Pending cases
4,76,385
Open civil and criminal matters combined in the active publication.
HIGH COURT
What does the latest data show for High Court of Madhya Pradesh?
This page tracks High Court of Madhya Pradesh across Madhya Pradesh. This page highlights backlog pressure, clearance pace, monthly backlog change, and age-bucket burden from the latest High Court data. It stays court-first and explicit about what the source does and does not support.
Cleared / 100 filed
118.0
Keeping pace
How quickly this High Court cleared cases last month.
Last-month backlog change
−2,286
Backlog shrinking
More cases were cleared than filed last month.
Older than 10 years
1,44,989
30.4% of visible pendency is already older than 10 years.
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Open dataScale-aware pressure signals
These derived metrics compare last month's movement against the size and shape of this High Court's pending load. They are descriptive signals, not forecasts.
-0.5%
Backlog shrank by 0.5% of the pending pile last month.
0
This court cleared enough cases to keep the backlog from growing last month.
1,684
A 10% backlog cut in a year would need about 1,684 extra clearances per month.
−4.8 pp
40.6% of pending cases are criminal, versus 45.4% of clearances. Criminal cases make up a smaller share of pending cases than clearances.
Coverage
Current coverage: Madhya Pradesh
This page follows one High Court publication, even when the court serves more than one state or union territory.
Page scope
This page tracks High Court of Madhya Pradesh across Madhya Pradesh. 24 other public High Court pages are linked in the switcher.
The court itself stays explicit here, even when its jurisdiction spans more than one geography.
How to read this page
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Snapshot basis
This page tracks High Court of Madhya Pradesh across Madhya Pradesh. It is snapshot-based, not live, and every public number comes from a stored published artifact.
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Reference date
Captured 28 April 2026
HC NJDG did not expose a trustworthy source snapshot timestamp, so NyaayWatch shows the page capture time instead of inventing one.
Age-bucket burden
These buckets come directly from the official High Court dashboard. They show where the pending load is sitting, not the story of any individual case.
Less than 1 year
91,980
19.3% of visible pendency
1 to 3 years
87,855
18.4% of visible pendency
3 to 5 years
47,825
10.0% of visible pendency
5 to 10 years
1,03,736
21.8% of visible pendency
Above 10 years
1,44,989
30.4% of visible pendency
52.2% of visible pendency is older than 5 years.
Official source links
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HC NJDG dashboard
Official aggregate pendency, institution, disposal, and age-bucket surface for this High Court.
High Court Services
Official case-status, cause-list, order, and court-record utilities for High Courts.
Official court site
Institutional site for rules, notices, annual reports, and supporting public information.