Courts Watch
India's judicial pendency crisis in numbers — how many cases are stuck, for how long, and which states carry the heaviest backlog. Data from the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), updated daily.
Total Pending
17.9 L
district courts
Civil Cases
2.7 L
15% of total
Criminal Cases
15.2 L
85% of total
States/UTs
36
reporting data
Age of Pending Cases
< 1 Year
1.8 Cr
1–3 Years
1.2 Cr
3–5 Years
70.9 L
> 5 Years
1.4 Cr
48.8 L older than 10 yrs
Cases by Age Bracket
Highest Backlog States
#1
Gujarat
2.0 L
92% criminal
#2
Uttar Pradesh
2.0 L
99% criminal
#3
Karnataka
1.8 L
74% criminal
#4
Maharashtra
1.7 L
76% criminal
#5
Tamil Nadu
1.5 L
81% criminal
#6
West Bengal
1.3 L
88% criminal
#7
Rajasthan
1.0 L
92% criminal
#8
Madhya Pradesh
87.1K
83% criminal
#9
Bihar
79.0K
87% criminal
#10
Kerala
72.3K
71% criminal
All States
| # | State | Civil | Criminal | Total | % Criminal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gujarat | 15,784 | 1,80,729 | 1,96,513 | 92% |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 2,916 | 1,92,604 | 1,95,520 | 99% |
| 3 | Karnataka | 45,220 | 1,31,375 | 1,76,595 | 74% |
| 4 | Maharashtra | 39,865 | 1,25,284 | 1,65,149 | 76% |
| 5 | Tamil Nadu | 28,359 | 1,20,470 | 1,48,829 | 81% |
| 6 | West Bengal | 16,351 | 1,16,487 | 1,32,838 | 88% |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 8,535 | 93,110 | 1,01,645 | 92% |
| 8 | Madhya Pradesh | 14,868 | 72,216 | 87,084 | 83% |
| 9 | Bihar | 9,983 | 69,034 | 79,017 | 87% |
| 10 | Kerala | 21,290 | 51,058 | 72,348 | 71% |
| 11 | Delhi | 6,879 | 64,116 | 70,995 | 90% |
| 12 | Telangana | 8,285 | 47,371 | 55,656 | 85% |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 7,252 | 46,716 | 53,968 | 87% |
| 14 | Jharkhand | 4,811 | 31,009 | 35,820 | 87% |
| 15 | Punjab | 3,471 | 28,500 | 31,971 | 89% |
| 16 | Chhattisgarh | 4,051 | 24,864 | 28,915 | 86% |
| 17 | Haryana | 2,666 | 25,882 | 28,548 | 91% |
| 18 | Andhra Pradesh | 9,263 | 18,022 | 27,285 | 66% |
| 19 | Odisha | 4,608 | 21,919 | 26,527 | 83% |
| 20 | Assam | 4,552 | 14,396 | 18,948 | 76% |
| 21 | Jammu and Kashmir | 4,503 | 13,801 | 18,304 | 75% |
| 22 | Tripura | 828 | 10,923 | 11,751 | 93% |
| 23 | Uttarakhand | 1,125 | 9,299 | 10,424 | 89% |
| 24 | Goa | 897 | 2,061 | 2,958 | 70% |
| 25 | Puducherry | 803 | 1,602 | 2,405 | 67% |
| 26 | Chandigarh | 55 | 2,289 | 2,344 | 98% |
| 27 | Manipur | 815 | 1,078 | 1,893 | 57% |
| 28 | Mizoram | 517 | 451 | 968 | 47% |
| 29 | Arunachal Pradesh | 333 | 456 | 789 | 58% |
| 30 | Meghalaya | 83 | 414 | 497 | 83% |
| 31 | Sikkim | 96 | 187 | 283 | 66% |
| 32 | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 115 | 132 | 247 | 53% |
| 33 | Andaman and Nicobar | 56 | 183 | 239 | 77% |
| 34 | Ladakh | 51 | 168 | 219 | 77% |
| 35 | Nagaland | 11 | 22 | 33 | 67% |
| 36 | Lakshadweep | 2 | 5 | 7 | 71% |