Name of the
State / Union
Territory

Pensency as
on 1-1-1977

Institution
during
the year 1977

Disposal
during
the year 1977

Pendency as
on 31-12-1977

Regular
Suits

Mics.
Cases

Total

Regular
Suits

Misc.
Cases

Total

Regular
Suits

Misc.
Cases

Total

Regular
Suits

Misc.
Cases

Total

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1

Andhra Pradesh

56301

92872

159173

75860

318917

394777

74190

322405

396155

67150

89380

157351

2

Assam

9058

2011

11069

6583

3553

10136

7205

3233

10438

8436

2331

10767

3

Bihar

73520

9959

33479

42278

7318

49596

36655

6464

43119

79143

10813

89956

4

Gujarat

28361

10772

39133

21529

11340

32869

19616

10322

29938

30274

11790

42064

5

Haryana

17839

1916

19755

27999

2215

30214

26495

2287

28782

19343

1844

21187

6

Jammu & Kashmir

Not available separately

7

Himchal Pradesh

Not available separately

8

Karnataka

54243

90756

144999

35777

8395

44172

312221

7715

38937

58798

91436

150234

9

Kerala

35739

21252

6991

35202

80203

115405

39613

81808

121421

31328

19647

50971

10

Madhya Pradesh

19789

10212

70001

48107

9816

57923

44438

9462

53900

63458

10566

74024

11

Maharashtra

124343

45386

169729

63849

26817

90666

52450

25434

77884

135742

46769

182511

12

Manipur

190

116

306

209

292

501

229

324

553

170

84

254

13

Megalaya

Not available

14

Nagaland

Not available

15

Orissa

6224

3776

13000

8544

6434

14978

8960

6527

15487

8808

3683

12491

16

Punjab

31701

14100

45801

44249

17568

61817

43875

17678

61553

32075

13990

46064

17

Rajasthan

46810

11006

57816

26084

10087

36171

23438

10365

33803

49456

10728

60184

18

Sikkim

Nill

19

Tamil Nadu

55818

40678

96496

43651

193578

237229

43188

193182

236370

56281

41074

97335

20

Tripura

1708

257

1965

1023

180

1203

1018

152

1170

1713

285

1998

21

Uttar Pradesh

115684

35168

150852

125259

47721

172980

127887

44853

172740

113056

38036

151052

22

West Bengal

104

12215

126490

45808

10238

56046

36332

8940

45272

113751

23513

137204

UNION TERRITORIES

1

A & N Island

Not available separately

2

Arunachal Pradesh

Not available separately

3

Chandigarh

642

1093

1735

510

1706

2216

420

1541

1961

732

1258

1990

4

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Nill

5

Delhi

Nill

6

Goa, Daman & Diu

1895

231

2126

831

163

994

665

168

823

2071

226

2297

7

Lakshadweep

26

16

42

15

237

252

17

220

237

24

33

57

8

Mizoram

Not available separately

9

Pondicherry

805

502

1307

1815

1287

3102

1741

1245

2985

879

544

1423

Total

8,37,971

4,,14,2941

2,52,265

6,55,182

1,54,065

1413247

6,19,644

7,54,329

1373973

8,73,509

4,18,030

12,91,535