State, District wise Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason by Year of Institution in District Courts
This dataset provides the count of total pending civil and criminal cases in the district courts of respective state, categorized by the year in which the case was instituted. It includes only those cases that are more than two years old and have been tagged with a recorded reason for delay, as per the Supreme Court’s directive.
State, District wise Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason by Year of Institution in District Courts
This dataset provides the count of total pending civil and criminal cases in the district courts of respective state, categorized by the year in which the case was instituted. It includes only those cases that are more than two years old and have been tagged with a recorded reason for delay, as per the Supreme Court’s directive.
The date as of which the pending case figures were recorded or last updated.
instituted_year
Float64
72
142484
The calendar year in which the cases were originally filed or instituted.
state
String
36
142484
The Indian state or union territory to which the pending case data pertains.
district_as_per_source
String
717
142484
The name of the district as reported in the original data source.
district_as_per_lgd
String
697
140581
The district name standardized according to the Local Government Directory (LGD) classification.
district_lgd_code
Float64
691
140277
The unique numeric code assigned to the district in the Local Government Directory (LGD).
cases_pending
Float64
9846
142484
The number of cases pending in the district for the given instituted year, expressed in absolute numbers.
unit
String
1
142484
The unit of measurement for the pending case figures, given as absolute numbers of cases pending.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or clarifications pertaining to the data, if any.
Citation
Ministry of Law and Justice. (2026). State, District wise Pending Cases (Civil and Criminal) with recorded Delay Reason by Year of Institution in District Courts [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21283