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Law & justice data

Law & Justice

A source-linked hub for courts, pendency, laws, official orders, justice officials, legal aid, and law institutions. It is public information, not legal advice.

Key Takeaways
  • 5,53,43,546 cases are pending across Indian courts on the latest NJDG snapshot — 4,88,47,050 at District & Subordinate Courts, 64,02,928 at the High Courts, and 93,568 at the Supreme Court.
  • Last month courts disposed of 13.97 L cases against 18.86 L fresh filings — adding to the backlog rather than reducing it.
  • Judge strength sits at 21,284 working against a sanctioned 26,927, leaving 5,643 posts vacant across the Supreme Court, High Courts, and District & Subordinate Courts.
  • 140 justice officials and 51 law institutions are linked from this hub — connecting court data, statutes, and the people who staff the system.
Justice system snapshot

Start with courts, then branch out

Current coverage is strongest on court pendency, judicial officials, statutes, and gazette notifications. Legal aid and criminal-justice infrastructure are not yet on file.

Court data changes frequently. Treat every metric as an as-of snapshot and use the linked official systems for current case-status or order checks.

Current judiciary indicators
Total pending5,53,43,546
District & subordinate courts4,88,47,050
High Courts64,02,928
Supreme Court93,568
Judges working21,284
Judges vacant5,643
Laws and official orders

Keep statutes and notifications source-specific

India Code and eGazette should be treated as primary anchors. The new tracker route keeps laws, rules, orders, and notifications source-specific instead of merging them into court statistics.

No legal advice

The site should explain public records and source data, not advise people on what to file or argue.

Careful attribution

Allegations, arrests, bail, victims, minors, and pending proceedings need explicit source and status labels.

No synthetic score

Pendency, legal aid, statutes, and criminal-justice records should stay source-specific.

Data provenance

Source
NJDG, Department of Justice, Supreme Court of India, India Code, eGazette, and linked public records
Snapshot
Judiciary snapshot 2026-05-15; law institution rankings through 2025
Coverage
Courts, case pendency, justice officials, statutes, official orders, and law institutions
Limitations
Public information only. Not legal advice, not a case-status certificate, and not a synthetic justice score.
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