Case Type, State, District wise Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
This dataset presents the district-wise count of total pending civil and criminal cases in the district courts, organized by case type. It includes only those cases that are more than two years old and have a recorded reason for delay, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s mandate. Case types covered in the dataset include Civil Appeal, Execution Petition, Criminal Appeal, Motor Accident Claims Petition, Civil Suits, Sessions Cases, Magisterial Cases, Commercial Suit, Juvenile Cases, and others.
Case Type, State, District wise Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
This dataset presents the district-wise count of total pending civil and criminal cases in the district courts, organized by case type. It includes only those cases that are more than two years old and have a recorded reason for delay, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s mandate. Case types covered in the dataset include Civil Appeal, Execution Petition, Criminal Appeal, Motor Accident Claims Petition, Civil Suits, Sessions Cases, Magisterial Cases, Commercial Suit, Juvenile Cases, and others.
The date as of which the pending cases figures were reported.
state
String
36
74567
The Indian state or union territory to which the pending case record pertains.
district_as_per_source
String
716
74567
Name of the district exactly as reported in the original source data.
district_as_per_lgd
String
696
73881
District name standardized according to the Local Government Directory (LGD) nomenclature.
district_lgd_code
Float64
690
73635
Unique numeric identifier of the district as assigned in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
cases_type
String
31
74567
Category of court case, such as civil, criminal, magisterial, or sessions proceedings.
cases_pending
Float64
8253
74567
Number of cases pending before the courts for the given state, district, and case type.
unit
String
1
74567
Unit of measurement for the pending cases figure, expressed in absolute numbers.
note
String
1
0
Optional remarks or annotations accompanying the record.
Citation
Ministry of Law and Justice. (2026). Case Type, State, District wise Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21257