Over 17 lakh cases in Gujarat’s courts await verdict, with 1.7 lakh of them pending with Gujarat High Court, and 15.62 lakh pending in lower courts.

In Gujarat High Court, 1.15 lakh pending cases are civil suits and more than 54,000 are criminal cases. Meanwhile, all of Gujarat’s district and taluka courts combined have 15.62 lakh cases pending.

Among the pending cases in the high court, 21,000 cases have been ongoing for over 10 years, and more than 200 cases have been pending for over 25 years. In the lower courts, 77 cases have been pending for over 10 years, while 4,641 cases have been ongoing for more than 25 years.

Additionally, a total of 41,364 cases are pending in the state’s labour courts. Of these, 3,098 cases are over 10 years old, and 338 cases have continued for more than 20 years. In Gujarat’s family courts, more than 54,000 cases are pending.

In Ahmedabad, more than 11,000 cases are pending in the family courts, of which 23 cases have been over 10 years old. An increase in the number of cases, particularly related to matrimonial disputes, child custody, and maintenance, has been recorded in family courts.

In Ahmedabad’s Gheekanta criminal court, 4.21 lakh cases are pending, and the highest number of 4,21,091 cases, are pending in the Ahmedabad city judicial magistrate court. Of these, 16,317 cases have been ongoing for over 10 years, and around 4,800 cases have been over 20 years old.

In Ahmedabad district-taluka courts, a total of 80,485 cases are pending. Of these, 8,241 cases have been pending for more than 10 years, and 1,225 cases have been ongoing for more than 20 years. 

Additionally, 26,784 cases are pending in Ahmedabad’s Civil and Sessions Court, with 2,958 cases pending for over 10 years, and 423 cases pending for more than 20 years.

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