Lok Sabha Question No. 198 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Pendency of Cases in District Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*198

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 12 th  DECEMBER, 2025

## PENDENCY OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURTS

## †*198.  SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA:

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

- (a)  the  number of  civil and  criminal  cases  pending  before the  District Courts in Rajasthan as per the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG);
- (b) the number of cases pending for more than three years before the District Courts in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts;
- (c) whether Mobile Legal Aid Camps or Lok Adalats have been organized in the said districts during the years 2023-25;
- (d) if so, the number of beneficiaries from the said camps and Lok Adalats; and
- (e) the status of e-Court facilities including online filing and tracking available in the said districts alongwith the number of litigants utilizing the said facilities?

## 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 (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  †*198  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.12.2025 REGARDING 'PENDENCY OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURTS'.

(a) & (b): As per information available on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the number of civil and criminal cases pending as on 08.12.2025 before the District Courts in Rajasthan is 5,02,170 and 20,67,494 respectively. Further, cases pending for more than three years before the District Courts in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts are as under:

| Sl.   | Name of District Courts in Cases pending for more than three years   | Name of District Courts in Cases pending for more than three years   | Name of District Courts in Cases pending for more than three years   | Name of District Courts in Cases pending for more than three years   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No.   | Rajasthan                                                            | Civil                                                                | Criminal                                                             | Total                                                                |
| 1     | Tonk                                                                 | 2486                                                                 | 10,751                                                               | 13,237                                                               |
| 2     | Sawai Madhopur                                                       | 2186                                                                 | 6831                                                                 | 9017                                                                 |

(c) & (d): The details of Mobile Legal Aid Camps, National Lok Adalats, State Lok Adalats and Permanent Lok Adalats, which have been organized in the said districts for the period from January, 2023 to November, 2025 and the number of beneficiaries from these camps and Lok Adalats, are as under;

Period January, 2023 - November, 2025 (Mobile legal aid Camps)

| Particulars                      | District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) Tonk   | District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) Sawai Madhopur   | Total   |
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| Number of Mobile legal aid Camps | 447                                            | 172                                                      | 619     |
| Number of Beneficiaries          | 18,362                                         | 9730                                                     | 28,092  |
| Number of Mobile Lok Adalats     | NIL                                            | NIL                                                      | -       |

Period January, 2023 - November, 2025 National Lok Adalat (NLA)

|                             | DLSA Tonk             | DLSA Tonk      | DLSA Tonk   | DLSA Sawai Madhopur   | DLSA Sawai Madhopur   | DLSA Sawai Madhopur   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|-------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Particulars                 | Pre- litigation cases | *Pending cases | Total cases | Pre- litigation cases | *Pending cases        | Total cases           |
| Number of cases referred    | 9,74,398              | 40,672         | 10,15,070   | 8,38,170              | 26,340                | 8,64,510              |
| Number of cases disposed of | 9,04,829              | 10,498         | 9,15,327    | 7,87,892              | 12,241                | 8,00,133              |

Period January, 2023 - November, 2025 (Monthly Lok Adalat U/s 19 excluding NLA)

| Particulars                 |   DLSA Tonk |   DLSA Sawai Madhopur |   Total |
|-----------------------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------|
| Number of cases Taken Up    |        6418 |                   761 |    7179 |
| Number of cases disposed of |         197 |                    32 |     229 |

Period January, 2023 - November, 2025 (Permanent Lok Adalat)

| Particulars                 | DLSA Tonk                                               |   DLSA Sawai Madhopur |   Total |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------|
| Number of cases Received    | 71                                                      |                   223 |     294 |
| Number of cases disposed of | 98 (Pending cases from the previous year are included.) |                   209 |     307 |

(e): All  eCourts  facilities  including  efiling,  ePay,  eSummons,  NSTEP  (National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processing), TWARIT (Transmission of Warrants and Summons and Reports by Information Technology) are available/ functional in Tonk and Sawal Madhopur district of Rajasthan.

Details of different eServices in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts are as under: -

| Name of eServices       | Tonk          | Sawai Madhopur   |
|-------------------------|---------------|------------------|
| eFiling                 | 3             | 0                |
| ePay- Court Fees        | Rs. 27,51,714 | Rs. 59,77,844    |
| ePay - Fine             | Rs. 12,23,173 | Rs. 1,03,37,565  |
| NSTEP - Civil Cases     | 13,275        | 85               |
| TWARIT - Criminal Cases | 4789          | 15,251           |

Further, total 2,68,922 litigants in Tonk District and 1,72,099 litigants in Sawai Madhopur District have updated their email and mobile number in CIS to avail facility of case status tracking through SMS and email.

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