The District Judiciary improved its performance as compared to the previous years. The institution and disposal statistics of the District Courts for the last 5 years are indicated below for a comparative analysis. 

While the opening balance at the beginning of 2023 was 18,26,100, the closing balanceat the end of the year was 18, 73,312. Total institution during the year was 4,73,634 and the disposal was 4,26,422 cases at a Case Clearance Rate of 90.03%. The disposal of cases in District Courts decreased by 17.26% in 2023 as compared to the disposal in 2022. The institution and disposal figure of both 2022 and 2023 includes the cases received from and transferred to other Courts. The institution of Criminal cases increased due to filing of 56,017 cases under the M.V. Act as a result of automatic challan based on CCTV image capture. Disposal in the months of February, 2023increased due to disposal in Lok Adalat held on 11.02.2023 and withdrawal of cases. Disposal in the month of June, 2023 decreased due to less number of working days. Similarly disposal in the month ofOctober, 2023 decreased on account of Durga Puja Holidays.

240 working days are allotted for judicial working of the District Courts and each working day consists of 6 working hours. Average working strength of the district court judges against the average sanctioned strength of 1004 in 2023 was 807. Average loss of working days in 2023 was 0.004 days due to cease work. The cumulative loss of judicial working hours of all the district courts was 19.37 hours (6hours x 0.004 days x807 active strength of judicial officers =19.37 hours). Detailed case statistics of the District Courts along with relevant information for 2023 are available on the website and given at Appendix-K.

No. of Judgments pronounced / delivered In the year – 2023

Number of judgments pronounced in the year 2023

Duing the year 2023 Judgments pronounced in 31,393 Civil cases out of which 18,237 contested cases and 13,156 un-contested cases . Similarly, Judgments pronounced in 1,12,710 Criminal cases out of which 92,370 contested cases and 20,340 uncontested cases. In toto judgments delivered in the year 2023 both in Civil and Criminal cases were 1,44,103.

Disposal of over 40 Years old Cases (from 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2023)

Details of over 40 years old cases in the year 2023

In the beginning of the year 2023, 29 numbers of civil cases and 03 Numbers of criminal cases of over 40 years old were pending. Duing the year, 35Civil cases of morethan 40 years old and 2 criminal cases of morethan 40 years old havebeen disposed of.At the end of the year 2023, in toto 37 Numbers of Civil and Criminal Cases were disposed of and 26 cases were pending.

Disposal of 25 to 40 Years old Cases (from 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2023)

Details of 25 to 40 years old cases in the year 2023

In the beginning of the year 2023, 1210  numbers of civil and 3427 Numbers of criminal  cases of 25 to 40 years old cases were pending.  During the year  739 Civil cases of 25 to 40 years old and 4165  criminal cases of 25 to 40 years old were  disposed of. In toto 4904 numbers of Civil  and Criminal Casesof 25 to 40 years old were  disposed of and 2169 cases were pending.