Pending total
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Pending total
This month's clearance pace is shown separately.
92,588
Cases still pending at the Supreme Court.
INDIA'S COURT SYSTEM
How long is India waiting for justice?
NyaayWatch tracks backlog pressure, clearance pace, and monthly backlog change across the Supreme Court, High Courts, and lower courts so citizens, reporters, and civic groups can see where delay is building and where scrutiny is most needed.
Captured 28 April 2026 Method 2026.04-supreme-court-draft Supreme Court of India National Judicial Data Grid
Cleared / 100 filed this month
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Clearance pace
Through 28 April 2026.
74.1
How quickly the Supreme Court is clearing cases this month. 100 means it is keeping pace with filings.
Disposed this month
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Disposed this month
Through 28 April 2026.
4,557
Cases the Supreme Court has cleared this month.
Backlog change this month
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Backlog change
Through 28 April 2026.
+1,591
Backlog growing
More cases have been filed than cleared this month.
INVESTIGATION PATH
Follow the court system without flattening it.
Start at the Supreme Court, move into High Courts, then open lower-court geographies and districts. Each layer keeps its own method, source caveats, and evidence boundary.
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Start with the Supreme Court
Use the top-level aggregate to read current backlog pressure and monthly movement without treating it as comparable to district rows.
Open Supreme Court02
Move to High Courts
Scan High Court pages court by court, with coverage labels and source-specific caveats kept beside the numbers.
Browse High Courts03
Drill into lower courts
Use the map to open a State or Union Territory page, then inspect districts, movers, comparisons, and exports inside that snapshot.
Use pressure map04
Cite or reuse
Use press notes, CSVs, API routes, and methodology pages instead of copying raw capture files or treating snapshots as continuous feeds.
Open press kitHigh Courts across India.
Each court keeps its own source semantics and explicit coverage label. Cards are ordered by last-month backlog change first, then clearance pace, then pending load so readers can see where backlog pressure is worsening fastest.
HIGH COURT
High Court of Rajasthan
Captured 28 April 2026
Coverage: Rajasthan
- Pending
- 6.81 lakh
- Cleared / 100 filed
- 66.8Falling behind
- Last-month backlog change
- +6,258Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
HIGH COURT
Madras High Court
Captured 28 April 2026
Coverage: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
- Pending
- 5.63 lakh
- Cleared / 100 filed
- 86.6Falling behind
- Last-month backlog change
- +4,674Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
HIGH COURT
High Court of Orissa
Captured 28 April 2026
Coverage: Odisha
- Pending
- 1.65 lakh
- Cleared / 100 filed
- 82.8Falling behind
- Last-month backlog change
- +1,293Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
HIGH COURT
Patna High Court
Captured 28 April 2026
Coverage: Bihar
- Pending
- 2.19 lakh
- Cleared / 100 filed
- 87.0Falling behind
- Last-month backlog change
- +1,220Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
HIGH COURT
High Court for State of Telangana
Captured 28 April 2026
Coverage: Telangana
- Pending
- 2.39 lakh
- Cleared / 100 filed
- 88.9Falling behind
- Last-month backlog change
- +754Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
HIGH COURT
High Court of Karnataka
Captured 28 April 2026
Coverage: Karnataka
- Pending
- 3.33 lakh
- Cleared / 100 filed
- 93.8Falling behind
- Last-month backlog change
- +628Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
Lower courts show the broadest pressure.
This lower-court view spans the currently published State and Union Territory snapshots. Start with the pressure map for relative lower-court pressure, then open any geography page for the underlying snapshot and district drilldown.
Pending across public geographies
4.89 crore
Combined lower-court backlog across the currently published State and Union Territory snapshots.
Public lower-court geographies
36
Each State or Union Territory page stays tied to its own published snapshot and supporting notes.
Flagged districts
102
Combined count of districts flagged for closer inspection across the public lower-court cohort.
Highest-pressure geography
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ranks highest on the current lower-court pressure index across States and Union Territories with published data. 1,19,31,667 pending cases, median age 1,461 days, disposal 100.6% in the latest data. Relative ranking only, not a conclusive claim.
JUDICIAL PRESSURE INDEX
Where is delay piling up across India?
Each published State or Union Territory is shaded by its rank on a composite index computed from published lower-court snapshots: 40% pending backlog, 30% median case age, 20% clearance shortfall, and 10% share of flagged districts. Published lower-court geographies are split into five pressure quintiles — darker red means higher pressure relative to the rest of the country. Click any shaded geography to open its published snapshot and methodology.
Methodology, data, and API.
The evidence is here if you want to verify, cite, or reuse the numbers.
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court layer carries its own methodology, API, and data surface.
High Courts
The High Court layer stays explicit about court-specific source semantics and covered geographies.
District and subordinate courts
The lower-court layer remains the deepest public drilldown anywhere on the site.