Pending total
92,588
Registered and unregistered pending matters combined in the active publication.
SUPREME COURT
Where is pressure building at the Supreme Court?
This page shows one published aggregate Supreme Court snapshot, but focuses the first view on backlog pressure, clearance pace, and monthly backlog change so the current direction is obvious at a glance.
Cleared / 100 filed
74.1
Falling behind
How quickly the Supreme Court cleared cases last month.
Last-month backlog change
+1,591
Backlog growing
More cases were filed than cleared last month.
Pending unregistered
22,242
Unregistered matters remain visible instead of being folded away.
INVESTIGATION PATH
Move down the court system carefully.
Use the Supreme Court aggregate as the national entry point, then move to High Courts and lower-court geographies while keeping each tier's method separate.
01
Read the aggregate
Start with Supreme Court backlog pressure, clearance pace, and registered or unregistered pending totals.
Read methodology02
Move to High Courts
Open the High Court index for court-by-court pages with their own source boundaries and coverage labels.
Browse High Courts03
Open lower courts
Use the national map to reach state and district pages, movers, comparisons, and district evidence.
Open map04
Cite carefully
Use data, API, and press materials so the published snapshot and caveats travel with the number.
Open dataScale-aware pressure signals
These derived metrics put the month-to-date movement in context. They are scenario and imbalance signals, not forecasts or causal claims.
+1.7%
Backlog grew by 1.7% of the pending pile in the current publication.
1,591
Needed 1,591 more clearances in the current publication to break even.
2,363
A 10% backlog cut in a year would need about 2,363 extra clearances per month.
−11.3 pp
22.0% of pending cases are criminal, versus 33.3% of clearances. Criminal cases make up a smaller share of pending cases than clearances.
How to read this page
This Supreme Court page stays anchored to one published aggregate snapshot, with tier-specific caveats, clear reference dates, and no hidden leap into all-courts comparability.
Snapshot basis
Supreme Court data is snapshot-based, not live. Every public number comes from a stored published artifact and stays pinned until a later reviewed publication replaces it.
complete
Reference date
Captured 28 April 2026
The official aggregate page did not expose a defensible source snapshot timestamp, so NyaayWatch shows the page capture time instead of inventing one.
Movement in the current publication
This page keeps registered and unregistered backlog visible, while showing month and year movement directly from the aggregate source boundary.
Last month
Instituted: 6,148
Disposed: 4,557
These totals come directly from the published aggregate source, not from reconstructed case records.
Current year
Instituted: 25,796
Disposed: 25,032
This page exposes the year-to-date aggregate counts without implying long-range causal explanations.
Official source links
Use these links to move from public accountability data to the official court systems and reference material behind it.
Supreme Court NJDG
Official aggregate pendency, institution, and disposal surface for the Supreme Court.
Official court site
Case status, orders, cause lists, and institutional material remain on the official Supreme Court site.
Onboarding note
The court's own note on Supreme Court onboarding to NJDG and its three-tier position inside the wider system.
FAQ / ready reckoner
Official guidance for obtaining Supreme Court information without pretending this page replaces those record-level workflows.