India, Oct. 4 -- The capacity expansion has taken place against a continuing rise in the judicial workload.

The government has substantially expanded the sanctioned capacity of India's judicial system since 2014, adding more than 11,500 judicial posts across the Supreme Court, High Courts and district and subordinate courts. However, the increase in sanctioned strength has been accompanied by a much larger rise in the number of cases pending before the courts.

The sanctioned judicial strength across the three levels has increased by about 57 per cent, from 20,455 posts in 2014 to 32,028 as of 31 July 2026. Over the closest comparable period available in government data, pending cases have increased by approximately 77 per cent, from abo...