India, July 23 -- Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), Uttar Pradesh's most affluent and urbanised district, has the highest number of legal disputes pending in its courts (918,575) and Lucknow is a distant second (482,288), according to National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) figures.

In mid-June, nearly 1.19 crore (11.9 million) cases were pending in Uttar Pradesh subordinate courts, including around less than 19 lakh (1.9 million) civil and more than 1 crore (10 million) criminal matters. The case load in the state was the highest in the country.

Noida's tally, which accounts for around 8% of the total case pendency in the district and lower courts in Uttar Pradesh, has since risen further as fresh cases continue to be instituted.

Noida's case p...