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Justice delayed is a tax on everyone.
Pendency, vacancies and very old cases.
Where the cases are stuck.
| Court | Pending, Jul 2026 | A year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| District courts | 4.99 crore | 4.77 crore |
| High Courts | 64.67 lakh | 63.91 lakh |
| Supreme Court | 92,755 | — |
The bench is short.
- Vacancies
- 341 of 1,122 High Court posts and 7,310 of 30,868 district court posts are vacant. ThePrint
- Worst hit
- Allahabad High Court works with 108 of 160 judges. The six-month timeline to start appointments is rarely met. ThePrint, 29 Jul 2026
- Judges per person
- About 21 per million people on sanctioned strength. The News Minute
- Very old cases
- 81,275 district court cases and 80,660 High Court cases are more than 30 years old. Bar & Bench, 28 Jul 2026 · Rajya Sabha via Telangana Today, 23 Jul 2026
- Data
- The National Judicial Data Grid was down at the start of Oct 2026. SC Observer, 13 Oct 2026