51 lakh cases pending in High Courts: Law Minister

Sept. 22: In a written reply to a query in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad said that 51,52,921 cases were pending in high courts across the country, which included 36,770,89 civil cases and 14,758,32 criminal cases. In lower courts — district and subordinate courts — 3,44,73,068 cases were pending including 94,49,268 civil cases and 2,50,23,800 criminal cases.

The Law Minister also informed the Parliament on Monday that the government has completed computerisation of 16,845 district and subordinate courts. The minister said the government has released Rs 1,459.52 crore to various organisations involved in implementation of the project.

Details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders and final judgments are available to litigants and advocates through eCourts web portal, Judicial Service Centres (JSC) in all computerized courts, eCourts Mobile App, email service, SMS push and SMS pull services and touch screen-based information kiosks. Prasad said currently, all stakeholders, including judicial officers, can access case status information in respect of over 13.75 crore pending and disposed cases and more than 12.68 crore orders, judgments pertaining to these computerized courts.