The dataset contains the overall conviction rate and pendency percentage of cases of fake/false news and rumours registered under Section 505 of IPC as recorded by states in the National Crime Record Bureau's annual Crime in India report. NCRB started publishing data on this since 2017. This is helpful in tracking the courts' disposal of cases. Conviction rate is defined as the share of convicted ...
Last UpdatedDecember, 2023
| year | state | parameter | value | unit | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | All India | Conviction rate | 60.4 | value in percentage | |
| 2022 | All India | Pendency percentage | 69.3 | value in percentage | |
| 2021 | All India | Conviction rate | 43.4 | value in percentage | |
| 2021 | All India | Pendency percentage | 90.5 | value in percentage | |
| 2020 | All India | Conviction rate | 62.2 | value in percentage |
National Crime Record Bureau. NCRB: Year-wise Court disposal of cases of fake/false news and rumours registered under Section 505 of IPC [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/459
