Lok Sabha Question No. 3115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Family Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: PARESH RAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE

## (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## L O K    S A B H A

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3115

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 4 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## FAMILY COURTS

3115 .    SHRI PARESH RAVAL:

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

- (a) whether    the  Government  has  any  data  regarding  the number of cases including divorce cases pending in various family courts in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise including Gujarat; and
- (c) number of cases disposed of in these courts during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS

## AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

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- (a) to (c): Data  relating  to  divorce  cases  pending  in  various family courts in the country is not maintained centrally. However, a statement indicating the State/UT-wise number of family courts functioning in the country including Gujarat, the cases disposed of during the last three years and the current year pending in these Courts  is enclosed as  Annexure.

## Annexure

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO3115 FOR 4.8.2016 REGARDING FAMILY COURTS

Number of cases disposed of in Family Courts for the last three years and pending on the date given are as follow:-

| S.No.   | State                                       | Cases disposed of during the Year   | Cases disposed of during the Year   | Cases disposed of during the Year   | Cases disposed of during the Year   | Cases disposed of during the Year   | Cases Pending           | Number of court   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|         |                                             | 2012                                | 2013                                | 2014                                | 2015                                | 2016                                |                         | Functional        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                              | *4151                               | 3741                                | 5548                                | 6611                                |                                     | 7177 as on 31.12.15     | 14                |
| 2       | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram | 11692                               | 2710                                | 3058                                | 4487                                | -                                   | 5858 as on 29.2.16      | 4                 |
| 3       | Bihar                                       | 12537                               | 12717                               | 13506                               | 13756 as on 31.12.15                | -                                   | 50847 as on 31.12.15    | 39                |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh                                | -                                   | 7930                                | 8548                                | 8566                                | -                                   | 10464 (as on 31.3.16)   | 20                |
| 5       | Delhi                                       |                                     | 11968                               | 20923                               | 23148                               |                                     | 29079 as on 31.3.16     | 15                |
| 6       | Goa                                         | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                       | -                 |
| 7       | Gujarat                                     | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 29445 as on 29.2.16     | 19                |
| 8       | Haryana                                     | -                                   | 8233                                | 9130                                | 9151                                | -                                   | 15256 (as on 31.03.2016 | 9                 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                            | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                       | 0                 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir                             | -                                   | 876                                 | 921                                 | 1000                                | -                                   | 1490 as on 31.3.16      | 1                 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                                   |                                     | 4736                                | 6282                                | 8684                                | -                                   | 14261                   | 21                |
| 12      | Karnataka                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 24612 as on 1.3.16      | 27                |
| 13      | Kerala                                      | -                                   | 43914                               | 53564                               | 51288                               | -                                   | 52446 as on 31.12.15)   | 28                |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh                              | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 34165 as on 1.1015      | 50                |
| 15      | Maharashtra                                 | -                                   | 23022                               | 22812                               | 21906                               | -                                   | 32854 (as on 30.4.16)   | 25                |
| 16      | Manipur                                     | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 434                     | 5                 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                       | 0                 |
| 18      | Odisha                                      | 3816                                | 5692                                | 8926                                | 10015                               |                                     | 22035 as on 31.3.16     | 17                |
| 19      | Punjab                                      | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 4418                                | -                                   | 4533 as on 313.16       | 5                 |
| 20      | Puducherry                                  | 1605                                | 1907                                | 637                                 | 371                                 | -                                   | 862 as on 31.12.15      | 1                 |
| 21      | Rajasthan                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 21974 as on 31.12.15    | 28                |
| 22      | Sikkim                                      | -                                   | 300                                 | 245                                 | 290                                 | -                                   | 130 (as on 31.3.16)     | 4                 |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                                  | 13751                               | 15142                               | 11991                               | 13754                               | -                                   | 20592 as on 31.12.15    | 20                |
| 24      | Telangana                                   | *5622                               | 6140                                | 6599                                | 7715                                | -                                   | 9308 as on 31.12.15     | 12                |
| 25      | Tripura                                     | -                                   | 1484                                | 1740                                | 1775                                | -                                   | 1799 as on 31.3.16      | 3                 |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh                               | -                                   | 33704                               | 53946                               | 119633                              | 41553                               | 263682 as 31.3.16       | 76                |
| 27      | Uttarakhand                                 | -                                   | 5125                                | 6145                                | 6222                                | as on 31.3.16 1528 as on 31.3.16    | 8048 as on 31.3.16      | 8                 |
| 28      | West Bengal                                 | -                                   | 387                                 | 283                                 | 410                                 | -                                   | 1091 as on 31.12.15     | 2                 |
|         | TOTAL                                       |                                     |                                     |                                     |                                     |                                     |                         | 453               |