Pillar: Judiciary
Theme: Workload
IJRs: 1, 2, 3
Formula:
For each pending case in High Courts
(Date on which data was scraped – Date of case filed) = Case pending for X days
Xn = Sum of X days for each case pending in a state
n = total pending cases
Average pendency in High Courts (years) = (X1+X2+X3+……+Xn) / n * 365
Benchmark: Not available
Scoring guide: Lower, the better
Latest period/date: February 2022
Latest data source: DAKSH High Court database
Notes: States and UTs that share a High Court have been assigned 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.
| Rank | State | Score (out of 10) |
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Uttarakhand |
10.00
|
|
2
|
Chhattisgarh |
9.41
|
|
3
|
Gujarat |
8.47
|
|
4
|
Bihar |
8.40
|
|
5
|
Karnataka |
8.08
|
|
6
|
Rajasthan |
7.82
|
|
7
|
Odisha |
7.13
|
|
8
|
Tamil Nadu |
6.75
|
|
9
|
Kerala |
6.61
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand |
6.50
|
|
11
|
Haryana |
6.32
|
|
11
|
Punjab |
6.32
|
|
13
|
Telangana |
6.20
|
|
14
|
Andhra Pradesh |
5.48
|
|
15
|
West Bengal |
2.68
|
|
16
|
Uttar Pradesh |
1.00
|