Judiciary

  • India’s legal system is burdened by 3.5 crore pending cases.
  • Distribution of Pending Cases among different levels of Courts in India: Supreme Court (0.16%), High courts (12.3%) and District and Subordinate (D&S) Courts (87.54%).
  • More than 64 per cent of all cases in D&S courts are pending for more than one year.
  • Inter-state variation in average pendency of cases in D&S courts reveals that Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have higher average pendency for both civil and criminal cases as compared to the national averages whereas Punjab and Delhi have the least average pendency of cases. It may not be ....
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