | 03                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 23    | Telangana                | 18                    | 06                    | 24                    | 12                 | 01                 | 13                 | 06          | 05          | 11          |
| 24    | Tripura                  | 04                    | 0                     | 04                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 01          | 0           | 01          |
| 25    | Uttarakhand              | 09                    | 02                    | 11                    | 09                 | 01                 | 10                 | 0           | 01          | 01          |
|       | Total                    | 771                   | 308                   | 1079                  | 538                | 140                | 678                | 233         | 168         | 401         |

Cont…..

(As on 01.01.2019)

|       |                          | Sanctioned strength   | Sanctioned strength   | Sanctioned strength   | Working strength   | Working strength   | Working strength   | Vacancies   | Vacancies   | Vacancies   |
|-------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| A. B. | Supreme Court High Court | Pmt.                  | 31 Addl               | Total                 | Pmt.               | 26 Addl            | Total              | Pmt.        | 05 Addl     | Total       |
| 1     | Allahabad                | 76                    | 84                    | 160                   | 61                 | 48                 | 109                | 15          | 36          | 51          |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh           | 28                    | 09                    | 37                    | 14                 | 0                  | 14                 | 14          | 09          | 23          |
| 3     | Bombay                   | 71                    | 23                    | 94                    | 53                 | 18                 | 71                 | 18          | 05          | 23          |
| 4     | Calcutta                 | 54                    | 18                    | 72                    | 19                 | 17                 | 36                 | 35          | 01          | 36          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh             | 17                    | 05                    | 22                    | 08                 | 07                 | 15                 | 09          | -02         | 07          |
| 6     | Delhi                    | 45                    | 15                    | 60                    | 39                 | 0                  | 39                 | 06          | 15          | 21          |
| 7     | Gauhati                  | 18                    | 06                    | 24                    | 14                 | 05                 | 19                 | 04          | 01          | 05          |
| 4     | Gujarat                  | 39                    | 13                    | 52                    | 27                 | 0                  | 27                 | 12          | 13          | 25          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh         | 10                    | 03                    | 13                    | 08                 | 0                  | 08                 | 02          | 03          | 05          |
| 10    | J &Kand Ladakh           | 13                    | 04                    | 17                    | 09                 | 0                  | 09                 | 04          | 04          | 08          |
| 11    | Jharkhand                | 19                    | 06                    | 25                    | 14                 | 05                 | 19                 | 05          | 01          | 06          |
| 12    | Karnataka                | 47                    | 15                    | 62                    | 21                 | 12                 | 33                 | 26          | 03          | 29          |
| 13    | Kerala                   | 35                    | 12                    | 47                    | 31                 | 07                 | 38                 | 04          | 05          | 09          |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh           | 40                    | 13                    | 53                    | 35                 | 0                  | 35                 | 05          | 13          | 18          |
| 15    | Madras                   | 56                    | 19                    | 75                    | 41                 | 20                 | 61                 | 15          | -01         | 14          |
| 16    | Manipur                  | 04                    | 01                    | 05                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 01          | 01          | 02          |
| 17    | Meghalaya                | 03                    | 01                    | 04                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 0           | 01          | 01          |
| 18    | Orissa                   | 20                    | 07                    | 27                    | 14                 | 0                  | 14                 | 06          | 07          | 13          |
| 19    | Patna                    | 40                    | 13                    | 53                    | 22                 | 06                 | 28                 | 18          | 07          | 25          |
| 20    | Punjab &Haryana          | 64                    | 21                    | 85                    | 46                 | 07                 | 53                 | 18          | 14          | 32          |
| 21    | Rajasthan                | 38                    | 12                    | 50                    | 25                 | 0                  | 25                 | 13          | 12          | 25          |
| 22    | Sikkim                   | 03                    | 0                     | 03                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 23    | Telangana                | 18                    | 06                    | 24                    | 13                 | 0                  | 13                 | 05          | 06          | 11          |
| 24    | Tripura                  | 04                    | 0                     | 04                    | 03                 | 0                  | 03                 | 01          | 0           | 0           |
| 25    | Uttarakhand              | 09                    | 02                    | 11                    | 09                 | 0                  | 09                 | 0           | 02          | 02          |
|       | Total                    | 771                   | 308                   | 1079                  | 535                | 152                | 687                | 236         | 156         | 392         |

Annexure-V STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO    PART  (E)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 995 FOR ANSWER ON 22.07.2022 REGARDING PENDING CASES IN COURTS.

## Fast Track Court (Disposed Cases) During Last Three Years

| S. No.   | Name of state            |   Disposed cases 2019 |   Disposed cases 2020 |   Disposed cases 2021 |   Disposed cases upto 31.05.2022 |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh, Amravati |                  5456 |                  1177 |                   312 |                              130 |
| 2        | Assam                    |                  3173 |                  2615 |                  3780 |                             3450 |
| 3        | Bihar                    |                 14595 |                  1759 |                  1603 |                                0 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh             |                  9392 |                  2877 |                  5324 |                             2271 |
| 5        | Delhi                    |                 19841 |                   393 |                   223 |                              245 |
| 6        | Gujarat                  |                 14318 |                   462 |                 37102 |                             1652 |
| 7        | Goa                      |                     0 |                   130 |                 59974 |                             2855 |
| 8        | Haryana                  |                 23348 |                   825 |                   899 |                              162 |
| 9        | Himachal                 |                  9388 |                     0 |                     5 |                              153 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                     0 |                    27 |                   391 |                               15 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                |                  6244 |                   624 |                   861 |                             1332 |
| 12       | Karnataka                |                 11722 |                   210 |                  2051 |                              810 |
| 13       | Kerala                   |                 27872 |                   217 |                  2333 |                              962 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           |                 18732 |                     1 |                     0 |                                0 |
| 15       | Maharashtra              |                 59279 |                 63470 |                114254 |                            30390 |
| 16       | Manipur                  |                   541 |                    45 |                 73081 |                               80 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                |                     0 |                     0 |                    11 |                                0 |
| 18       | Mizoram                  |                   130 |                   179 |                  1758 |                               66 |
| 19       | Nagaland                 |                    89 |                     3 |                     3 |                                0 |
| 20       | Odisha                   |                  6664 |                     0 |                   234 |                              304 |
| 21       | Punjab                   |                 24854 |                    85 |                   471 |                               86 |
| 22       | Puducherry               |                   126 |                     0 |                     0 |                                0 |
| 23       | Rajasthan                |                 22346 |                     0 |                    32 |                                0 |
| 24       | Sikkim                   |                   114 |                     5 |                     5 |                                6 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu               |                 18083 |                  9389 |                  7865 |                             9436 |
| 26       | Teleangana               |                  5044 |                  1525 |                  2849 |                             2033 |
| 27       | Tripura                  |                  1399 |                   100 |                   347 |                              272 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh            |                329345 |                148466 |                 86013 |                           114019 |
| 29       | Uttrakhand               |                  6215 |                   170 |                   215 |                              108 |
| 30       | West Bengal              |                  7753 |                  5202 |                  3172 |                             7952 |
|          | Total                    |                646063 |                239956 |                405168 |                           178789 |

Annexure-VI STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO    PART  (F)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 995 FOR ANSWER ON 22.07.2022 REGARDING PENDING CASES IN COURTS.

## Statement  showing  the  releases  made,  State-wise,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme and expenditure for the last 3 years.

| Sl. No.   | State                | Release in 2019-20   | Release in 2020-21   | Release in 2021-22   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 20.00                | 10.28                | 0.00                 |
| 2         | Bihar                | 87.62                | 65.72                | 0.00                 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | 19.83                | 7.84                 | 0.00                 |
| 4         | Goa                  | 4.06                 | 3.80                 | 3.20                 |
| 5         | Gujarat              | 16.49                | 13.50                | 0.00                 |
| 6         | Haryana              | 14.06                | 22.00                | 0.00                 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     | 5.72                 | 5.50                 | 0.00                 |
| 8         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 10.00                | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 9         | Jharkhand            | 13.74                | 9.05                 | 6.00                 |
| 10        | Karnataka            | 44.04                | 29.72                | 27.00                |
| 11        | Kerala               | 15.82                | 13.00                | 50.00                |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       | 66.90                | 45.60                | 55.00                |
| 13        | Maharashtra          | 61.09                | 23.11                | 18.00                |
| 14        | Odisha               | 35.69                | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 15        | Punjab               | 39.78                | 16.48                | 16.50                |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 64.21                | 29.90                | 41.50                |
| 17        | Tamilnadu            | 38.71                | 18.17                | 35.66                |
| 18        | Telangana            | 5.65                 | 16.00                | 0.00                 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand          | 28.50                | 5.86                 | 80.00                |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh        | 169.66               | 111.00               | 219.00               |
| 21        | West Bengal          | 61.43                | 31.07                | 0.00                 |
|           | Total (A)            | 823.00               | 477.60               | 551.86               |
| NE States | NE States            | NE States            | NE States            | NE States            |
| 1.        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 2.69                 | 5.00                 | 4.09                 |
| 2.        | Assam                | 36.54                | 25.00                | 27.40                |
| 3.        | Manipur              | 9.66                 | 5.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 4.        | Meghalaya            | 22.85                | 7.71                 | 28.02                |
| 5.        | Mizoram              | 5.24                 | 5.00                 | 9.50                 |
| 6.        | Nagaland             | 3.42                 | 5.00                 | 13.27                |
| 7.        | Sikkim               | 2.78                 | 2.95                 | 0.00                 |
| 8.        | Tripura              | 18.82                | 7.74                 | 0.00                 |
|           | Total (B)            | 102.00               | 63.40                | 82.28                |
| UTs       | UTs                  | UTs                  | UTs                  | UTs                  |
| 1         | A & N Islands        | 0.17                 | 0.35                 | 0.00                 |
| 2         | Chandigarh           | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| 3         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |

| 4   | Daman & Diu            |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
|-----|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 5   | Delhi                  |  48.52 |  45    |  30    |
| 6   | Lakshadweep            |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 7   | Puducherry             |   3.31 |   0    |   0    |
| 8   | Jammu and Kashmir (UT) |   5    |   6.65 |  20    |
| 9   | Ladakh                 |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|     | Total (C)              |  57    |  52    |  50    |
|     | Grand Total (A+B+C)    | 982    | 593    | 684.14 |