Rankings Methodology
Rankings Methodology
This page shows data for all IJR indicators, organized by pillar and theme. The visualisation below shows how the cluster of 18 large and mid-sized states fare on the chosen indicator, across all 3 IJRs. States ranked 1-6 for the indicator are shown in blue, those ranked 7-12 in light green and those ranked 13-18 in light brown. The table shows the indicator value as well as the raw data used to calculate it. Use the sort feature to sort any column in ascending or descending order. Use the filter feature in the first two columns to compare states or see results for only one IJR. To know more about the indicator, click on the ‘i’ button next to the indicator name. Use the side bar and indicator dropdown to navigate to other indicators across pillars and themes.

Shows improvement/decline in unfilled posts of judges over 5 yrs
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Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Trends

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula:

Subordinate court judge vacancy (X) = 100 – [(Working subordinate court judges) / (Sanctioned subordinate court judges) * 100]

2017 | X1

2018 | X2 | ((X2/X1)-1)*100 = a

2019 | X3 | ((X3/X2)-1)*100 = b

2020 | X4 | ((X4/X3)-1)*100 = c

2021 | X5 | ((X5/X4)-1)*100 = d

2022 | X6 | ((X6/X5)-1)*100 = e

5-year average (a,b,c,d,e)

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: 2018 to 2022

Latest data source: Parliamentary Questions; Court News, Supreme Court

Notes:

IJR 1: Court News gives combined figures for subordinate courts for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. Hence, each pair has identical values. 2. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are not included in trends as their 5-year data was not available separately.

IJR 2: Court News gives combined figures for subordinate courts for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Hence, they have identical values. 2. 4-year trend for Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

IJR 3: 1. Separate data not available for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for all 5 years considered for trend. Hence, a 3-year trend has been computed for them. 2. Data not available on National Judicial Data Grid for all 5 years considered for Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep. 3. Separate data for judges not available for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and West Bengal for all 5 years. Hence, a 3-year trend has been computed for West Bengal. 4. Data shows 0 sanctioned subordinate court judges for last 4 years for Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 5. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are not included in this indicator as their 5-year data was not available separately.

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