India, July 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

serial number

Name of the Court

civil cases

criminal cases

Total pending

1.

Supreme Court

74339

21685

96024

2.

High Court

4513738

1958798

6472536

3.

District and Subordinate Courts

11333509

38512029

49845538

The Central Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases and reduction of pendency of cases as mandated under Article 21 of the Constitution and has taken several initiatives to provide a conducive environment for speedy disposal of cases by the judiciary.

As per the information available on National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) , the category wise number of pending cases in various courts as on 16.07.2026 is as under:

This information was given b...