State, District, Cause of Delay wise Total Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
This dataset presents the district-wise count of total pending cases including civil and criminal, 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.
State, District, Cause of Delay wise Total Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts
This dataset presents the district-wise count of total pending cases including civil and criminal, 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 on which the pending cases data was captured or last updated.
state
String
36
68663
Name of the Indian state or union territory to which the pending case figures pertain.
district_as_per_source
String
717
68663
Name of the district exactly as recorded in the original source data.
district_as_per_lgd
String
697
67908
Name of the district standardized according to the Local Government Directory (LGD).
district_lgd_code
Float64
691
67665
Unique numeric identifier assigned to the district in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
cause_of_delay
String
15
68663
Reason attributed to the delay of pending court cases, such as absconding accused or unavailable records.
cases_pending
Float64
9642
68663
Number of court cases pending for the given state, district, and cause of delay.
unit
String
1
68663
Unit of measurement for the cases pending figure, expressed in absolute numbers.
note
String
1
0
Optional remarks or supplementary annotations associated with the record.
Citation
Ministry of Law and Justice. (2026). State, District, Cause of Delay wise Total Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason in District Courts [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21270