The report added, “At the district courts in Andaman and Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, over 40 per cent of all cases have been pending for over three years.”One in every five cases, the report said, were pending for more than five years in Delhi, and two per cent were pending for more than 10 years.”Each district court judge in Delhi had an average workload of 2,023 cases in 2024, an increase from 1,551 in 2017, and lower than the national average of 2,200. It could achieve a case clearance rate (CCR) of 78% in 2024, one of the lowest in the country. Between 2017 and 2024, Delhi has achieved a 100 per cent CCR only once in 2023,” the report said.The report was stated to highlight the need for immediate and foundational corrections while flagging the urgent filling of vacancies and increased representation.A release said the report was initiated by Tata Trusts in 2019 and the fourth edition of the report was in collaboration with the Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISSPrayas, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, and How India Lives.
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