Lok Sabha Question No. 297 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Family Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

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## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *297

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 17 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## Family Courts

## *297. SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

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

- (a) the number of family courts functioning at present in the country, Statewise;
- (b) the number of cases filed in these courts during the last three years;
- (c) the number of cases disposed of  by such courts and pending,   State-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government for expediting the disposal of such cases in the country ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *297 FOR THE 17 th  DECEMBER, 2021 REGARDING 'FAMILY COURTS'

(a):  As  per  information made available by High Courts, presently 732 Family Courts are functional across the country. The State/UT wise details of functional family courtsis placed at Annexure-I .

(b): The number of cases filed in family courts as per information given by High Courts is given at Annexure-II .

(c): The number of cases disposed of by family courts and cases pending as per information given by High Courts is given at Annexure- III.

(d):Disposal  of  pending  cases  in  courts  including  family  courts  is  within  the domain  of  the  judiciary.    No  time  frame  has  been  prescribed  for  disposal  of cases  by  the  respective  courts.  However,  the  Central  Government  is  fully committed  to  speedy  disposal  of  cases  in  accordance  with  Article  21  of  the Constitution and reducing pendency.  Accordingly, several initiatives have been takento provide an ecosystem for faster disposal of cases by the judiciary.

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, 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.

## Annexure-I

State/UT-wise Status of Functional Family Courts (As on 31.10.2021)

| S.No.   | Name of State/UTs       |   No of Functional Courts |
|---------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          |                        16 |
| 2       | Andaman &Nicobar Island |                         0 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh       |                         0 |
| 4       | Assam                   |                         7 |
| 5       | Bihar                   |                        37 |
| 6       | Chandigarh              |                         0 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh            |                        26 |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                         0 |
| 9       | Delhi                   |                        21 |
| 10      | Diu &Daman              |                         0 |
| 11      | Goa                     |                         0 |
| 12      | Gujarat                 |                        33 |
| 13      | Haryana                 |                        31 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh        |                         3 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir          |                         0 |
| 16      | Jharkhand               |                        24 |
| 17      | Karnataka               |                        39 |
| 18      | Kerala                  |                        28 |
| 19      | Ladakh                  |                         0 |
| 20      | Lakshadweep             |                         0 |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh          |                        33 |
| 22      | Maharashtra             |                        40 |
| 23      | Manipur                 |                         4 |
| 24      | Meghalaya               |                         0 |
| 25      | Mizoram                 |                         0 |
| 26      | Nagaland                |                         2 |
| 27      | Odisha                  |                        26 |
| 28      | Puducherry              |                         2 |
| 29      | Punjab                  |                        32 |
| 30      | Rajasthan               |                        47 |
| 31      | Sikkim                  |                         4 |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu              |                        39 |
| 33      | Telangana               |                        20 |
| 34      | Tripura                 |                         9 |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh           |                       189 |
| 36      | Uttarakhand             |                        18 |
| 37      | West Bengal             |                         2 |
|         | Total                   |                       732 |

## Annexure-II

State/UT wise status of number of cases filed in the Family Courts (As on 31.10.2021)

|   S.No. | State/UT                 |   Cases Filed during the year2019 |   Cases Filed during the year 2020 |   Cases Filed during the year 2021 (Up to October, 2021) |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           |                              7421 |                               3343 |                                                     5880 |
|       2 | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                     4688 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                        0 |
|       4 | Assam                    |                              5574 |                               2732 |                                                     2227 |
|       5 | Bihar                    |                             24377 |                              11969 |                                                    13298 |
|       6 | Chandigarh               |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                      535 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             |                             15069 |                               5346 |                                                    10194 |
|       8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                        0 |
|       9 | Delhi                    |                             37978 |                              19256 |                                                    22108 |
|      10 | Diu &Daman               |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                        0 |
|      11 | Goa                      |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                     6522 |
|      12 | Gujarat                  |                             27529 |                              14041 |                                                    15696 |
|      13 | Haryana                  |                             59033 |                              29646 |                                                    26914 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                             14745 |                               7324 |                                                     1828 |
|      15 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                     1995 |
|      16 | Jharkhand                |                             12052 |                               6215 |                                                    11293 |
|      17 | Karnataka                |                             25114 |                              16618 |                                                    25885 |
|      18 | Kerala                   |                             60338 |                              43022 |                                                    36877 |
|      19 | Ladakh                   |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                        0 |
|      20 | Lakshadweep              |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                        0 |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh           |                             37948 |                              15950 |                                                    21629 |
|      22 | Maharashtra              |                             29993 |                              19554 |                                                    25071 |
|      23 | Manipur                  |                               887 |                                342 |                                                     9153 |
|      24 | Meghalaya                |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                      108 |
|      25 | Mizoram                  |                                 0 |                                  0 |                                                     1033 |
|      26 | Nagaland                 |                               147 |                                 82 |                                                     3571 |
|      27 | Odisha                   |                             13345 |                               8038 |                                                     7252 |
|      28 | Puducherry               |                               751 |                                668 |                                                      598 |
|      29 | Punjab                   |                             70374 |                              23630 |                                                    61741 |
|      30 | Rajasthan                |                             39935 |                              21518 |                                                    17703 |

| 31   | Sikkim        |    277 |    179 |    179 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 32   | Tamil Nadu    |  21660 |  16316 |  14474 |
| 33   | Telangana     |   9252 |   5733 |   7494 |
| 34   | Tripura       |   2893 |   1512 |  12823 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh | 305487 | 190709 | 117233 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand   |  11238 |   9508 |   7865 |
| 37   | West Bengal   |    721 |    298 |    905 |
|      | Total         | 834138 | 473549 | 494817 |

Annexure-III State/UT wise status of number of cases disposed and pendingin the Family Courts

|   S.NO. | State/UT             |   Cases disposed of during the year of 2019 |   Cases disposed of during the year of 2020 | Cases disposed of during the year of 2021 (Up to October, 2021)   |   Cases pending as on 31 st Oct 2021 |
|---------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh       |                                        4827 |                                        2286 | 1360                                                              |                                10069 |
|       2 | Andman Nicobar       |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|       4 | Assam                |                                        7364 |                                        1574 | 2801                                                              |                                 9688 |
|       5 | Bihar                |                                       15336 |                                        5729 | 6671                                                              |                                67954 |
|       6 | Chandigarh           |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh         |                                        9236 |                                        3737 | 7745                                                              |                                17758 |
|       8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                           0 |                                           0 |                                                                   |                                    0 |
|       9 | Delhi                |                                       17638 |                                        5691 | 19027                                                             |                                38268 |
|      10 | Diu &Daman           |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|      11 | Goa                  |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|      12 | Gujarat              |                                       13754 |                                        8918 | 17736                                                             |                                35977 |
|      13 | Haryana              |                                       14909 |                                       18187 | 25112                                                             |                                63459 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                                        5570 |                                        7331 | 2447                                                              |                                 5138 |
|      15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                          47 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|      16 | Jharkhand            |                                        6836 |                                        3537 | 4126                                                              |                                19184 |
|      17 | Karnataka            |                                       11645 |                                        8988 | 17645                                                             |                                40169 |
|      18 | Kerala               |                                       25309 |                                       23067 | 35149                                                             |                               113706 |
|      19 | Ladakh               |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|      20 | Lakshadweep          |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh       |                                       15596 |                                        9922 | 15350                                                             |                                36308 |
|      22 | Maharashtra          |                                       65302 |                                       11774 | 21199                                                             |                                64907 |
|      23 | Manipur              |                                         466 |                                         311 | 150                                                               |                                  973 |
|      24 | Meghalaya            |                                           0 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |
|      25 | Mizoram              |                                         146 |                                           0 | 0                                                                 |                                    0 |

| 26   | Nagaland      |     41 |     88 |    130 |     146 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| 27   | Odisha        |   4754 |   4159 |   5806 |   44460 |
| 28   | Puducherry    |    471 |    374 |    659 |    1512 |
| 29   | Punjab        |  10249 |  14811 |  31433 |   82135 |
| 30   | Rajasthan     |  16941 |  15731 |  19965 |   48904 |
| 31   | Sikkim        |    173 |    128 |    216 |     268 |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu    |  14478 |   8840 |   9138 |   32984 |
| 33   | Telangana     |   9857 |   3451 |   9106 |   18144 |
| 34   | Tripura       |   1801 |   1026 |   2203 |    3349 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh | 266775 | 112214 | 134574 |  406686 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand   |   4379 |   3588 |   8751 |   16359 |
| 37   | West Bengal   |   8484 |    229 |     96 |    1166 |
|      | Total         | 552384 | 275691 | 398595 | 1179671 |