Around 46 lakh cases pending in High Courts and approx 3.19 crore stuck in lower courts

12:00:00 AM, Monday 17th of February 2020 | in miscellaneous

Around 46 lakh cases are pending before 25 High Courts across India whereas 396 posts of judges, out of a sanctioned total of 1079, are vacant. With 25 High Courts, the pendency of cases in the highest in Allahabad HC the biggest High Court of the country at 7.32 lakh cases, followed by the High Court of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Least number of pending cases is in Sikkim High Court (237) and Meghalaya High Court(1,114).