More than 40 million cases pending in lower courts: Govt tells Parliament

Addressing the issue of increasing the retirement age of judges in the apex and high courts, the Union Minister for Law and Justice said that there is no proposal to do so currently

Answering the question on the number of vacancies in the Indian judicial system, the Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha that 72,062 cases are pending in the Supreme Court, 59,45,709 cases in High Courts and 4,19,79,353 cases pending in the district and subordinate courts till July 1, 2022

Pending cases as of July 1, 2022

Serial No	Name of Courts	Pending Cases
1.	Supreme Court	72,062
2.	High Courts	59,45,709
3.	District and subordinate courts	4,19,79,353

Source: Supreme Court of India website and National Judicial Data Grid(NJDG)

 

The minister