Lok Sabha Question No. 693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: High Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri S Venkatesan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 693

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 29.11.2024

## High Courts

## 693 SHRI S VENKATESAN:

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

- (a) the total number of High Courts that are functioning with full sanctioned strength of judges;
- (b) the number of judges in HCs against their sanctioned strength, State-wise;
- (c) the total number of cases pending with each HC till date as per the latest figures; and
- (d) the total number of cases pending for more than five years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) and (b): The information is placed at Annexure-I .
- (c)  and  (d):  The  information,  based  on  the  data  available  as  on  26.11.2024 is placed at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure-I

## Statement showing sanctioned strength and working strength of Judges in High Courts (As on 26.11.2024)

| Sl. No.   | Name of High Court   |   Sanctioned Strength |   Working Strength |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Allahabad            |                   160 |                 81 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh       |                    37 |                 29 |
| 3         | Bombay               |                    94 |                 68 |
| 4         | Calcutta             |                    72 |                 43 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                    22 |                 16 |
| 6         | Delhi                |                    60 |                 36 |
| 7         | Gauhati              |                    30 |                 24 |
| 8         | Gujarat              |                    52 |                 32 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     |                    17 |                 11 |
| 10        | J &Kand Ladakh       |                    25 |                 15 |
| 11        | Jharkhand            |                    25 |                 18 |
| 12        | Karnataka            |                    62 |                 50 |
| 13        | Kerala               |                    47 |                 45 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       |                    53 |                 35 |
| 15        | Madras               |                    75 |                 66 |
| 16        | Manipur              |                     5 |                  4 |
| 17        | Meghalaya            |                     4 |                  4 |
| 18        | Orissa               |                    33 |                 19 |
| 19        | Patna                |                    53 |                 35 |
| 20        | Punjab &Haryana      |                    85 |                 53 |
| 21        | Rajasthan            |                    50 |                 32 |
| 22        | Sikkim               |                     3 |                  3 |
| 23        | Telangana            |                    42 |                 27 |
| 24        | Tripura              |                     5 |                  5 |
| 25        | Uttarakhand          |                    11 |                  6 |
|           | Total                |                  1122 |                757 |

## Number of cases pending with High Courts

|   Sl. No. | Name of High Court        | Number of Cases Pending as on date   |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | Allahabad                 | 10,67,614                            |
|         2 | Bombay                    | 6,52,990                             |
|         3 | Calcutta                  | 1,87,360                             |
|         4 | Gauhati                   | 64,240                               |
|         5 | Telangana                 | 2,46,865                             |
|         6 | Andhra Pradesh            | 2,48,203                             |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              | 84,687                               |
|         8 | Delhi                     | 1,27,518                             |
|         9 | Gujarat                   | 1,71,652                             |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh          | 94,756                               |
|        11 | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh | 46,120                               |
|        12 | Jharkhand                 | 75,999                               |
|        13 | Karnataka                 | 3,00,984                             |
|        14 | Kerala                    | 2,50,933                             |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh            | 4,69,462                             |
|        16 | Manipur                   | 5,285                                |
|        17 | Meghalaya                 | 1,183                                |
|        18 | Orissa                    | 1,46,998                             |
|        19 | Punjab and Haryana        | 4,33,196                             |
|        20 | Rajasthan                 | 6,56,141                             |
|        21 | Sikkim                    | 215                                  |
|        22 | Tripura                   | 1,002                                |
|        23 | Uttarakhand               | 55,331                               |
|        24 | Madras                    | 5,22,393                             |
|        25 | Patna                     | 1,99,754                             |

Number of cases pending for more than five years:-

| Supreme Court   | High Courts   | District & Subordinate Courts   | Total       |
|-----------------|---------------|---------------------------------|-------------|
| 19,569          | 27,31,298     | 1,15,96,339                     | 1,43,47,206 |

## Annexure-II