State, District, Cause of Delay wise Pending Criminal Cases with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
This dataset presents the district-wise count of total pending criminal cases in the district courts, organized by the cause of delay. 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. The listed causes of delay include: Awaiting documents, Stayed for reasons, Frequent appeals, Record unavailable, Execution of Decree, Legal Representative not on Record, Stayed by High Court, Stayed by District Court, More witness, Miscellaneous Applications Blocked, Accused absconding, Counsel not available, Parties not interested, and Stayed by Supreme Court.
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Dataset - State, District, Cause of Delay wise Pending Criminal Cases with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
State, District, Cause of Delay wise Pending Criminal Cases with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
This dataset presents the district-wise count of total pending criminal cases in the district courts, organized by the cause of delay. 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. The listed causes of delay include: Awaiting documents, Stayed for reasons, Frequent appeals, Record unavailable, Execution of Decree, Legal Representative not on Record, Stayed by High Court, Stayed by District Court, More witness, Miscellaneous Applications Blocked, Accused absconding, Counsel not available, Parties not interested, and Stayed by Supreme Court.
The date as of which the pending cases data was reported or last updated.
state
String
36
58379
The Indian state or union territory to which the pending case figures pertain.
district_as_per_source
String
713
58379
Name of the district exactly as recorded in the original source data.
district_as_per_lgd
String
695
57906
District name standardized according to the Local Government Directory (LGD) nomenclature.
district_lgd_code
Float64
689
57690
Unique numeric identifier for the district as assigned in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
cause_of_delay
String
15
58379
The reason cited for the delay of pending court cases, such as parties not interested or counsel unavailability.
cases_pending
Float64
8634
58379
Number of court cases pending, attributed to the corresponding cause of delay.
unit
String
1
58379
The unit of measurement for the pending cases figure, expressed as an absolute count of cases.
note
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0
Supplementary remarks or annotations related to the data record.
Citation
Ministry of Law and Justice. (2026). State, District, Cause of Delay wise Pending Criminal Cases with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21269