Lok Sabha Question No. 1043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Pending Cases in Gujarat High Court
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1043 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 3RD DECEMBER, 2021

## PENDING CASES IN GUJARAT HIGH COURT

## 1043. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

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

- (a) the number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court at present along with the number of cases pending for fifteen years or more;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  any  action  plan  to  clear  the  pendency  by setting up High Court Benches at Rajkot and Surat;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

## (a): The details of number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court is as follows:-

| Number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court as on 26.11.2021   | Number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court as on 26.11.2021   | Number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court as on 26.11.2021   | Number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court for 15 years or more   | Number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court for 15 years or more   | Number of cases pending in Gujarat High Court for 15 years or more   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Civil                                                            | Criminal                                                         | Total                                                            | Civil                                                                | Criminal                                                             | Total                                                                |
| 102097                                                           | 51794                                                            | 153891                                                           | 2813                                                                 | 3158                                                                 | 5971                                                                 |

(b) to (d): High Court Benches are established in accordance with the recommendations made by the Jaswant Singh Commission and judgment pronounced  by  the  Apex  Court  in  W.P.(C)  No.  379  of  2000  and  after  due consideration  of  a  complete  proposal  from  the  State  Government  which  has  to provide necessary expenditure and infrastructural facilities and the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court who is required to look after the day-to-day administration of the High Court.  The proposal to be complete should also have the consent of the Governor of the concerned State.  At present, no complete proposal regarding  setting  up  Gujarat  High  Court  benches  at  Rajkot  and  Surat  is  pending before the Central Government.

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