Data taken from Supreme Court website

CY 2009 CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013 Total or

Supreme Court
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Average Av per yr

Opening 49,819 50,163 52,592 53,221 55,791 54,864 55,717 54,600 54,562 54,612 57,179 56,304 58,519 59,816 63,851 64,650 66,692 67,320 69,446 66,603
New cases 16,714 15,812 23,707 20,918 20,976 32,971 12,904 11,429 22,335 15,436 21,967 17,352 21,706 15,187 22,403 17,621 21,342 15,551 22,813 17,036 386,180 77236
Disposed 16,370 13,383 23,078 18,348 21,903 32,118 14,021 11,467 22,285 12,869 22,842 15,137 20,409 11,152 21,604 15,579 20,714 13,425 25,656 17,290 369,650 73930
Closing Balance 50,163 52,592 53,221 55,791 54,864 55,717 54,600 54,562 54,612 57,179 56,304 58,519 59,816 63,851 64,650 66,692 67,320 69,446 66,603 66,349
Sanctioned Judges 31 ### 31 31 31 ### 31 31 31 31 31 ### 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
Sitting Judges 24 24 23 27 29 29 29 29 29 29 27 27 25 27 25 27 28 29 30 29 27
Vacancies 7 ### 8 4 2 ### 2 2 2 2 4 ### 6 4 6 4 3 2 1 2 4
Total vacancies % 23% 23% 26% 13% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6% 13% 13% 19% 13% 19% 13% 10% 6% 3% 6% 12%

Average disposal per judge 682 558 1003 680 755 1108 483 395 768 444 846 561 816 413 864 577 740 463 855 596 680

Missed Disposal due to vacancies 4,775 3,903 8,027 2,718 1,511 2,215 967 791 1,537 888 3,384 2,243 4,898 1,652 5,185 2,308 2,219 926 855 1,192 44120 8824

CY 2009 CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013

High Court
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Opening 3,874,458 3,955,226 4,018,733 4,049,468 4,060,571 4,108,417 4,181,582 4,216,242 4,247,683 4,291,966 4,349,290 4,358,504 4,410,124 4,424,854 4,482,989 4,503,440 4,532,494 4,591,064 4,684,763 4,747,450
New cases 432,744 396,201 489,575 460,962 470,534 417,904 527,191 449,346 505,252 435,677 548,059 458,885 479,042 440,324 531,292 463,103 495,746 488,186 560,889 469,223 9,520,135 1904027
Disposed 351,976 332,694 458,840 449,859 422,688 344,739 492,531 417,905 460,969 378,353 538,845 407,265 464,312 382,189 510,841 434,049 437,176 394,487 498,202 439,031 8,616,951 1723390
Closing Balance 3,955,226 4,018,733 4,049,468 4,060,571 4,108,417 4,181,582 4,216,242 4,247,683 4,291,966 4,349,290 4,358,504 4,410,124 4,424,854 4,482,989 4,503,440 4,532,494 4,591,064 4,684,763 4,747,450 4,777,642
Sanctioned Judges 886 ### 886 895 895 ### 895 895 895 895 895 ### 895 895 895 895 906 906 906 906 896
Sitting Judges 635 652 632 630 628 610 608 604 607 619 616 621 626 636 621 614 611 638 646 640 625
Vacancies 251 234 254 265 267 285 287 291 288 276 279 274 269 259 274 281 295 268 260 266 271
Total vacancies % 28% 26% 29% 30% 30% 32% 32% 33% 32% 31% 31% 31% 30% 29% 31% 31% 33% 30% 29% 29% 30%

Average disposal per judge 554 510 726 714 673 565 810 692 759 611 875 656 742 601 823 707 716 618 771 686 690

Missed Disposal due to vacancies 139,128 119,402 184,407 189,226 179,710 161,067 232,494 201,342 218,713 168,700 244,055 179,695 199,521 155,640 225,395 198,645 211,075 165,709 200,515 182,472 2607848 521570

CY 2009 CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013

District & Subordinate Courts
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Opening 26,408,308 26,752,493 27,120,543 27,237,496 27,274,727 27,374,932 27,742,692 27,806,512 27,619,480 27,427,240 27,549,649 27,255,166 27,000,571 26,856,041 27,003,610 26,842,400 26,964,297 26,925,962 27,302,760 27,620,417
New cases 4,218,111 4,010,461 4,388,535 4,348,091 4,391,467 4,380,295 4,837,457 4,395,092 4,414,038 4,536,527 4,901,498 4,146,123 4,337,836 4,466,303 4,882,975 4,433,166 4,350,524 4,452,506 4,736,967 5,128,312 89,756,284 17951257
Disposed 3,873,926 3,642,411 4,271,582 4,310,860 4,291,262 4,012,535 4,773,637 4,582,124 4,606,278 4,414,118 5,195,981 4,400,718 4,482,366 4,318,734 5,044,185 4,311,269 4,388,859 4,075,708 4,419,310 5,855,480 89,271,343 17854269
Closing Balance 26,752,493 27,120,543 27,237,496 27,274,727 27,374,932 27,742,692 27,806,512 27,619,480 27,427,240 27,549,649 27,255,166 27,000,571 26,856,041 27,003,610 26,842,400 26,964,297 26,925,962 27,302,760 27,620,417 26,893,249
Sanctioned Judges 16,721 16,609 16,746 16,880 16,990 17,090 17,151 16,949 17,666 18,008 18,123 17,945 17,866 17,909 18,050 17,715 18,754 19,144 19,238 19,518 17754
Sitting judges 13,723 13,863 13,946 14,095 14,010 14,020 13,981 14,063 14,244 14,374 14,287 14,275 14,134 14,184 14,432 14,353 14,566 14,811 14,942 15,115
Total vacancies 2,998 2,746 2,800 2,785 2,980 3,070 3,170 2,886 3,422 3,634 3,836 3,670 3,732 3,725 3,618 3,362 4,188 4,333 4,296 4,403 3483
Total vacancies % 18% 17% 17% 16% 18% 18% 18% 17% 19% 20% 21% 20% 21% 21% 20% 19% 22% 23% 22% 23% 20%

Average disposal per judge 282 263 306 306 306 286 341 326 323 307 364 308 317 304 350 300 301 275 296 387 313

Missed Disposal due to vacancies 846,319 721,493 857,624 851,773 912,774 878,636 1,082,357 940,341 1,106,619 1,115,967 1,395,099 1,131,393 1,183,543 1,134,185 1,264,541 1,009,858 1,261,880 1,192,360 1,270,603 1,705,702 17427089 3485418

Total Pendency in all courts 30,332,585 30,757,882 31,191,868 31,340,185 31,391,089 31,538,213 31,979,991 32,077,354 31,921,725 31,773,818 31,956,118 31,669,974 31,469,214 31,340,711 31,550,450 31,410,490 31,563,483 31,584,346 32,056,969 32,434,470
Sheet 2
Heading Supreme High Courts District &
Court Subordinate Courts

Pending cases on 1 49819 3874458 26408308

January 2009
New cases instituted in 386180 9520135 89756284
five years

Cases disposed in five 369650 8616951 89271343

years
Balance pending on 66349 4777642 26893249
31December 2013

Percentage of vacancy 12% 30% 20%

Missed disposal Because 44358 2585085 17854269

of not appointing judges

Balance could have been 21991 2192557 9038980

Percentage increase in pendency in 5 years

Average per year Lacs

New cases 199

Disposed 196

Shortfall 3
Missed disposal 40
Total

30332585

99662599

98257944

31737240

20483712

11253528

1.84%