INDEX
S. No.
Question No.
1.
Question No. 938
Question
Type
Unstarred
Date
Subject
2.
Question No. 1031
Unstarred
08.02.2017
3.
Question No. 1111
Unstarred
08.02.2017
Evaluation of Standards for
Judiciary
Digitisation of Records
4.
Question No.1124
Unstarred
08.02.2017
Pending Court Cases
Division
08.02.2017
Special Courts
Justice-II
Desk Side
National Mission
eCourts
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE
(DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 938
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH FEBRUARY,2017
Special Courts
938.
SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:
Will the Minister of LAW & JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a)
the number of special courts created by various Statutes during the last three years
and the current year;
(b)
the number of cases pending in the above said special courts;
(c)
whether the Government has conducted a research to see if these special courts
have been able to dispose of the cases faster; and
(d)
if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND
ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)
(a)to (d):
The creation of special courts, their functioning and any research on
disposal rate of cases by Special Courts fall under domain of the State Governments
which in consultation with the High Courts set up such Courts as per their requirement
from their own resources. The number of special courts created by various States during
the last three years including the current year and the number of cases pending in these
courts are not maintained centrally.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.1031
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 08.02.2017
Evaluation of Standards for Judiciary
1031. SHRI KESINENI NANI:
Will the Minister of LAW AND .JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has any plans to introduce performance evaluation
standards for the judiciary and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether this evaluation will be only for judges in lower courts or it will also include
High Courts and the Supreme Court judges and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the wing of the Government that will be in charge of evaluating judges;
(d) whether this evaluation would affect judicial autonomy and if so, the steps taken
by the Government in this regard; and
(e) whether the Government has studied any evaluation systems used by other
countries and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?
ANSWER
Minister of State for Law and Justice and Electronics and Information
Technology
(SHRI P.P.
CHAUDHA~Y)
(a): No, Madam.
(b) to (e): Do not arise.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(DEPARTMENT OF JU.STICE)
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1111
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 8™ FEBRUARY, 2017
Digitisation of Records
1111.
SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
a)
whether the judicial proceedings/ decisions are available on the
website of courts;
b)
if so, the details thereof;
c)
whether the records and proceedings of the courts are being
digitised by the Government;
d)
if so, the details thereof; and
e)
the other initiatives taken by the Government for digitising the
records and proceedings of courts to bring more transparency
in their functions?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND
ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(Shri P.P.Chaudhary)
(a): Judicial proceedings/ decisions of district and subordinate
courts for 17,259 computerised courts of the country as on 3n1 Feb,
2017
are
available
on
the
e-Courts
portal
(http://www.ecourts.gov.in). The portal provides online services to
litigants such as details of case registration, cause list, case status,
daily orders, and final judgments. Litigants can access case status
information in respect of over 7 crore pending and decided cases
pertaining to these courts.
(b): Statewise breakup is placed as Annexure.
(c) and (d): Under _the eCourts Mission Mode Project, more than 3
crore Orders/ Judgments of the computerised courts of the country
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have been digitised and made available online by the Courts. In
addition to the digitisation of records, digital technology is bein
utilised for Video Conferencing (VC) facility in 493 court complexes
and corresponding jails for production of accused for judicial
remand purposes.
(e): Apart from eCourts Mission Mode Project initiatives, the other
initiative taken by the Courts · is digitisation of legacy data
pertaining to district and subordinate courts.
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Annexure
Details of courts where the judicial proceedings/ decisions are
available on the website of courts as on
3rd
Feb, 2017 as per the
National Judicial Data Grid (NJJ)G)
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1124
TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE
oaTH FEBRUARY, 2017
Pending Court Cases
1124. DR. ANUPAM HAZRA:
SHRI DUS HYANT CHA UT ALA:
SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:
SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:
SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:
SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:
SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:
SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:
SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:
SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:
SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:
SHRI RAJU SHETTY:
SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:
SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:
SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:
SHRI HUKUM SINGH:
SHRI RAJESH VERMA:
SHRI OM BIRLA:
SHRI M.B. RAJESH:
SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:
DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:
SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the civil and criminal cases pending at various levels in the
judiciary, State and district-wise;
(b) the steps taken I being taken to address the high pendency of cases;
(c) the details of the vacancies of judges at various levels in the judiciary;
(d) the steps being taken to fill up these vacancies; and
(e) the details of any other initiative taken by the Government to provide speedy
justice to the citizens?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF ST ATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)
(a): The data on pendency of cases is maintained by Supreme Court and High Courts.
As per information made available by the Supreme Court of India 50,826 civil cases and
10,874 criminal cases were pending in Supreme Court of India as on 23.11.2016. The
details of pendency of civil and criminal cases in each of the High Courts and District I
Subordinate Courts as on 31.03.2016 are given in the Statements at Annexure - I and
Annexure - II respectively.
(b): Disposal of cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary. The Government has
adopted a co-ordinated approach to assist judiciary for phased liquidation of arrears and
pendency in judicial systems, which, inter-alia, involves better infrastructure for courts
including computerisation, increase in strength of judicial officers I judges, policy and
legislative measures in the areas prone to excessive litigation and emphasis on human
resource development.
(c): The sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court is 31 and 8 posts of judges
are vacant as on 01.02.2017. The sanctioned strength of judges in the High Courts is
1079 in January, 2017.
433 posts of judges in the High Courts are vacant as on
01.02.2017 which includes 173 newly created posts. The details of present strength
and vacancy position of Judges in various High Courts are given at Annexure - Ill. The
Appointment of Judges and Judicial Officers in the District and Subordinate Courts falls
within the domain of the High Courts and State Governments concerned.
(d) : Filling up of the vacancies in the High Courts is a continuous process, as it requires
consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities. While every effort is
made to fill up the existing vacancies expeditiously, vacancies do keep on arising on
account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges and increase in Judge
strength.
In view of the large number of vacancies and the fact that the process of
supplementing the existing Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for improvement in the
"Collegium System" as per Supreme Court Order dated 16.12.2015 was likely to take
some time, on the initiative of Government, the matter was taken up with the Supreme
Court and the process of appointment of judges has been resumed. During the year
2016, 126 fresh appointment of Judges in High Courts and 131 Additional Judges have
been made permanent, which is the highest number of appointments made in the last
2q years. In addition, the tenure of 22 Additional Judges of High Courts was also
extended. 4 Judges have also been appointed in Supreme Court in 2016. In 2017 (up
to 31.01.2017), 4 fresh appointments of Judges have also been made in High Court.
The subject matter relating to filling up of vacancies in the District and Subordinate
Courts falls within the domain of the High Courts and the State Governments
concerned.
The Central Government has no role in appointment of Subordinate
Judiciary.
(e): The 14th Finance Commission has endorsed the proposal to strengthen the judicial
system in States which includes, inter-alia, establishing 1800 Fast Track Courts( FTCs)
for a period of five years for cases of heinous crimes; cases involving senior citizens,
women, children, disabled and litigants affected with
HIV AIDS and other terminal
ailments; and civil disputes involving land acquisition and property/rent disputes pending
for more than five years at a cost of Rs.4, 144 crore. The 14th Finance Commission has
urged State Governments to use the additional fiscal space provided by the
Commission in the tax devolution to meet such requirements.
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Annexure-1
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 1124 FOR ANSWER ON osTH FEBRUARY, 2017.
Number of Civil and Criminal cases Pending in High Courts as on 31.03.2016
S. No.
Civil cases
Criminal cases
1
Allahabad
554626
358412
2
Andhra Pradesh
234612
38359
3
Bombay
202893
47995
4
Calcutta
181385
39826
5
Delhi
46739
16350
6
Gujarat
51856
33175
7
Gauhati
22081
4932
8
Himachal Pradesh
26314
5603
9
Jammu &Kashmir
52860
4841
10
Karnataka
221857
20661
11
Kera la
122406
35604
12
Madras
255308
35515
13
Madhya Pradesh
175326
103176
14
Orissa
128940
40280
15
Patna
79334
49017
16
Punjab & Haryana
202058
83098
17
Rajasthan
184694
63797
83
45
8268
19327
18
I
Name of the High Court
1
Sikkim
19
Uttarakhand
20
Chhattisgarh
19453
31773
21
Jharkhand
42641
38853
22
Tripura
2342
505
23
Manipur
3123
126
24
Meghalaya
568
39
2843272
1047804
Total
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Source: Court News, January - March, 2016, published by Supreme Court of India.
Annexure - II
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNST ARRED QUESTION
NO. 1124 FOR ANSWER ON oaTH FEBRUARY, 2017.
Number of Civil and Criminal cases Pending in District and Subordinate Courts as on
31.03.2016
S.No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Name of State/UTs
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Civil cases
492248
1630
68240
337642
64562
24403
656336
234223
96683
47419
64997
Criminal cases
536989
8014
185401
1748622
215223
16050
1473180
296419
122735
88676
263525
607345
973475
936261
1997420
3406
10732
2533
2397
683139
429061
272399
1097351
3732
3359
2232
1883
267479
829248
268265
245443
1036667
479662
933
400
431916
649860
145645
9762
1491145
4245179
7.
31047
142392
2089506
566216
I 28.
29.
3286
5762
! 30.
15449
22330
31.
963
753
32.
1549
2399
33.
161181
411829
34.
140
215
35.
13805
12550
8518926
19133992
Source: Court News, January- March, 2016, published by Supreme Court of India.
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Karnataka
Kera la
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
A & N Island
Chandigarh
Daman & Diu
D & N Haveli
Delhi
Lakshadweep
Pondicherry
Total
Annexure-111
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 1124 FOR ANSWER ON oaTH FEBRUARY, 2017.
Statement showing the Approved Strength, Working Strength and Vacancies of
Judges in the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts.
(As on 01.02.2017)
SI. No.
A.
B.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Name of the
Court
Supreme Court of
India
Hiah Court
Allahabad
High Court of
Judicature
at
Hyderabad
Bombay
Calcutta
ChhattisQarh
Delhi
Gauhati
Gujarat
Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu &
Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kera la
Madhya Pradesh
Madras
Manipur
MeQhalaya
Orissa
Patna
Punjab &
Haryana
Raiasthan
Sikkim
Trioura
Uttarakhand
Total
Approved Strength
Working Strength
Vacancies as per
Approved Strength
31
23
08
Pmt.
i
Addi
Total
Pmt.
Addi
Pmt.
Total
Addi
Total
76
46
84
15
160
61
71
27
12
0
83
27
05
19
72
15
77
34
71
54
17
45
18
39
10
23
18
05
15
06
13
03
94
06
01
03
0
17
17
17
06
02
62
38
11
38
17
31
09
15
22
60
24
52
13
56
37
08
38
07
25
07
09
07
11
14
03
02
15
-04
07
01
32
34
11
22
07
21
04
13
04
17
09
0
09
04
04
08
19
47
35
40
56
04
03
20
40
64
06
15
12
13
19
01
01
07
13
21
25
62
47
53
75
05
04
27
53
85
08
24
25
18
54
03
03
15
24
45
05
06
12
19
03
0
0
03
06
02
13
30
37
37
57
03
03
18
30
47
11
23
10
22
02
01
0
05
16
19
01
09
0
-06
16
01
01
04
07
19
12
32
10
16
18
02
01
09
23
38
72
10
I
-
38
12
23
11
15
16
50
34
01
01
02
03
0
0
02
01
0
03
01
04
0
0
04
03
03
01
0
04
02
07
09
02
11
0
07
02
433*
771
539
107
646
232
201
308 1079
*Vacancies include 173 newly created posts of Judges from 01.07.2014 to 10.05.2016.
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