The Wire Staff 
New Delhi: Gujarat’s district and subordinate courts have a massive backlog of 15.61 lakh pending cases while 535 positions of judicial officers remain vacant.
The Centre revealed the figures in Rajya Sabha on Thursday (November 28), reported The New Indian Express.
The union law ministry, while answering a question by MP Neeraj Shekhar stated that as of November 15, 2024, the pending cases include 3.5 lakh civil cases, 12.11 lakh criminal cases, and an additional 50,128 cases in Family Courts as of September 30, 2024.
The ministry stated that as of November 15, 2024, a total of 15,61,196 cases were pending in Gujarat, including 3,50,166 lakh civil cases and 12,11,030 criminal cases.
In 2023, the backlog in civil cases in Gujarat was even more with 3,77,382 cases while the backlog in criminal cases amounted to 12,58, 375.
The data further indicated that as of November 21, 2024, 535 positions of judicial officers remain vacant in such courts, making the disposal of cases further time consuming.