Governance

Accord high priority to opening new courts, and setting up a mechanism for speedy clearance of the backlog of cases at various levels in the judiciary

Broken

Status of Pendency of Cases Across Courts:

 

Court Number of cases pending (timeline) % Change
Supreme Court 63,843

(as on 01.05.2014)

57,346

(as on 01.01.2019)

-10%
High Courts 41,53,957

(as on 31.12.2014)

49,83,236

(as on 27.12.2018)

+20%
District/Lower Courts 2,64,88,405

(as on 31.12.2014)

2,92,11,615

(as on 26.12.2018)

+10%

Considering, the number of cases before pending with the Courts have only increased, not decreased, the performance against the promise can only be termed as “Broken”

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