Lok Sabha Question No. 2098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Vacant Position of Judges in West Bengal
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Khan Saumitra

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2098 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## VACANT POSITION OF JUDGES IN WEST BENGAL

## 2098. DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

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

- (a) the number of posts of judges lying vacant in District courts and High courts of West Bengal at present and time since when they are lying vacant, district-wise;
- (b) the steps taken for filling up these vacant positions in such courts during the last three years;
- (c)  the  number  of  cases  pending  in  the  above  district  courts  during  the  last  five years and the reasons for such backlog, year-wise and district-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is persuading State Governments to fill the vacancies, if so, the details thereof along with the time by which these vacancies are likely to be filled; and
- (e)  remedial  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  to  ensure  easy  and  accessible judicial system to the public?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a): As per the information received from Calcutta High Court, the number of posts of Judges  vacant  in  the  Calcutta  High  Court  as  on  06.12.2021  is  33  (thirty  three).  The number of posts lying vacant in District Courts of West Bengal as on 01.12.2021 are as follows:-

|   Sl. No. | Cadre                                        |   Working Strength |   Vacancies |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|         1 | District Judges (Entry Level )               |                255 |          16 |
|         2 | Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court) |                 81 |          07 |

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|   3 | Civil Judge (Senior Division)/Chief Judicial Magistrate/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate   | 213+1(Suspended)   |   04 |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------|
|   4 | Civil Judge (Junior Division)                                                                  | 374                |   32 |
|   5 | Total                                                                                          | 923+1(Suspended)   |   59 |

- (b): 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.

Twenty  Six  Judges  have  been  appointed  in  the  Calcutta  High  Court  during 01.01.2018 to 07.12.2021. Year-wise breakup is given as under:-

|   S. No. | Period                   |   Number of Judges appointed |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | 01.01.2018 to 31.12.2018 |                           11 |
|        2 | 01.01.2019 to 31.12.2019 |                           06 |
|        3 | 01.01.2020 to 31.12.2020 |                           01 |
|        4 | 01.01.2021 to 07.12.2021 |                           08 |

As per the information received from Calcutta High Court, vacancies of Judicial Officers in different rank are filled up adhering to the time schedule prescribed by the Hon'ble Apex court in Malik Mazhar Sultan's case.

- (c): The number of cases pending in the district courts of West Bengal during the last five years is at Annexure.
- (d): The  Union  Government  does  not  have  a  role  under  the  Constitution  in  the selection  and  appointment  of  judicial  officers  in  District/  subordinate  judiciary.  The Supreme Court, in its orders of 04 th January, 2007 in Malik Mazhar case, has devised a

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process  and  time  frame  to  be  followed  for  the  filling  up  of  vacancies  in  subordinate judiciary which stipulates that the process for recruitment of judges in the subordinate courts would commence on 31st March of a calendar year and end by 31st October of the same  year.  The  Supreme  Court  has  permitted  State  Governments  /  High  Courts  for variations in the time  schedule  in  case  of  any  difficulty  based  on  the  peculiar geographical  and  climatic  conditions  in  the  State  or  other  relevant  conditions.  As informed by Calcutta High  Court, the time schedule for selection process and appointment of Judges of the Subordinate Judiciary, as prescribed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Malik Mazhar Sultan's case, is strictly adhered to in the State of West Bengal, barring  a  very  few  occasions  when  such  timeframe  was  deviated  under  compelling circumstances.

Further, in compliance of the above directions of the Supreme Court, Department of Justice forwarded a copy of the Malik Mazhar judgment to Registrars General of all High Courts for necessary action. Department of Justice is writing from time to time to Registrars  General  of  all  High  Courts  to  expedite  the  filling  up  of  vacancies  in subordinate judiciary mandated by Malik Mazhar case.

In  September,  2016,  Union  Minister  of  Law  &  Justice  wrote  to  the  Chief Ministers of States and the Chief Justices of High Courts to enhance the cadre strength of the  District  and  Subordinate  Courts  and  provide  physical  infrastructure  to  the  State judiciary. The same was reiterated in May, 2017.  The sanctioned strength of judges in District and Subordinate Courts increased from 19,518 in the year 2014 to 24,485 as on 30.11.2021.

(e): National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms was set up in August, 2011 with the twin objectives of increasing access by reducing delays and arrears in the system and enhancing accountability through structural changes and by setting performance standards  and  capacities.    The  Mission  has  been  pursuing  a  co-ordinated approach  for  phased  liquidation  of  arrears  and  pendency  in  judicial  administration,

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which, inter-alia, involves  better  infrastructure  for  courts  including  computerization, increase in strength of subordinate judiciary, policy and legislative measures in the areas prone  to  excessive  litigation,  re-engineering  of  court  procedure  for  quick  disposal  of cases and emphasis on human resource development.

The major steps taken  during  the  last  six  years  under  various  initiatives  are  as follows:

## (i) Improving infrastructure  for  Judicial  Officers  of  District  and  Subordinate

Courts: As on date, Rs. 8,709.77 crores have been released since the inception of the Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  for  Development  of  Infrastructure  Facilities  for Judiciary  in  1993-94.  The  number  of  court  halls  has  increased  from  15,818  as  on 30.06.2014  to  20,565  as  on  31.10.2021  and  number  of  residential  units  has  increased from 10,211 as on 30.06.2014 to 18,142 as on 31.10.2021 under this scheme. In addition, 2,841  court  halls  and  1,807  residential  units  are  under  construction.  The  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  for  the  Development  of  Infrastructure  Facilities  for  Judiciary  has been extended till 2025-26 at a total cost of Rs. 9000 crores, out of which Central share will  be  Rs.  5307  crores.  Besides, construction of  Court  Halls and  Residential  Units,  it would  also  cover  construction  of  Lawyer's  Halls,  Toilet  Complexes  and  Digital Computer Rooms.

(ii) Leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for improved justice delivery: 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  computerized  District  & Subordinate  courts  has  increased  to  18,735  as  on  01.07.2021.  WAN  connectivity  has been  provided  to  98.7%  of  court  complexes.  New  and  user-friendly  version  of  Case Information Software has been developed and deployed at all the computerized District and  Subordinate  Courts.    All  stakeholders  including  Judicial  Officers  can  access information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of  computerized  District  &

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Subordinate Courts and High Courts on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). As on 01.11.2021,  litigants  can  access  case  status  of  over  19.56  crore  cases  and  15.72  crore order/judgments  pertaining  to  these  courts.  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 computerized  courts,  eCourts  Mobile  App,  email  service,  SMS  push  &  pull  services. Video Conferencing facility has been enabled between 3240 court complexes and 1272 corresponding jails. With a view to handle the COVID- 19 challenges better and to make the transition to virtual hearings smoother, funds have been provided for setting up 235 e-Sewa Kendras at court complexes to facilitate lawyers and litigants needing assistance ranging from case status, getting judgments/orders,  court/case related information  and efiling  facilities.  Rs.  5.01  crores  has  been  allocated  for  providing  equipment  in  Video Conferencing cabins in various court complexes to facilitate virtual hearings. Rs. 12.12 crores  has  been  allocated  for  1732  Help  desk  counters  for  efiling  in  various  court complexes.

Fifteen Virtual Courts have been set up in 11 States/UTs viz. Delhi (2), Haryana, Tamil  Nadu,  Karnataka,  Kerala  (2),  Maharashtra  (2),  Assam,  Chhattisgarh,  Jammu  & Kashmir (2), Uttar Pradesh and Odisha to try traffic offences. As on 01.11.2021, these courts have handled more than 99 lakh cases and realized more than Rs.193.15 crore in fines.

Video  conferencing  emerged  as  the  mainstay  of  the  Courts  during  the  Covid lockdown period as physical hearings and normal court proceedings in the congregational  mode  were  not  possible.  Since  Covid  lockdown  started,  the  District courts heard 1,01,77,289 cases while the High Court heard 55,24,021 cases (totalling to 1.57  crore)  till  31.10.2021  using  video  conferencing  only.  The  Supreme  Court  had 1,50,692 hearings since the lockdown period upto 29.10.2021.

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- (iii) Filling  up  of  vacant  positions  in  Supreme  Court,  High  Courts and  District and Subordinate Courts: From 01.05.2014 to 29.11.2021, 44 Judges were appointed in Supreme Court. 688 new Judges were appointed and 583 Additional Judges were made permanent in the High Courts. Sanctioned strength of Judges of High Courts has been increased from 906 in May, 2014 to 1098 currently. Sanctioned and working strength of Judicial Officers in District and Subordinate Courts has increased as follows:

| As on      | Sanctioned Strength   | Working Strength   |
|------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| 31.12.2013 | 19,518                | 15,115             |
| 06.12.2021 | 24,489                | 19,292             |

However, filling up of vacancies in Subordinate judiciary falls within the domain of the State Governments and High Courts concerned.

- (iv) Reduction  in  Pendency  through  /  follow  up  by  Arrears  Committees: In pursuance  of  Resolution  passed  in  Chief  Justices'  Conference  held  in  April,  2015, Arrears Committees have been set up in High Courts to clear cases pending for more than five years.  Arrears Committees have been set up under District Judges too.  Arrears Committee  has  been  constituted  in  the  Supreme  Court  to  formulate  steps  to  reduce pendency of cases in High Courts and District Courts. In the past, Minister of Law & Justice has taken up the matter with Chief Justices of High Courts and Chief Ministers in the past drawing their attention to cases pending for more than five years and to take up pendency  reduction  campaign.  The  Department  has  developed  an  online  portal  for reporting  by  all  High  Courts  on  the  compliance  of  Arrears  Eradication  Scheme guidelines of the Malimath Committee Report.
- (v) Emphasis on  Alternate  Dispute  Resolution  (ADR): Commercial  Courts  Act, 2015 (as amended on 20 th August, 2018) stipulates mandatory pre-institution mediation and settlement of commercial disputes. Amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been made by the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2015 for expediting the speedy resolution of disputes by prescribing timelines.

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(vi) Initiatives  to  Fast  Track  Special  Type  of  Cases: The  Fourteenth  Finance Commission endorsed the proposal of the Government to strengthen the judicial system in States which included, inter-alia, establishing Fast Track Courts for cases of heinous crimes;  cases  involving  senior  citizens,  women,  children  etc.,  and  urged  the  State Governments  to  use  the  additional  fiscal  space  provided  in  the  form  of  enhanced  tax devolution  form  32% to  42% to  meet  such  requirements.  As  on  31.10.2021,  914  Fast Track Courts are functional for heinous crimes, crimes against women and children etc. To fast track criminal cases involving elected MPs / MLAs, ten (10) Special Courts are functional in nine (9) States/UTs (1 each in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Telangana,  Uttar  Pradesh,  West  Bengal  and  2  in  NCT  of Delhi).  Further,  Government  has  approved  a  scheme  for  setting  up  1023  Fast  Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious disposal of pending cases of Rape under IPC and crimes under POCSO Act. As on date, 28 States/UTs have joined the  scheme  for  setting  up  of  842  FTSCs  including  363  'exclusive  POCSO  Courts'. Rs.140 crore was released in the financial year 2019-20 and Rs. 160.00 crore has been released  during  the  financial  year  2020-21  for  the  scheme.  681  FTSCs  are  presently functional including 381 exclusive POCSO Courts, which disposed 64217 cases as on 31.10.2021. The continuation of the Scheme of FTSC has been approved for another two years  (2021-23)  at  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  1572.86  crore,  including  Rs.  971.70  crore  as Central share.

(vii) In addition, to reduce pendency and unclogging of the courts, the Government has recently amended various laws like the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2018, the Commercial Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018, the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018, the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2018.

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Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) - 'PENDING CASES' OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2098  FOR  ANSWER  ON 10.12.2021 REGARDING VACANT POSITION OF JUDGES IN WEST BENGAL.

| Name of the District    | Pending Cases at the end of the 2016   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2016   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2016   |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Name of the District    | CIVIL                                  | CRL.                                   | (CIV.+CRL.)                            |
| 1. BURDWAN              | 36845                                  | 180396                                 | 217241                                 |
| 2. BIRBHUM              | 13877                                  | 35415                                  | 49292                                  |
| 3. BANKURA              | 9178                                   | 29916                                  | 39094                                  |
| 4. PASCHIM MIDNAPUR     | 25970                                  | 78382                                  | 104352                                 |
| 5. PURBA MIDNAPUR       | 23968                                  | 112552                                 | 136520                                 |
| 6. HOOGHLY              | 27335                                  | 48685                                  | 76020                                  |
| 7. HOWRAH               | 40214                                  | 101526                                 | 141740                                 |
| 8. PURULIA              | 9038                                   | 19898                                  | 28936                                  |
| 9. SOUTH 24 PARGANAS    | 141202                                 | 695474                                 | 836676                                 |
| 10. NORTH 24 PARGANAS   | 68560                                  | 131770                                 | 200330                                 |
| 11. NADIA               | 21806                                  | 128175                                 | 149981                                 |
| 12. MURSHIDABAD         | 32484                                  | 101715                                 | 134199                                 |
| 13. UTTAR DINAJPUR      | 6059                                   | 22271                                  | 28330                                  |
| 14. DAKSHIN DINAJPUR    | 4612                                   | 17273                                  | 21885                                  |
| 15. MALDA               | 9656                                   | 27692                                  | 37348                                  |
| 16. JALPAIGURI          | 9697                                   | 42682                                  | 52379                                  |
| 17. DARJEELING          | 5388                                   | 10642                                  | 16030                                  |
| 18. COOCH BEHAR         | 2993                                   | 44759                                  | 47752                                  |
| 19. CMMCOURT            | 0                                      | 334874                                 | 334874                                 |
| 20. CITY CIVIL COURT    | 65982                                  | 0                                      | 65982                                  |
| 21. CITY SESSIONS COURT | 0                                      | 1296                                   | 1296                                   |
| 22. MNL. MAGIS. COURT   | 0                                      | 2676                                   | 2676                                   |
| 23. SMALL CAUSES COURT  | 5820                                   | 0                                      | 5820                                   |
| T O T A L               | 560684                                 | 2168069                                | 2728753                                |
| 24. A &NISLANDS         | 3507                                   | 5260                                   | 8767                                   |
| G R A N D T O T A L     | 564191                                 | 2173329                                | 2737520                                |

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| Name of the District    | Pending Cases at the end of the 2017   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2017   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2017   |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Name of the District    | CIVIL                                  | CRL.                                   | (CIV.+CRL.)                            |
| 1. BURDWAN              | 38689                                  | 221530                                 | 260219                                 |
| 2. BIRBHUM              | 13956                                  | 35068                                  | 49024                                  |
| 3. BANKURA              | 9181                                   | 28722                                  | 37903                                  |
| 4. PASCHIM MIDNAPUR     | 24032                                  | 81542                                  | 105574                                 |
| 5. PURBA MIDNAPUR       | 22542                                  | 114071                                 | 136613                                 |
| 6. HOOGHLY              | 28810                                  | 57676                                  | 86486                                  |
| 7. HOWRAH               | 31832                                  | 61004                                  | 92836                                  |
| 8. PURULIA              | 6782                                   | 16072                                  | 22854                                  |
| 9. SOUTH 24 PARGANAS    | 111280                                 | 209965                                 | 321245                                 |
| 10. NORTH 24 PARGANAS   | 62599                                  | 129141                                 | 191740                                 |
| 11. NADIA               | 18210                                  | 126637                                 | 144847                                 |
| 12. MURSHIDABAD         | 32356                                  | 111916                                 | 144272                                 |
| 13. UTTAR DINAJPUR      | 6171                                   | 23572                                  | 29743                                  |
| 14. DAKSHIN DINAJPUR    | 4952                                   | 17429                                  | 22381                                  |
| 15. MALDA               | 10321                                  | 29061                                  | 39382                                  |
| 16. JALPAIGURI          | 9908                                   | 49704                                  | 59612                                  |
| 17. DARJEELING          | 5364                                   | 17746                                  | 23110                                  |
| 18. COOCH BEHAR         | 3120                                   | 47531                                  | 50651                                  |
| 19. CMMCOURT            | 0                                      | 276362                                 | 276362                                 |
| 20. CITY CIVIL COURT    | 35979                                  | 0                                      | 35979                                  |
| 21. CITY SESSIONS COURT | 0                                      | 1427                                   | 1427                                   |
| 22. MNL. MAGIS. COURT   | 0                                      | 2955                                   | 2955                                   |
| 23. SMALL CAUSES COURT  | 6039                                   | 0                                      | 6039                                   |
| T O T A L               | 482123                                 | 1659131                                | 2141254                                |
| 24. A &NISLANDS         | 3405                                   | 5822                                   | 9227                                   |
| G R A N D T O T A L     | 485528                                 | 1664953                                | 2150481                                |

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| Name of the             | Pending Cases at the end of the 2018   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2018   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2018   |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| District                | CIVIL                                  | CRL.                                   | (CIV.+CRL.)                            |
| 1.PURBABURDWAN          | 20878                                  | 35314                                  | 56192                                  |
| 2.PASCHIM BURDWAN       | 15470                                  | 48926                                  | 64396                                  |
| 3. BIRBHUM              | 13849                                  | 36547                                  | 50396                                  |
| 4. BANKURA              | 8919                                   | 20042                                  | 28961                                  |
| 5. PASCHIM MIDNAPUR     | 26854                                  | 48192                                  | 75046                                  |
| 6. PURBA MIDNAPUR       | 23803                                  | 54787                                  | 78590                                  |
| 7. HOOGHLY              | 29110                                  | 61700                                  | 90810                                  |
| 8. HOWRAH               | 31255                                  | 66595                                  | 97850                                  |
| 9. PURULIA              | 7233                                   | 16794                                  | 24027                                  |
| 10. SOUTH 24 PARGANAS   | 112206                                 | 220638                                 | 332844                                 |
| 11. NORTH 24 PARGANAS   | 66497                                  | 147652                                 | 214149                                 |
| 12. NADIA               | 19419                                  | 78901                                  | 98320                                  |
| 13. MURSHIDABAD         | 33189                                  | 120436                                 | 153625                                 |
| 14. UTTAR DINAJPUR      | 5980                                   | 23671                                  | 29651                                  |
| 15. DAKSHIN DINAJPUR    | 5348                                   | 17739                                  | 23087                                  |
| 16. MALDA               | 9930                                   | 36144                                  | 46074                                  |
| 17. JALPAIGURI          | 10497                                  | 56040                                  | 66537                                  |
| 18. DARJEELING          | 5990                                   | 18124                                  | 24114                                  |
| 19. KALIMPONG           | 191                                    | 578                                    | 769                                    |
| 20. COOCH BEHAR         | 3388                                   | 23551                                  | 26939                                  |
| 21. CMMCOURT            | 0                                      | 320841                                 | 320841                                 |
| 22. CITY CIVIL COURT    | 37070                                  | 0                                      | 37070                                  |
| 23. CITY SESSIONS COURT | 0                                      | 1371                                   | 1371                                   |
| 24. MNL. MAGIS. COURT   | 0                                      | 2888                                   | 2888                                   |
| 25.SMALL CAUSES COURT   | 5945                                   | 0                                      | 5945                                   |
| T O T A L               | 493021                                 | 1457471                                | 1950492                                |
| 26. A &NISLANDS         | 3769                                   | 6460                                   | 10229                                  |
| G R A N D TO T A L      | 496790                                 | 1463931                                | 1960721                                |

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| Name of the             | Pending Cases at the end of the 2019   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2019   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2019   |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| District                | CIVIL                                  | CRL.                                   | (CIV.+CRL.)                            |
| 1.PURBA BURDWAN         | 21151                                  | 38633                                  | 59784                                  |
| 2.PASCHIM BURDWAN       | 15832                                  | 51974                                  | 67806                                  |
| 3. BIRBHUM              | 13987                                  | 38581                                  | 52568                                  |
| 4. BANKURA              | 9694                                   | 30210                                  | 39904                                  |
| 5. PASCHIM MIDNAPUR     | 26749                                  | 55174                                  | 81923                                  |
| 6. JHARGRAM             | 140                                    | 111                                    | 251                                    |
| 7. PURBA MIDNAPUR       | 23806                                  | 58367                                  | 82173                                  |
| 8. HOOGHLY              | 29491                                  | 66840                                  | 96331                                  |
| 9. HOWRAH               | 32280                                  | 70465                                  | 102745                                 |
| 10. PURULIA             | 7741                                   | 17308                                  | 25049                                  |
| 11. SOUTH 24 PARGANAS   | 115004                                 | 227157                                 | 342161                                 |
| 12. NORTH 24 PARGANAS   | 68931                                  | 167711                                 | 236642                                 |
| 13. NADIA               | 20939                                  | 84329                                  | 105268                                 |
| 14. MURSHIDABAD         | 33746                                  | 128659                                 | 162405                                 |
| 15. UTTAR DINAJPUR      | 6383                                   | 25791                                  | 32174                                  |
| 16. DAKSHIN DINAJPUR    | 5566                                   | 18632                                  | 24198                                  |
| 17. MALDA               | 10220                                  | 42443                                  | 52663                                  |
| 18. JALPAIGURI          | 11343                                  | 59093                                  | 70436                                  |
| 19. DARJEELING          | 6468                                   | 18514                                  | 24982                                  |
| 20. KALIMPONG           | 169                                    | 662                                    | 831                                    |
| 21. COOCH BEHAR         | 3561                                   | 25038                                  | 28599                                  |
| 22. CMMCOURT            | 0                                      | 314274                                 | 314274                                 |
| 23. CITY CIVIL COURT    | 35846                                  | 0                                      | 35846                                  |
| 24. CITY SESSIONS COURT | 0                                      | 1514                                   | 1514                                   |
| 25. MNL. MAGIS. COURT   | 0                                      | 2049                                   | 2049                                   |
| 26.SMALL CAUSES COURT   | 6121                                   | 0                                      | 6121                                   |
| T O T A L               | 505168                                 | 1543529                                | 2048697                                |
| 27. A &NISLANDS         | 3841                                   | 5954                                   | 9795                                   |
| G R A N D TO T A L      | 509009                                 | 1549483                                | 2058492                                |

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| Name of the District   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2020   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2020   | Pending Cases at the end of the 2020   |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Name of the District   | CIVIL                                  | CRL.                                   | (CIV.+CRL.)                            |
| Bankura                | 10627                                  | 31050                                  | 41677                                  |
| Birbhum                | 15524                                  | 41525                                  | 57049                                  |
| C.M.M.C.               | 0                                      | 325919                                 | 325919                                 |
| City Civil Court       | 37613                                  | 0                                      | 37613                                  |
| City Sessions Court    | 0                                      | 1756                                   | 1756                                   |
| Cooch Behar            | 4150                                   | 26914                                  | 31064                                  |
| Dakshin Dinajpur       | 6124                                   | 19587                                  | 25711                                  |
| Darjeeling             | 6844                                   | 19619                                  | 26463                                  |
| Hooghly                | 31915                                  | 70906                                  | 102821                                 |
| Howrah                 | 34892                                  | 73107                                  | 107999                                 |
| Jalpaiguri             | 12502                                  | 62510                                  | 75012                                  |
| Jhargram               | 2983                                   | 9760                                   | 12743                                  |
| Kalimpong              | 214                                    | 810                                    | 1024                                   |
| Malda                  | 11426                                  | 45425                                  | 56851                                  |
| Mnl. Magistrate Ct.    | 0                                      | 1864                                   | 1864                                   |
| Murshidabad            | 36361                                  | 136728                                 | 173089                                 |
| Nadia                  | 23824                                  | 89738                                  | 113562                                 |
| North 24 Parganas      | 73710                                  | 176669                                 | 250379                                 |
| P. S. C. Court         | 6228                                   | 0                                      | 6228                                   |
| Paschim Burdwan        | 17866                                  | 55414                                  | 73280                                  |
| Paschim Medinipur      | 26115                                  | 50975                                  | 77090                                  |
| Purba Burdwan          | 23228                                  | 41509                                  | 64737                                  |
| Purba Medinipur        | 26042                                  | 63647                                  | 89689                                  |
| Purulia                | 8588                                   | 18844                                  | 27432                                  |
| South 24 Parganas      | 122777                                 | 232355                                 | 355132                                 |
| Uttar Dinajpur         | 7402                                   | 27202                                  | 34604                                  |
| Total                  | 546955                                 | 1623833                                | 2170788                                |
| A &NISLANDS            | 4207                                   | 5632                                   | 9839                                   |
| Total (W.B.+ A &N)     | 551162                                 | 1629465                                | 2180627                                |

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