National Judicial Data Grid

Justice Ranjan Gogoi's bold speech underlines need to push judiciary out of inertia, make it accessible to people

In a bold, blunt and brave speech on Thursday, Justice Ranjan P Gogoi said that the Indian judiciary was in need of a revolution.

Ad hoc judicial appointments affecting economy even as India's high courts lack 37% of required judges

High courts nationwide are 37 percent short of judges, and ad hoc appointments–not posting judges to courts that need them most–are worsening delays and affecting India’s economy, according to our analysis of data released by the department of justice.

Around six lakh cases pending for a decade or more in various high courts; Bombay HC leads tally, reveals data

Nearly six lakh cases are pending for a decade or more in various high courts and the Bombay High Court leads the tally with over one lakh litigations

Twenty million cases still pending: In India’s district courts, a crisis is revealed

As of today, there are more than 20 million cases pending in the Indian districts courts; two-thirds are criminal cases and one in 10 have been pending for more than 10 years, our analysis of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) data has revealed.