Lok Sabha Question No. 2598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-04
Subject: Civil and Criminal Cases in Uttar Pradesh Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Rajveer Diler

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2598 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 04 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES IN UTTAR PRADESH COURTS

## †2598. SHRI RAJVEER DILER:

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

- (a) the  number  of  criminal  and  civil  cases  pending  in  the  lower  courts  of  Uttar
- Pradesh;
- (b) the average time taken to dispose of various criminal and civil cases by lower
- courts in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the vacant posts of judges in the lower courts in Uttar Pradesh and the vacant posts filled during the last three years;
- (d) whether  the  impact  of  the  vacant  posts  on  the  disposal  of  cases  has  been assessed recently; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a): As per information available on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the number of  civil  and  criminal  cases  pending in lower courts of Uttar Pradesh are 18,69,280 and 97,84,280 as on 01.08.2023, respectively.
- (b): As  per  information  provided  by  High  Court  of  Allahabad,  the  district  wise average  time  taken  to  dispose  off  civil  and  criminal  cases,  during  the  year  2022,  by District Judiciary/Trial Courts of Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure-I .
- (c) :      As per information provided by High Court of Allahabad, the cadre-wise details of vacant courts/posts of Judicial Officers in the State of Uttar Pradesh, as on 01.08.2023, is given as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Cadre                         |   Vacant |
|-----------|-------------------------------|----------|
|         1 | Higher Judicial Services      |      448 |
|         2 | Civil Judge (Senior Division) |      389 |
|         3 | Civil Judge (Junior Division) |      394 |

The number of vacancies filled up during the last three years is given as under:-

|   Sl. No. |                                       |     |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-----|
|         1 | 01 January, 2020 to 31 December, 2020 | 199 |
|         2 | 01 January, 2021 to 31 December, 2021 | 182 |
|         3 | 01 January, 2022 to 31 December, 2022 |  05 |

- (d) & (e): The vacancy of judges is not the sole reason for affecting the disposal of cases in courts. The disposal of cases in courts is also affected by several other factors which, inter-alia,  include  availability  of  physical  infrastructure  and  supporting  court  staff, complexity of facts involved, nature of evidence, co-operation of stake holders viz. bar, investigation  agencies,  witnesses  and  litigants  and  proper  application  of  rules  and procedures. Other factors that lead to delay in disposal of cases include lack of prescribed timeframe  by respective courts for disposal of various kinds of cases, frequent adjournments  and  lack  of  adequate  arrangement  to  monitor,  track  and  bunch  cases  for hearing.

However,  the  impact  of  vacant  posts  on  the  disposal  of  cases  has  not  been assessed recently.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO  PART  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2598 FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2023 REGARDING 'CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES IN UTTAR PRADESH COURTS.

District  wise  average  time  taken to dispose of criminal and civil cases, during the year 2022, by District  Judiciary/Trial Courts of Uttar Pradesh.

| Sl No   | Name of District     | Average time taken for disposal during the year 2022(in days)   | Average time taken for disposal during the year 2022 (in days)   | Average Time taken for disposal of cases during the year 2022 (In Days)   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No   | Name of District     | (for Civil Cases)                                               | (for Criminal Cases)                                             | (Total)                                                                   |
| 1       | Agra                 | 1862                                                            | 376                                                              | 500.03                                                                    |
| 2       | Aligarh              | 547.5                                                           | 638.75                                                           | 630.13                                                                    |
| 3       | Allahabad            | 1685                                                            | 581                                                              | 855.45                                                                    |
| 4       | Ambedkar Nagar       | 3030.41                                                         | 6989.48                                                          | 6577.95                                                                   |
| 5       | Auraiya              | 182.61                                                          | 438.84                                                           | 401.61                                                                    |
| 6       | Azamgarh             | 185                                                             | 203                                                              | 198.84                                                                    |
| 7       | Baghpat              | 830                                                             | 370                                                              | 421.33                                                                    |
| 8       | Bahraich             | 3164.5                                                          | 4232.4                                                           | 4069.18                                                                   |
| 9       | Ballia               | 2514                                                            | 1056                                                             | 1392.14                                                                   |
| 10      | Balrampur            | 2285                                                            | 2311                                                             | 2307.46                                                                   |
| 11      | Banda                | 910                                                             | 737                                                              | 762.7                                                                     |
| 12      | Barabanki            | 2759                                                            | 1190                                                             | 1409.59                                                                   |
| 13      | Bareilly             | 1403.27                                                         | 737.78                                                           | 827.85                                                                    |
| 14      | Basti                | 62                                                              | 170                                                              | 150.8                                                                     |
| 15      | Bhadohi              | 1085                                                            | 714                                                              | 759.53                                                                    |
| 16      | Bijnor               | 1076                                                            | 612                                                              | 682.57                                                                    |
| 17      | Budaun               | 2107                                                            | 987                                                              | 1051.88                                                                   |
| 18      | Bulandshahar         | 1576                                                            | 1286                                                             | 1326.26                                                                   |
| 19      | Chandauli            | 1788                                                            | 1177                                                             | 1271.41                                                                   |
| 20      | Chitrakoot           | 1288                                                            | 1975                                                             | 1930.39                                                                   |
| 21      | Deoria               | 2914                                                            | 1088                                                             | 1729.32                                                                   |
| 22      | Etah                 | 80                                                              | 65                                                               | 65.86                                                                     |
| 23      | Etawah               | 1095                                                            | 730                                                              | 766.18                                                                    |
| 24      | Faizabad             | 9646                                                            | 8738                                                             | 8840.16                                                                   |
| 25      | Farukhabad           | 5364                                                            | 4827                                                             | 4876.83                                                                   |
| 26      | Fatehpur             | 5805                                                            | 5490                                                             | 5503.7                                                                    |
| 27      | Firozabad            | 700                                                             | 988                                                              | 949.48                                                                    |
| 28      | G. B. Nagar          | 1405                                                            | 106                                                              | 138.45                                                                    |
| 29      | Ghaziabad            | 3662                                                            | 3469                                                             | 3477.9                                                                    |
| 30      | Ghazipur             | 2130                                                            | 2246                                                             | 2238.87                                                                   |
| 31      | Gonda                | 1891                                                            | 2998                                                             | 2805.04                                                                   |
| 32      | Gorakhpur            | 214.51                                                          | 30.6                                                             | 43.29                                                                     |
| 33      | Hamirpur             | 2108                                                            | 1784                                                             | 1799.77                                                                   |
| 34      | Hapur                | 650.86                                                          | 1367.01                                                          | 1313.1                                                                    |
| 35      | Hardoi               | 1737                                                            | 888                                                              | 1076.55                                                                   |
| 36      | Hathras              | 2083                                                            | 945                                                              | 1153.85                                                                   |
| 37      | Jalaun at Orai       | 1591                                                            | 635                                                              | 847.42                                                                    |
| 38      | Jaunpur              | 3285                                                            | 1095                                                             | 1555.47                                                                   |
| 39      | Jhansi               | 6570                                                            | 2555                                                             | 2946.28                                                                   |
| 40      | J. P. Nagar (Amroha) | 487                                                             | 513                                                              | 509.75                                                                    |

|   41 | Kannauj         |    749.3 |   632.8 |   652.74 |
|------|-----------------|----------|---------|----------|
|   42 | Kanpur Dehat    |   911.38 |  548.82 |   588.98 |
|   43 | Kanpur Nagar    |  4179    |  143    |   693.45 |
|   44 | Kasganj         |    85.47 |   48.13 |    49.8  |
|   45 | Kaushambi       |  1046    | 1621    |  1517.89 |
|   46 | Kushi Nagar     |  2257    | 2058    |  2093.97 |
|   47 | LakhimpurKheri  |  1417    |  988    |  1060.08 |
|   48 | Lalitpur        |  1641    |  861    |   895.23 |
|   49 | Lucknow         | 11167    | 9265    |  9478.72 |
|   50 | Maharajganj     |  2401    | 1752    |  1911.43 |
|   51 | Mahoba          |  3873    | 3268    |  3322.38 |
|   52 | Mainpuri        |  1115    |  975    |   995.86 |
|   53 | Mathura         |  1737    | 2796    |  2732.19 |
|   54 | Mau             |  3060.5  | 2122.71 |  2295.82 |
|   55 | Meerut          |  1489    | 1892    |  1868.56 |
|   56 | Mirzapur        |  3693    | 3988    |  3914.66 |
|   57 | Moradabad       |  1866    |  546    |   657.72 |
|   58 | Muzaffar Nagar  |  1769    | 1338    |  1379.57 |
|   59 | Pilibhit        |  1659    |  799    |   860.08 |
|   60 | Pratapgarh      |  2438    | 1413    |  1653.61 |
|   61 | Raebareli       |  3249    | 3668    |  3539.67 |
|   62 | Rampur          |  8342    | 5622    |  5929.49 |
|   63 | Saharanpur      |   650    |  380    |   395.42 |
|   64 | Sambhal         |  1095.2  |  912.5  |   931.32 |
|   65 | SantKabir Nagar |  2239.35 | 2403.8  |  2387.21 |
|   66 | Shahjahanpur    |  1628    |  867    |   946.43 |
|   67 | Shamli          |  1450    | 3512    |  3302.81 |
|   68 | Shravasti       |  6794    | 8316    |  8228.66 |
|   69 | Siddharth Nagar |  3260    |  998    |  1176.49 |
|   70 | Sitapur         |   208    |  177    |   182.62 |
|   71 | Sonbhadra       |  1140    |  826    |   858.58 |
|   72 | Sultanpur       |   691.06 |  451.19 |   506.3  |
|   73 | Unnao           |  1105.96 |  571.09 |   669.65 |
|   74 | Varanasi        |  1779    |  481    |   701.96 |

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