Lok Sabha Question No. 4799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Pending Contempt Cases
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Anand Bhadauria

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4799 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 28 TH MARCH, 2025

## PENDING CONTEMPT CASES

## 4799. SHRI ANAND BHADAURIA:

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

- (a) whether 1.45 lakh contempt cases are pending in Supreme Court and various High Courts, if so, the details thereof, court-wise;
- (b) the reasons for non compliance with the orders of Supreme Court and various High Courts; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government for compliance of these orders?

## 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) to (c): As per the information provided by the Supreme Court of India, 1,852 contempt cases are pending before the Supreme Court as on 20.03.2025. Further, as per the information available on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the number of contempt cases pending before various High Courts as on 24.03.2025 is at Annexure-I.

The reasons for non-compliance with the orders in contempt cases pending before the Supreme Court and various High Courts are not available with the Government. As far as the Government of India is concerned, the responsibility of implementation of court orders rests with the respective administrative Ministries / Departments.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4799 FOR ANSWER ON 28.03.2025 REGARDING 'PENDING CONTEMPT CASES'.

Contempt cases pending in High Courts as on 24.03.2025

| Sl. No.   | Name of High Court        | Contempt Cases pending   |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | Allahabad                 | 24,376                   |
| 2.        | Bombay                    | 9,394                    |
| 3.        | Calcutta                  | 24,886                   |
| 4.        | Gauhati                   | 1,933                    |
| 5.        | Telangana                 | 13,957                   |
| 6.        | Andhra Pradesh            | 15,679                   |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh              | 826                      |
| 8.        | Delhi                     | 3,788                    |
| 9.        | Gujarat*                  | -                        |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh          | 483                      |
| 11.       | Jammu and Kashmir &Ladakh | 5,244                    |
| 12.       | Jharkhand                 | 1,738                    |
| 13.       | Karnataka                 | 2,384                    |
| 14.       | Kerala                    | 3,715                    |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh            | 10,892                   |
| 16.       | Manipur                   | 210                      |
| 17.       | Meghalaya                 | 74                       |
| 18.       | Punjab and Haryana        | 4,959                    |
| 19.       | Rajasthan                 | 7,252                    |
| 20.       | Sikkim                    | 4                        |
| 21.       | Tripura                   | 50                       |
| 22.       | Uttarakhand               | 1,066                    |
| 23.       | Madras*                   | -                        |
| 24.       | Orissa                    | 10,663                   |
| 25.       | Patna *                   | -                        |
| Total     | Total                     | 1,43,573                 |