Pillar: Judiciary
Theme: Human resources
IJRs: 1, 2, 3
Formula: State population / High Court judges
Benchmark: Not available
Scoring guide: Lower, the better
Latest period/date: March 2022 (population); December 2022 (High Court judges)
Latest data source: National Commission on Population, 2019; Department of Justice
Notes: Population of states and UTs that share a High Court have been combined, and hence they share the same value. These are Kerala and Lakshadweep; West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh; Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu; Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
IJR 2: 1. Due to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana courts from January 2019, Q4 data of 2018-19 has been used for them.
| Rank | State | Score (out of 10) |
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Haryana |
10.00
|
|
1
|
Punjab |
10.00
|
|
3
|
Kerala |
9.90
|
|
4
|
Telangana |
9.29
|
|
5
|
Karnataka |
8.56
|
|
6
|
Tamil Nadu |
8.31
|
|
7
|
Uttarakhand |
7.66
|
|
8
|
Andhra Pradesh |
7.27
|
|
9
|
West Bengal |
7.04
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand |
6.97
|
|
11
|
Maharashtra |
6.69
|
|
12
|
Odisha |
6.47
|
|
13
|
Chhattisgarh |
6.07
|
|
14
|
Uttar Pradesh |
5.40
|
|
15
|
Gujarat |
4.78
|
|
16
|
Madhya Pradesh |
4.00
|
|
17
|
Rajasthan |
2.94
|
|
18
|
Bihar |
1.00
|