It is followed by the Madras High Court (76,298), Bombay High Court (55,255), Calcutta High Court (34,551), Rajasthan High Court (33,296), Punjab and Haryana High Court (25,247), and Madhya Pradesh High Court (24,938).The High Courts of Meghalaya, Tripura, and Sikkim have no cases pending for more than 20 years.Among the remaining High Courts, the lowest number of such long-pending cases is in the Manipur High Court (5 cases), followed by the Gauhati High Court (81 cases), Himachal Pradesh High Court (90 cases) and Chhattisgarh High Court (94 cases).Pending Cases in Supreme Court & High Courts, as on 16.07.2026Age-wise Break-up of Pending Cases (All High Courts)Exclusive age bands computed from cumulative "more than X years" figures; total = 64,72,53664.7LHC casesTotal Pending Cases: Supreme Court & All High Courts, RankedBars scaled on a log axis (wide range: 318 to 12.28 lakh) · Highest & Supreme Court highlightedFull State-wise Data (Pending Cases by Age)"More than X years" figures are cumulative (e.g. cases pending >5 years also fall within >1 year). Allahabad HC alone accounts for nearly 19% of all pending High Court cases nationally.Source: Rajya Sabha (National Judicial Data Grid)Express InfoGenIEAccording to the written reply in the Rajya Sabha, 7,21,357 cases have been pending for more than 20 years in District and Subordinate Courts across the country.Among the states, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of such cases with 3,41,397 cases. It is followed by Bihar (1,22,947), West Bengal (1,15,192), Maharashtra (69,626), Odisha (45,333), and Gujarat (5,987).Among the remaining States and UTs, the lowest number of such long-pending cases is in Sikkim (1 case), Mizoram (2 cases), Lakshadweep (2 cases), Nagaland (9 cases), Chandigarh (13 cases), The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu (30 cases), Himachal Pradesh (50 cases).District courts and Subordinate Courts: Cases pending for 1, 5, 10, 20 and 30 yearsPending Cases in District & Subordinate Courts, as on 16.07.2026Age-wise Break-up of Pending Cases (Nationwide)Exclusive age bands computed from cumulative "more than X years" figures; total = 4,98,45,5384.98 CrPending casesTotal Pending Cases by State/UT, RankedBars scaled on a log axis (wide range: 601 to 1.19 crore)Full State/UT-wise Data (Pending Cases by Age)"More than X years" figures are cumulative (e.g. cases pending >5 years also fall within >1 year). Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Bihar together account for nearly half of all pending district & subordinate court cases nationwide.Source: Rajya Sabha (National Judicial Data Grid)Express InfoGenIE