Lok Sabha Question No. 1134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Increase in number of Family Litigation
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Ujjwal Raman Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1134 ANSWERED ON - 25/07/2025

## INCREASE IN NUMBER OF FAMILY LITIGATION

## †1134. SHRI UJJWAL RAMAN SINGH:

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

(a) the number of family courts functioning in the country to settle family matters;

(b) whether it is a fact that the number of family cases is increasing day by day in the family courts functioning in the country;

(c) if so, whether the Government proposes to open new family courts in the country to settle pending family cases expeditiously; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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)           As per the information received from the High Courts, 927 Family Courts were functional across the country as on 30.06.2025. The State/UT-wise number of functional Family Courts is given at Annexure.

(b) As per data received from the High Courts, the number of cases instituted in family courts in year 2023 was 8,25,502, whereas 9,39,100 cases were instituted in these courts in the year 2024.

(c) and (d) The  Family  Courts  Act,  1984  provides  for  establishment  of  family  courts  by  the State/UT Governments in consultation with their respective High Courts to promote conciliation and secure speedy settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs and for matters connected therewith.

Under Section 3(1) (a) of the Family Courts Act, it is mandatory for the State Governments to set up a family court for every area in the State comprising a city or a town whose population exceeds one million. In other areas of the States also, the family courts may be set up if the State/UT Governments deem it necessary.

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The State/UT- wise details of number of functional Family Courts as on 30.06.2025

| Sl.No   | Name of the State/UTs              |   Number of Functional Family Courts |
|---------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                   16 |
| 2       | Andaman &Nicobar island            |                                    1 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                    0 |
| 4       | Assam                              |                                    7 |
| 5       | Bihar                              |                                   39 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                         |                                    0 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                       |                                   29 |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                    0 |
| 9       | Delhi                              |                                   31 |
| 10      | Goa                                |                                    0 |
| 11      | Gujarat                            |                                  123 |
| 12      | Haryana                            |                                   33 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                    3 |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                    4 |
| 15      | Jharkhand                          |                                   31 |
| 16      | Karnataka                          |                                   41 |
| 17      | Kerala                             |                                   37 |
| 18      | Ladakh                             |                                    2 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                        |                                    0 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                   64 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                        |                                   51 |
| 22      | Manipur                            |                                    3 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                          |                                    0 |
| 24      | Mizoram                            |                                    0 |
| 25      | Nagaland                           |                                    2 |
| 26      | Odisha                             |                                   28 |
| 27      | Puducherry                         |                                    2 |
| 28      | Punjab                             |                                   37 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                          |                                   50 |
| 30      | Sikkim                             |                                    6 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                         |                                   40 |
| 32      | Telangana                          |                                   23 |
| 33      | Tripura                            |                                    9 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                  189 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                        |                                   27 |
| 36      | West Bengal                        |                                    6 |
|         | TOTAL                              |                                  927 |

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## Annexure