Amid talks about the need to fast track cases related to women and senior citizens, the Supreme Court eCommittee has said that 6,96,704 cases have been filed by senior citizens in various courts.
Similarly, 20,94,086 cases were filed by women in various courts. Together, they constitute 27,90,790 cases out of the 2,18,54,970 cases pending in various courts.
Percentage wise, the cases filed by senior citizens and women constitute 12.77 per cent of the total pending cases.
Maharashtra tops the list where 2,55,122 cases have been filed by women, followed by Bihar with 2,16,599 cases.
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In Uttar Pradesh, the figure stands at 4,40,927 followed by West Bengal (1,74,327), Karnataka (1,46,959) and Tamil Nadu (1,35,033).
In a written reply, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda had informed Lok Sabha last December that the subordinate courts settled 1,9019,658 cases in 2014.
He had said the 24 high courts disposed of 17,34,542 cases in 2014. The pendency in the high courts was estimated at 41.53 lakh at the end of December 2014.
The eCommittee of the Supreme Court was set up in 2004 to assist the Chief Justice of India in formulating a national policy on computerisation of Indian judiciary and advise on technological, communication and management-related changes.
The data has been published in the eCommittee's April newsletter.