Lok Sabha Question No. 794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Strength of Judges
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Varun Chaudhry

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 794

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 07.02.2025

## Strength of Judges

## 794. Shri Varun Chaudhry:

- Will the Minister of Law and Justice be pleased to state: (a)the sanctioned and working strength of Judges in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and District Courts in Haryana; (b)the details of present requirement of Court complex, court halls and residential units in various courts across the country; (c) the number of Courts which are to be provided with dedicated video conferencing facilities in the District Courts across the country; (d) the allocation of central assistance from the Union Government for the development of Judicial infrastructure in Haryana in the last ten years, yearwise; and (e) the steps taken by the Government to secure the Court complexes from
- firing and other incidents?

## 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 on 04.02.2025 against the sanctioned strength of 85, 51 Judges are working in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. As per the Management Information System (MIS) portalof the Department of Justice, 551 Judicial

Officers in the District and Subordinate Courts of Haryana are working against the sanctioned strength of 781.

(b): The details of the requirement of Court Halls, Residential Units in the States/UTs as on 31.01.2025are at Annexure-A.

(c): As part of the National e-Governance Plan, the e-Courts Mission Mode Project is under implementation for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development of the Indian Judiciary based on the 'National Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of Information and Communication Technology in the Indian Judiciary'. During Phase I of the project, video conferencing facility has been operationalized between 488 court complexes & 342 corresponding jails. In e-Courts Phase II of the project, one video conference equipment each has been provided to all Court Complexes including taluk level courts and funds have been sanctioned for additional VC equipment for 14,443 court rooms. Funds for setting up 2506 VC Cabins have been made available. VC facilities are already enabled between 3240 court complexes and corresponding 1272 jails. Under e-Courts Phase III, an amount of Rs. 228.48 Crore has been earmarked for enhancing and upgrading the available infrastructure of Video Conferencing in 10200 establishments including 500 Jails, 700 District Government Hospitals and 9000 Courts.

(d): The details of the allocation of central assistance from the Union Government for the development of Judicial infrastructure in Haryana in the last ten years, year-wiseare at Annexure-B .

(e): Maintenance of order in the Court's premises as well assafety and security of Judges is in the domain of State Governments /UT Administrations.

ANNEXURE-A

## Requirement of Court Halls, Residential Units in States/UTs as on 31.01.2025:

|   Sl. No. | States& UTs           |   Total Sanctioned Strength |   Total Court Halls | Required Court Halls   |   Under Construction Court Halls* |   Total Residential Units | Required Residential Units   |   Under Construction Residential Units* |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar** |                           0 |                  15 | -15**                  |                                 0 |                        11 | -11**                        |                                       0 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh        |                         639 |                 658 | -19^                   |                                81 |                       648 | -9^                          |                                      14 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh     |                          44 |                  34 | 10                     |                                 5 |                        32 | 12                           |                                       2 |
|         4 | Assam                 |                         485 |                 422 | 63                     |                                72 |                       381 | 104                          |                                      19 |
|         5 | Bihar                 |                        2019 |                1636 | 383                    |                               207 |                      1217 | 802                          |                                     296 |
|         6 | Chandigarh            |                          30 |                  31 | -1^                    |                                 1 |                        30 | 0                            |                                       0 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh          |                         663 |                 495 | 168                    |                                73 |                       473 | 190                          |                                     788 |
|         8 | D&N Haveli            |                           3 |                   3 | 0                      |                                 0 |                         3 | 0                            |                                       0 |
|         9 | Daman& Diu            |                           4 |                   5 | -1^                    |                                 3 |                         5 | -1^                          |                                       0 |
|        10 | Delhi                 |                         897 |                 697 | 200                    |                                 0 |                       344 | 553                          |                                      70 |
|        11 | Goa                   |                          50 |                  50 | 0                      |                                33 |                        20 | 30                           |                                       1 |
|        12 | Gujarat               |                        1720 |                1509 | 211                    |                               106 |                      1360 | 360                          |                                     331 |
|        13 | Haryana               |                         781 |                 583 | 198                    |                                75 |                       574 | 207                          |                                      65 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh      |                         179 |                 178 | 1                      |                                11 |                       155 | 24                           |                                       7 |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir     |                         322 |                 204 | 118                    |                                46 |                       140 | 182                          |                                       8 |
|        16 | Jharkhand             |                         705 |                 650 | 55                     |                                12 |                       583 | 122                          |                                       0 |
|        17 | Karnataka             |                        1375 |                1234 | 141                    |                               187 |                      1207 | 168                          |                                      47 |
|        18 | Kerala                |                         612 |                 575 | 37                     |                               111 |                       555 | 57                           |                                      20 |
|        19 | Ladakh                |                          17 |                  11 | 6                      |                                 0 |                         4 | 13                           |                                       0 |

*As per Nyaya Vikas Portal

| 20    | Lakshadweep    |     4 |     3 | 1     |    0 |     3 | 1    |    0 |
|-------|----------------|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|------|------|
| 21    | Madhya Pradesh |  2028 |  1611 | 417   |  397 |  1779 | 249  |  153 |
| 22    | Maharashtra    |  2190 |  2431 | -241^ |  580 |  2197 | -7^  |  144 |
| 23    | Manipur        |    62 |    42 | 20    |    8 |    16 | 46   |    6 |
| 24    | Meghalaya      |    99 |    71 | 28    |   16 |   135 | -36^ |   86 |
| 25    | Mizoram        |    74 |    47 | 27    |   32 |    38 | 36   |    8 |
| 26    | Nagaland       |    34 |    30 | 4     |    8 |    39 | -5^  |    0 |
| 27    | Odisha         |  1041 |   898 | 143   |  156 |   748 | 293  |   97 |
| 28    | Puducherry     |    36 |    34 | 2     |    0 |    27 | 9    |    0 |
| 29    | Punjab         |   804 |   613 | 191   |   21 |   635 | 169  |   33 |
| 30    | Rajasthan      |  1654 |  1385 | 269   |  352 |  1187 | 467  |  129 |
| 31    | Sikkim         |    35 |    20 | 15    |    6 |    15 | 20   |    1 |
| 32    | Tamil Nadu     |  1369 |  1247 | 122   |   40 |  1377 | -8^  |    6 |
| 33    | Telangana      |   560 |   552 | 8     |   21 |   472 | 88   |    5 |
| 34    | Tripura        |   133 |    83 | 50    |   27 |    80 | 53   |   33 |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh  |  3700 |  2848 | 852   |  329 |  2555 | 1145 |  238 |
| 36    | Uttarakhand    |   298 |   253 | 45    |   66 |   212 | 86   |    3 |
| 37    | West Bengal    |  1105 |   887 | 218   |  117 |   473 | 632  |   26 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL          | 25771 | 22045 | 3726  | 3199 | 19730 | 6041 | 2636 |

**Separate Sanctioned Strength not made available by Calcutta High Court

^Total availability of Court Halls/Residential Units is already more than Sanctioned Strength.

## Funds released statement for the last ten years for Haryana

| S.No   | Year      |   Amount (Rs. in crore) |
|--------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1.     | 2015-2016 |                   50    |
| 2.     | 2017-2018 |                   15    |
| 3.     | 2018-2019 |                   11.91 |
| 4.     | 2019-2020 |                   14.06 |
| 5.     | 2020-2021 |                   22    |
| 6.     | 2023-2024 |                   20.1  |
|        | Total     |                  133.07 |

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