Verdict: To Hang

Five minutes per case. That’s what Delhi HC estimates it has in a day for its backlog. We apply the formula to all 21HCs (the figures in bold indicate the number of pending cases and the figuresfollowing the respective cities are the number of years it would take at therate of Delhi HC)

• 808226 Allahabad 60 
• 426347 Madras 32
  
• 367409 Bombay 27
  
• 332141 Delhi* 25
  
• 279318 Calcutta 21
  
• 255696 Punjab & Haryana 19
  
• 227752 Orissa 17
  
• 212451 Rajasthan 16
  
• 187677 Madhya Pradesh 14
  
• 147537 Andhra Pradesh 11
  
• 115750 Kerala 9
  
• 110639 Gujarat 8
  
• 104237 Karnataka 8
  
• 102165 Patna 8
  
• 74701 Chattisgarh 6
  
• 59339 Guwahati 4
  
• 49276 Jharkhand 4
  
• 45374 Jammu & Kashmir 3
  
• 26781 Himachal Pradesh 2
  
• 22807 Uttaranchal 2
  
• 67 Sikkim <1

Law ministry figures on pending cases till Sept 30, ’07. *Delhi figures updated till Mar 31, ’08.

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