Rotting Cases in Indian Courts

The Indian courts have a pendency of 48 million cases, according to a statement made by Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Law and Justice.

The lion's share of the nation-wide court case pendency comes from the lower courts in the country.

This map shows the number of murder cases that are currently pending in the courts of five districts.

Some of the cases have been pending in the courts for over 20 years and show up on the court's pendency data even though they have had no progress in years.

District	Pending Cases
Pune	646
Nagpur	444
Nashik	281
Ahmednagar	192
Beed	170

OLD CASE EXAMPLE

• One of the oldest case in BEED is against two men Mustafakha V Umarkha and Mehar V Salemahamd Pathan who were booked for murder in 1966.
• The case was declared dormant for several years before November 12, 2018 when appearances began.
• A court in Beed has held regular hearings for the case since 2018 and will next be heard on December 27, 2022