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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA FOR THEFINANCIAL YEAR 2014-'15

INTRODUCTION

Judiciary is one of the three vital organs alongwith the Legislative and the

Executive which serve to uphold the principles laid down in the Constitution of India.

The Preamble of the Constitution ensures Justice – social, economic, political and it is

the noble duty of the Judiciary to maintain and safeguard Justice.

Article 214 of the Constitution stipulates that there shall be a High Court

for each State. This is the Apex Court of the State empowered by Article 227 to have

Superintendence over all Courts and Tribunals throughout the State.

The functioning of the entire Judicial Department is overseen and

monitored by the Apex Court of the State, i.e., the High Court of Kerala, the Principal

seat of Justice, which is situated at Ernakulam. The detailed Report on the functioning

of the entire Judicial Department for the previous financial year is compiled as the

“Annual Report of the High Court for the Financial Year 2014-'15”.(01/04/'14 to

31/03/'15).

1. BRIEF HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The State of Kerala was formed on 01.11.1956 by the operation of the States Re-

Organisation Act, 1956, which led to the merger of State of Travancore-Cochin (other

than the territories thereof transferred to the State of Madras – now Tamil Nadu) and the

Malabar District of the erstwhile Madras Presidency. The Travancore-Cochin State was

formed on 01.07.1949 by the merger of the princely States of Travancore and Cochin.

Consequent on the formation of Travancore-Cochin State, by Ordinance No.11 of 1124

(M.E.), the High Court of Judicature for the State was constituted with its seat at

Ernakulam, and the new Travancore-Cochin High Court was inaugurated in the Ram

Mohan Palace, Cochin on 7thJuly 1949, by Honourable Mr.Justice P.V.Rajamannar, the

Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

The first Chief Justice of the new High Court was Honourable Mr.Justice

Puthuppalli S. Krishna Pillai and the total Judges' strength was 8 including the

Chief Justice. This High Court ceased to exist on 31.10.1956. With the formation of the

State of Kerala in 1956, the High Court of Kerala was inaugurated on 05.11.1956 with

the Honourable Mr.Justice K.T.Koshi as the Chief Justice and the Honourable Justice

K.Sankaran, G.Kumara Pillai, M.S.Menon, T.K.Joseph and N.Varadaraja Iyengar as the

puisne Judges. The Union Territory of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands was

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also brought under the jurisdiction of the new High Court by Section 60 of the States

Reorganisation Act. The Ram Mohan Palace continued to serve as the seat of the High

Court till 2006. Considering the space constraints in Ram Mohan Palace, a new nine-

storeyed building for the High Court was constructed adjacent to it and was inaugurated

on 11.02.2006, by the Honourable Mr.Justice Y.K.Sabharwal, the then Chief Justice of

India at a function presided by the Honourable Mr.Justice V.K.Bali, the then Chief

Justice of the High Court of Kerala.

The sanctioned strength of the High Court of Kerala was increased from time

to time considering the manifold increase in the number of cases coming before it for

adjudication, increase in number of Subordinate Courts etc. among other factors. The

present sanctioned strength is 38 with 27 permanent Judges and 11 additional Judges.

The High Court of Kerala has many unprecedented features to its credit.

Honourable Mrs.Justice Anna Chandy was the first woman in the history of the country

to adorn the office of a High Court Judge. Kumari Justice M.Fathima Beevi was the first

woman High Court Judge to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India.

2. Landmark Decisions of Public Importance

Important Judgments/Decisions during 2014-'15

Sl.No.

Case No. and date of judgment Subject

1WP (Crl. ) No. 342 of 2014 dated 18/09/2014

Anti-social activities (prevention ) Act. 2007 - Section 2 (p) (i) and (ii)

2R.C.R No, 324 of 2014 dated 15/12/2104 Buildings (Lease and Rent Control )

Act, 1965 - Sections 11 (3) and 11 (4) (iii)

3FOA No. 156 of 2008 dated 16/12/2014 Civil Rules of Practice, 1971 - Rule

234

4O.P(C) No. 1089 of 2010 dated 23/07/2014 Code of Civil procedure 1908 - Order

VI, Rule 17

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C.M. Application No. 940 of 2014 in ZRSA No. 940 of 2014 dated 11/11/2014 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 -

Sections 96 and 100 and Order XX, Rule 6 a and Order XLI, Rule 1.

6RP (FC) No. 323 of 2014 dated 07/01/2015 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 -

Section 125 (4)

7WP(C) No. 29856 of 2014 dated 03/12/2014

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Section 154

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Sl.No.

Case No. and date of judgment Subject

8Crl. R.P. No. 990 of 2013 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 -

Section 321

9 Crl. A No. 1151 of 2012 dated 04/12/2014 Companies Act, 1956 - Section295.

10Civil appeal No. 2749 of 2015 dated 10/03/2015

Conservation of Paddy and Wetland Act, 2008 - Section 5

11Ins. Appeal No. 24 of 2012 dated 18/07/2014.

Constitution of India - Article 13 (2), 21 and 30 (1)

12W.P. (C) No. 27248 of 2012 dated 08/12/2014

Constitution of India - Article 226

13W.P (C) No. 9981 of 2010 dated 17/12/2014

Constitution of India - Article 226

14 W.A. No. 704 of 2013 dated 19/11/2014 Constitution of India - Article 226

15Crl. Appeal No. 2099 of 2011 dated 31/01/2015

Contempt of Court Act, 1971 - Section 12

16W.A No. 1216 of 2007 dated 18/12/2014 Co-operative Societies Act, 1971 -

Section 12

17M.F.A No. (G & W) No. 105 of 2014 Guardian and Wards Act, 1969 -

Section 40 (1) (a)

18M.A.C.A No. 585 of 2003 dated 21/01/2015 Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 - Sections 2

(10) and 3

19E.P No. 4 of 2014 dated 17/12/2014 Representation of People Act, 1951 -

Section 123

20W.A. No. 1422 of 2011 dated 21/01/2015 Rules of business of the Government

of Kerala

21Crl. M.C No. 6093 of 2014 dated 03/12/2014

National Investigation Agency Act, 2008- Section 21

22WP (C) No. 35380 of 2014dated 10/04/2015

Passports Act, 1967- Section 6

23Crl. A No. 844 of 2000 dated 20/05/2015 Code of Criminal procedure, 1973 -

Section 197

24 W.A No. 658 of 2015 dated 27/05/2015 Constitution of India Article 72

25 Crl. A No. 1157 of 2010 dated 05/06/10 5 ₹ Evidence Act. 1872 - Section 302

26 Crl. MC No. 4381 of 2010 dated26/03/2015 Penal code, 1860 - Section 302

27WP (C) No. 25231 of 2014 dated 08/04/2015

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 Sections 3,11 and 22

28WP (C) No. 28492 of 2015 dated 29/09/2015

Advocates Act, 1961 - Section 49 (1) (d).

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3. Status of Infrastructure of the High Court and District/Subordinate Courts

High Court

Installation of the Escalators in the High Court :

Government, vide G.O (Rt) No. 3084/2013/Home dated. 12.11.2013 and G.O

(Rt) No. 526/ 2015/ Home dated. 02.03.2015 have accorded Administrative Sanction for

the the installation of the Escalators from the Ground Floor to the 2nd Floor and 2nd Floor

to the 5th Floor in the new High Court Complex at the estimated amount of

₹1,37,50,000/- and ₹1,30,00,000/-, meeting the expenditure from the Chief Engineer's

Lump-sum Fund under the Head of Account: '4059- 60- 051- 73 (P) (75% CSS).

The roofing of the Escalators was not included in the original estimate and

later it was decided to include it as an additional work. Subsequently, vide G.O (Rt) No.

3050/ 2014/ Home dated. 20.11.2014, Administrative Sanction has been accorded for

providing the Tensile shade canopy roofing over courtyard above the Escalators in the

High Court at an estimated amount of ₹96,00,000/- , meeting the expenditure from the

Head of Account: 4059- 60- 051- 73- 75 % (CSS).

Purpose:

To provide a smooth passing system inside the new High Court complex and

also to avoid heavy rush at peak hours.

Present Status:

The work is progressing now.

Construction of Car shed and Drivers room at the Official Residence of theHon'ble the Chief Justice:

Government, vide G.O (Rt) No. 1243/2014/Home dated. 30.04.2014 have

accorded Administrative Sanction for the construction of Car shed and Drivers room at

the Official Residence of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice at an estimated amount of

₹36,50,000/- (Rupees Thirty six Lakh and Fifty Thousand only), meeting the

expenditure from the Head of Account: 4216- 01- 700- 93 (50% CSS).

Purpose:

To provide safe and convenient facilities to accommodate the staff on duty and

also the vehicles at the Official Residence of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice.

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Present Status:

The work was completed by the PWD.

Renovation of the High Court Auditorium:

Government, vide G.O (Ms) No. 31/2014/PWD dated, 17.03.2014, have

accorded Administrative Sanction for the renovation of the High Court Auditorium by

providing Air- Conditioning, Rearrangements of Electrical Installation and Installation of

Acoustics arrangements at an estimated amount of ₹3,70,00,000/- (Rupees Three

Cores and Seventy Lakhs only), meeting the expenditure from the Head of Account:

4059- 01- 051-86-public works-Civil works (P.V).

Purpose:

To provide effective sound system and noise free environment in the High Court

Auditorium.

Present Status:

The work is progressing now.

General maintenance and repairs of the new High Court building:

Government, vide G.O (Ms) No. 31/2014/PWD dated, 17.03.2014, have

accorded Administrative Sanction for the general maintenance and repairs of the new

High Court building at an estimated amount of ₹65,000,00/- (Rupees Sixty five Lakhs

only), meeting the expenditure from the Head of Account: 4059- 01- 051-86-public

works-Civil works (P.V).

Purpose:

To carry out the general maintenance and repairs of the new High Court

building.

Present Status:

The work is progressing now.

General Maintenance and Repairs of the Official Residences of the Hon'bleJudges:

Government, vide G.O (Ms) No. 31/2014/PWD dated. 17.03.2014, have

accorded Administrative Sanction for the general maintenance and repairs of the Official

Residences of the Hon'ble Judges at an estimated amount of ₹3,90,00,000/- (Rupees

Three Crore and Ninety Lakhs only), meeting the expenditure from the Head of Account:

4059- 01- 051-86-public works-Civil works (P.V).

Purpose:

To carry out the general maintenance and repairs of the Official Residences of

the Hon'ble Judges

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Present Status:

The work is progressing now.

Repair and Rehabilitation works to the damaged columns in B Block of the newHigh Court Complex:

Government, Vide G.O (Rt) No. 1498/ 2015/ PWD dated. 01.10.2015 have

accorded Administrative Sanction for the repair and rehabilitation works to the damaged

columns in B Block in the main High Court building at an estimated cost of ₹43,15,000/-

(Rupees Forty three Lakh and Fifteen Thousand only), meeting the expenditure from the

Head of Account: 2059- 60- 051- 98.

Purpose:

To strengthen the damaged column in B-Block of the new High Court Complex.

Present Status:

The work has not been started by the PWD so far.

With respect to the Subordinate Judiciary, the Court Complex at Pala

(₹2,23,27,920/- ) and the building for the Family Court at Ettumanoor (₹2,72,07,988/-)

were instances of infrastructure exceeding rupees fifty lakh or more, during the year

under report. Various buildings are under different stages of completion and the details

of expenditure incurred are available only with the PWD authorities.

Details of vehicles purchased/condemned in the High Court during 2014-'15 Purchase

Model of Vehicle RegistrationNumber

Amount Particulars

Toyota Innova VX7 Car KL-07-CC-9940 ₹14,86,000/- G.O(Rt)No.784/2015/Home, dt.,27.3.2015

No vehicle was disposed/condemned during the financial year 2014-'15

Details of vehicles purchased/condemned in the Subordinate Civil courts during2014-'15

Purchase

Model of Vehicle Name ofCourt

Amount Particulars

Maruti Swift Dzire-Ldi Family Court,Nedumangad

₹5,80,494/- G.O(Rt)No.3032/2014/Home, dt., 19.11.2014

Disposal

Model of Vehicle RegistrationNumber

Amount Particulars

Ambassador, 1995, District Court, Thrissur

KL-07L-6112 ₹35,000/- G.O(Rt)No.3454/2014/Home, dt., 31.12.2014

Ambassador, 1996, Family Court,Nedumangad

KL-08J-7263 ₹20,000/- G.O(Rt)No.65/2014/Home, dt., 13.1.2015

Ambassador, 1995, District Court, Kozhikode

KL-07L-6117 ₹22,000/- G.O(Rt)No.782/2015/Home, dt.,27.3.2015

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4. Sanctioned Strength, Working Strength and Vacancies of Judges in the HighCourt and District/Subordinate Courts High Court:

During the period under report, out of the sanctioned strength of 27

permanent Judges and 11 additional Judges, 24 permanent Judges and 9 additional

Judges were in position at the beginning of the year; 22 permanent Judges and 9

additional Judges were in position at the end of the year under report. The Personnel

in the Office of the Chief Justice and the Judges in the High Court as 31/03/2015 were

as follows:

Permanent

1. Mr.Justice Ashok Bhusan, Chief Justice : B.A., LL.B.

2. Mr.Justice Thottathil B.Radhakrishnan : B.Sc., LL.B.

3. Mr.Justice K.T.Sankaran : B.Sc., LL.B.

4. Mr.Justice T.R.Ramachandran Nair : B.Sc., LL.B.

5. Mr. Justice Antony Dominic : B.A., LL.B.

6. Mr.Justice V.K.Mohanan : B.Sc., LL.B.

7. Mr.Justice P.N.Ravindran : B.Sc., LL.B.

8. Mr.Justice K.Surendra Mohan : B.Sc., LL.M.

9. Mr.Justice P.R.Ramachandra Menon : M.A., LL.B.

10. Mr.Justice C.K.Abdul Rehim : B.Sc., LL.B.

11. Mr.Justice C.T.Ravikumar : B.Sc., LL.B.

12. Mr.Justice P. Bhavadasan : B.Sc., LL.B.

13. Mr.Justice V.Chitambaresh : B.Sc., LL.B

14. Mr.Justice A.M.Shaffique : B.Sc., LL.B.

15. Mr.Justice K.Harilal : B.A., LL.B.

16. Mr.Justice K.Vinod Chandran : B.Sc., LL.B.

17. Mr.Justice.Babu Mathew P.Joseph : B.A., LL.B.

18. Mr.Justice.A.V.Ramakrishna Pillai : B.Sc., LL.M.

19. Mr.Justice P.D. Rajan : B.A., LL.B.

20. Mr. Justice K. Ramakrishnan : B.Sc., LL.B.

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21. Mr.Justice B. Kemal Pasha : B.Sc., LL.M.

22. Mr.Justice A. Hariprasad : B.Sc., LL.B.

Additional

1. Mr. Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu : B.A., B.L.

2. Mr.Justice P. Ubaid : B.A., LL.B.

3. Mr.Justice K. Abraham Mathew : B.Sc., LL.B.

4. Mr.Justice Alexander Thomas : M.Sc., LL.B.

5. Mr.Justice A. Muhammed Mustaque : LL.B., LL M.

6. Mr.Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar : B.Sc.,LL.B.,M.A.(Oxon)

7. Mr.Justice Anil K. Narendran : B.Sc., LL.B.

8. Mrs. Justice P.V. Asha : B.Sc., LL.B.

9. Mr. Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar : B.Sc., LL.B.

Subordinate Courts:

During the period under report, out of the sanctioned strength of 146 District

Judges/Additional District Judges, the working strength was 130 and the vacancy was 16.

Out of the sanctioned strength of 73 Sub Judges/Chief Judicial Magistrates, 73 were

in positon.

Out of the sanctioned strength of 236 Munsiff-Magistrates, 227 Officers were in position

with a vacancy of 9 Officers, at the end of the financial year.

In the Union Terriory of Lakshadeep, out of the sanctioned strength of 1 District

Judge, 1 Sub Judge/CJM and 1 Munsiff-Magistrate, all were in position during the year

under report.

5.HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

(i) Training of Judges/Judicial Officers

REGIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Category Region Districts Place of Training and dateDistrictJudges

4Thiruvananthapuram,

Pathanamthitta and KollamKollam

29-11-2014“

2Manjeri, Palakkad and Thrissur Palakkad

18-10-2014“

3Thodupuzha, Kottayam,

Alappuzha and ErnakulamKerala Judicial Academy

10-01-2015

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“1

Kasaragod, Thalassery,Kalpetta & Kozhikode

Thalassery21-03-2015

Sub Judges/CJMs 1

Kasaragod, Thalassery,Kalpetta, Kozhikode, Thrissur

and Alappuzha

Kerala Judicial Academy1-11-2014

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2

Pathanamthitta, Thodupuzha,Kollam, Palakkad, Manjeri,

Ernakulam, Kottayam &Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Judicial Academy28-03-2015

Munsiff-Magistrates

5Thiruvananthapuram and

KollamThiruvananthapuram 19-

07-2014

1Kasaragod, Thalassery,Kalpetta and Kozhikode

Thalassery 16-08-2014

“4

Alappuzha and Ernakulam Kerala Judicial Academy15-11-2014

3Pathanamthitta, Thodupuzha &

KottayamKottayam

21-02-2015

2Manjeri, Palakkad & Thrissur Palakkad

7-03-2015

INDUCTION TRAINING FOR THE MUNSIFF-MAGISTRATE TRAINEES

The Induction Training for the 66 Munsiff-Magistrate trainees (2014-15 batch)

commenced at the Kerala Judicial Academy on 15-12-2014. The first phase of the

training at the Academy concluded on 13-03-2015. The trainees were deputed to various

civil and criminal courts for court training from 16-03-2015 to 12-06-2015. The second

phase of the training at the Academy will commence on 15-06-2015.

DISTRICT LEVEL TRAINING FOR THE MINISTERIAL STAFF OF SUBORDINATE

COURTS

i). For the Ministerial Staff of Thalassery district at the Munsiff Court, Kannur and

J.M.F.C Court-I, Kannur on 16-08-2014.

ii). For the Officers of the sub controlling offices (officers of the High Court &

Subordinate Courts) in Accounts/Audit matters in association with the High Court of

Kerala on 28-03-2015.

iii). For the Ministerial staff of Kozhikode district at the District Court, Kozhikode on 11-

05-2015 and at the Court Centre, Vatakara on 12-05-2015.

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OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES

1. Training for Chief Judicial Magistrates/ Sub- Judges and Juvenile Justice BoardMembers

The Kerala Judicial Academy in association with the Juvenile Justice Committee of the

High Court of Kerala and the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights,

Thiruvananthapuram conducted a training programme for the Chief Judicial

Magistrates/Senior Sub-Judges and Juvenile Justice Board Members on 20-09-2014

(i) Activities of the State Judicial Academy

a)Training for Police Officers on Juvenile Justice

As per the decision of the Board of Governors of the Kerala Judicial Academy and the

Juvenile Justice Committee, High Court of Kerala, a training programme was conducted

in association with the Social Welfare Department for the Police Officers of the State on

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000 from 13th to 15th October, 2014.

b)District level training for the ministerial staff of Subordinate Courts

Training programmeNumber of officers

For the Ministerial Staff of Thalassery district atthe Munsiff Court, Kannur and J.M.F.C Court-I,Kannur on 16-08-2014.

58

For the Officers of the sub controlling offices(officers of the High Court & SubordinateCourts) in Accounts/Audit matters inassociation with the High Court of Kerala on28-03-2015.

150

For the Ministerial staff of Kozhikode district atthe District Court, Kozhikode on 11-05-2015and at the Court Centre, Vatakara on 12-05-2015.

189

Total397

Construction of the New Academy Building at Athani, Aluva

On 19/11/2011, the foundation stone was laid by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jasti

Chelameswar, Judge, Supreme Court of India, for constructing a new building for the

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Academy at Athani, Aluva. The construction work was entrusted with M/S Hindustan

Prefab Ltd, an approved Central Government agency. A major part of the work in re-

spect of the buildings has been completed.

The Academy Library

The Kerala Judicial Academy has a full-fledged library with 15,070 books. It has 6

legal databases - AIR PC, AIR SC+Cr LJ, SCC, KHC, KLT and The Laws Super. The li-

brary has online data access to Manupatra.com and SCC online web. It subscribes 13

law journals – AIR, SCC (Civil), SCC (Crl), Crl.J, ACJ, KLT, KLJ, KHC, ILR, CCL, KCL,

KLD & All E.R

6.STATUS OF COMPUTERISATION OF HIGH COURT AND

DISTRICT/SUBORDINATE COURTS

High Court:

The High Court had constituted a core team for the preparation of User

Requirements Specification (URS) document in order to develop browser-based

applications integrated with each other for the automation of judicial and administrative

workflow/processes with the latest trends in e-governance and to enable availability of

information to litigants and lawyers and society, at large. National Informatics Centre

had presented a 'Judicial and Court Management System' to cater to the High Court's

needs, in a phased manner, with an estimated implementation time period OF one year

for the first phase.

The High Court had implemented a comprehensive computer programme

for recruitment purposes. Processes such as publication of notifications, online

application, payment, download of admission tickets and interview call letters etc., are

all now automated.

The High Court, using 'e-Granthalaya' software has completed the

computerization of the High Court Library. A database was created and bar coding of

books was carried out.

During the year under report, the High Court had purchases 83 Personal

Computers, Two 40 KVA UPS, Three rack Servers and 38 Printers to meet the growing

need of Hardware in the High Court. Fifteen copiers had also been purchases. Under

the 13th Finance Commission Award, the High Court procured 25 Desktop System, one

Laptop, one Electronic Label Machine and Two Printers.

Subordinate Courts:

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As part of computerization of the District Courts and the Subordinate Judiciary

in the State, the High Court of Kerala commenced the ambitious e-Courts project in the

year 2009. The project has been conceptualized for Implementation of Information and

Communication Technology in the Indian Judiciary by the eCommittee of the Supreme

Court of India. The State has launched all initiatives as envisaged by the eCommittee

towards this end.

e-Courts Project: phase- wise status

Phase-I of e-Courts Project :

The first phase of the project commenced in the year 2009 in the State and the

same has been completed on 31.3.2015.

A Steering Committee consisting of five High Court Judges in the HighCourt of Kerala oversees various tasks/implementation of thecomputerization and ICT in the State.

Central Project Coordinator(Computers) works under the guidance ofComputerization Committee.

He co-ordinates with District and taluk court authorities, technical staff andvendors for effective functioning of computer systems in all courts.

A District Level Project Monitoring Committee works in close co-ordinationwith the CPC in the various tasks at District and Taluk levels.

Nodal Officer has been appointed for each Court Complex.

The e-Court Initiatives:

Case Information System (CIS)

The CIS software developed by NIC has been installed in all district and taluka

courts. Migration of data to CIS software is complete in most of the Court Complexes in

the State. DJPMC (District Judiciary Progress Monitoring Committee) monitors the

project and data entries at district and taluka court level. As of now, CIS core version

software has been installed in 405 Courts in the State.

ICT Infrastructure

As part of City Courts Computerisation Project, 86 desktops and 85 printers were

distributed to Thiruvananthapuram, Attingal, Neyyattinkara and Nedumangad Court

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Complexes in the year 2005.

Under e-Courts Project between the years 2009 and 2011, 1659 computers and

printers were supplied to all the subordinate courts in the State.

In the year 2010, 609 computers and printers & in 2012, 14 computers and

printers were supplied to the subordinate courts utilising the State Fund.

415 Courts are ICT enabled including installation of Computer Hardware and

LAN under Phase-I of the e-Courts project.

The hardware provided to the Subordinate Courts is as tabulated below.

Name of theProject

Name of the City CourtComplexes/ Districts Year

Items

Computer Printer

City Court ComputerisationProject

Thiruvananthapuram, Attingal, Neyyattinkara and Nedumangad

2005 86 85

e-Courts Project fourteen Districts 2009 899 899

e-Courts Project fourteen Districts 2011 760 760

State Fund fourteen Districts 2010 609 609

State Fund fourteen Districts 2012 14 14

TOTAL 2368 2367

The hardware provided to the District and Taluk courts are more than 5 years old

and some of them are even 15 years old which had become obsolete and are to be

replaced. For replacing this hardware, steps have already been initiated.

In the year 2014-2015, the following hardware were supplied to the courts using 13th

Finance Commission award.

No. of Courts/ Districts

No. of Computers allotted

No. of Printers allotted

External hard disk

Allotment to Temporary Courts

25 Courts 125 25 Nil

Allotment for the use of Court Managers/ Courts

10 districts 110 40 10

Total 235 65 10

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Laptops and Printers :

435 Laptops and Printers were provided to the Judicial Officers in the State.

They were all provided with Case Information software like AIR SC + HC + Cr.LJ + AIR

Privi Council, Kerala High Court case search software. 350 Officers were also provided

with Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation software.

Installation of DG set

As of now 66 court complexes are provided with DG sets from e-Courts project.

Unique Identification Number:

All the Judicial Officers in the State have been assigned a UID number as

directed by the e-Committee, Supreme Court of India. 691 officers have been assigned

UID in the State Judiciary.

e-mail account for Judicial Officers:

e-mail address in the domain 'aij.gov.in' is provided to 386 Judicial Officers in the

State.

SMS facility:

SMS Gateway is open for all Court Complexes across the State. The SMS

facility is now functional in 12 districts (14 Court Complexes) except Kollam and

Kalpetta, where leased line facility is not available.

Creation of Websites of District Courts:

Separate district portal has been designed for each district in the State. The

District Court website in Drupal template has been launched in all the 14 Districts in the

State.

Court Location Mobile Application:

An android mobile application forwarded by the e-Committee has been tested by

all the District Courts in the State. This application locates any court located within 25km

radius thus providing the data on the nearest courts and also the address. The

application has been tested by all the 14 District Courts in the State.

Process Re-Engineering Process:

Process Re-engineering teams were constituted as per the directions of the e-

Committee for considering the impact of the proposed change on the procedural as well

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as substantive law while implementing Process Re-engineering and Change

Management.

The report was being finalised by the Process Re-engineering Committee.

Video Conferencing (VC):

The Jail Department implemented hardware based Video

Conferencing(VC) facility in 5 District Courts (Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam,

Ernakulam, Thrissur and Thalassery) in the State. VC facility is functional at three

locations in Thiruvananthapuram viz District Court, Thiruvananthapuram, Nedumangad

and Neyyattinkara. The video conferencing facility at all the other 4 District Courts have

been discontinued due to connectivity issues and obsolete hardware.

Subsequently, the High Court has accorded sanction to the State Government for

implementing VC facility in 5 court complexes in Ernakulam district as a pilot project on

lease arrangement based on software technology which is implemented by the Jail

Department. The project is successful in all the 5 locations. Subsequently, the High

Court has accorded sanction to the Government Home(B) Department to implement VC

facility in all the Courts in the State. The matter is at present pending before the State

Government.

In addition to above, VC facility has been implemented in Munsiff-Magistrate

Court, Kolencherry using hardware technology with the assistance of PWD.

Connectivity in Courts

a) KSWAN Facility

KSWAN connectivity was established in 70 locations including Courts and Public

Prosecutor Offices, by the State Government. At present, the same is functional in 18

Courts.

As part of e-Courts Project, complete integration of NICNet with KSWAN has to

be provisioned and the matter has been taken up with the Technical Director, NIC, High

Court.

b) VpnoBB

VpnoBB facility has been provided to 98 court complexes in the State.

c) Leased line

18 Court Complexes have been provided Lease line connectivity in the

State. The leased line connectivity is available at all the district courts except Kollam

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and Wayanad.

In the districts of Ernakulam and Kozhikode leased line connectivity has

been provided to 4 and 3 court complexes respectively.

Technical manpower:

In order to support ICT enablement in the State Judiciary, the technical

manpower deployment was entrusted to M/S CMC Ltd. for a period from 20 th November

2014 to 31st Jan 2015.

A proposal is pending before Government for creation of permanent post of

technical cadre for the High Court and Subordinate Courts.

Citizen-centric services:

The High Court has taken efforts to enhance the Citizen Centric Services

provided to the litigants and lawyers of the Subordinate Judiciary. As per the report on

31.3.2015, an average of 7.03 services are provided to the litigants and lawyers in the

State.

Human Resource Development Strategy

a) Training of Judicial Officers:

For the successful implementation of the e-Court project, officers with

aptitude had been identified as Master Trainers. They have undergone intensive training

in UBUNTU, Linux Libre office and CIS software. They were also given training in

Dragon dictation software. Subsequently, the High Court has initiated district level

training programme in Ubuntu, CIS and dictation software which commenced in the year

2013. 431 judicial officers have undergone training during 2014.

Presently 12 Judicial officers have been identified as Master trainers in the

State.

b) Training of Court Staff:

12 Court staff have been identified as District System Administrators (DSA)-

cum-CIS Master Trainers in the Subordinate Courts and they have undergone training in

CIS NC version 2.0.

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166 Court staff were identified as SAs and they were given training by the

DSAs. They in turn have trained 2742 Subordinate Court Staffs in the CIS software.

System of Judicial Statistics: NJDG

347 Courts were uploading data on NJDG portal on daily basis during the

financial year 2014-15. Steps are being taken to provide connectivity to the remaining

courts so that uploading of data on NJDG portal could be possible from all the courts

covered under the e-Courts Project in the State. The High Court is monitoring the data

uploaded on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) on a daily basis.

Consolidated table showing status of the various initiatives taken under e-CourtsProject-Phase I as on 31.03.2015

A total of 129 Court complexes were covered under Phase I of the Project

Initiatives Remarks

LAN & Hardware

1 Judicial Service Centre & server Room in CourtComplexes

Yes

2 Installation of LAN 415 Courts

3 Provision of Hardware 405

4 Ubuntu Linux OS Yes

5 Laptops to Judicial Officers 435

6 Dragon Dictation software 350

Application Software

7 CIS in all Dist.Courts & Taluk Courts 405Courts

14 dist. Court complexes & 99 Taluk Court Complexes

8 DJPMC to monitor project & data entry Yes

Training

9 Master Trainers(Judicial Officers) 12

10 Master trainers trained by e-Committee 12

11 Master trainers given training on Cyber laws 2

12 Training to Judicial Officers on computer basics, Ubuntu OS, CIS & e - Courts services

431 In 2014

13 DSA (for training court staff) 12

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14 SA cum trainers 170

15 Training for court staff on CIS 2742

District Portal

16 District Court website with details on courts, judges, case status etc

14 All the 14 District Courts

National Judicial Data Grid

17 No of courts in which uploading of data is beingdone

347

18 Daily data entry to CIS at court 405

19 Generation of reports on pendency,undated cases and disposals

Yes

20 Public enabled web service-e-Court services Yes

KIOSK

21 KIOSK at District & Taluk Courts 1 At Munsiff MagistrateCourt, Kolenchery (Model Court)

SMS Services

22 SMS gateway All CourtComplexes

23 SMS on filing, registration, listing, disposal 14 cc

Video Conferencing Facility

24 Video conferencing link to jail 8cc

KSWAN Facility

25 MPLS,24X7 data Voice and Video connectivity Provided to70 courts

VPNoBB

26 VpnoBB facility 98 Courtcomplexes

27 Lease line circuits 18cc +High Court

Installation of DG sets

28 DG sets from e-Courts 66

Judicial Process Re-engineering

29 JPR Committee constituted Yes

Institutional Frame work

30 Computerization concept committee Yes

31 Finance Committee Yes

32 Recruitment Committee Yes

33 CPC Yes

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ICT infrastructure

34 Hardware provided by E-committee Yes

35 Hardware by state govt funds Yes

MOU

36 Tripartite agreement between GOI, Supreme Court & Kerala Govt for funding e-Courts project

Yes

Newsletter

37 Newsletter published No Steps to start e newsletter on district court websites have been taken.

38 Online Display Board System Yes At Munsiff MagistrateCourt, Kolenchery (Model Court)

7. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE

The aggregate income of the Department (Civil & Criminal)(Statement No:9)

during the year under report was ₹2,04,81,44,736/-(₹1,81,69,11,024/-) consisting of:

Receipt in Cash :

₹114,87,23,839/-(₹107,10,68,526/-)

Receipt of Court Fee in Stamps :

₹89,94,20,897/-(₹74,58,42,498/-)

Receipt in Court fee is accounted in the Stamp Revenue in the Annual Budget of

the State. The total expenditure during the year under report was ₹4,63,23,79,190/-

(₹4,10,09,67,493/-)(Statement No:10). A sum of ₹99,68,207/-(₹81,40,394/-) was spent

under the Legal Aid to the poor scheme during the year. The grants allotted during the

period was ₹4,63,29,45,000/-(₹4,05,39,00,000/-)

The difference between the expenditure and the final grant has been taken up

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with the Government for regularization under the provisions of Article 205 of the

Constitution.

i).Budget provisions of the department/organization as a whole and non-plan schemes.

The details of excess or savings amounting to Rs.5 lakh or more than 10% of the

total budget grant are the following:

Sl.No

Head of Account Variation (Rs.)

(Excess (+)/ (Savings)

1 2014-00-102-99-High Court Charges (Non plan)- 7,67,026/-

22014-00-102-99-Civil and Sessions Court Voted(Non Plan)

+ 39,89,719/-

32014-00-108-99-Criminal Courts Voted (NonPlan)

- 8,56,178/-

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2014-00-800-93-Provision for satisfying theSupreme Court Directions to Provide betterService Conditions to Judicial Officers Voted (NonPlan)

-7,82,309/-

52014-00-800-86-improvement of Justice Delivery-XIII Finance Commission Voted (Non Plan)

+ 22,65,359/-

62014-00-800-84-Kerala Judicial Academy Voted (Non Plan)

+22,65,359/-

Annual Plan Proposals 2015-16

Sl.No

SchemeProposedamount (In

Lakh)

1 Planning and Management Unit in the High Court & Model Courts 641.24

2 SC/ST Courts 484.23

3 e-governance of High Court 9831.6

4 e-governance and modernization of subordinate courts 2394.2

Total 13351.27

Non Plan Budget proposals 2015-16

Name of Courts

102-97 Computerisation of High Court (C NP) 20480000

102-96 Purchase of books for High Court Library (CNP)

4920000

102-99-High Court (C NP) 1105895000

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102-97 Computerisation of High Court (C NP) 20480000

102-96 Purchase of books for High Court Library (CNP)

4920000

103-99-Addi CJM (EO) Ernakulam (V NP) 7097000

105-99-Civil & Session Courts (V NP) 2751612000

105-98 MACT (V NP) 286874000

105-97- Establishment for new and additional courts/Tribunal

1000

108-99-Criminal Courts (V NP) 1101257000

112-99-Official Receivers (V NP) 5829000

117-99-Family Courts (V NP) 342235000

800-93-Supreme Court Direction to provide betterservice conditions to judicial Officers (V NP)

53452000

800-89-Fast Track Courts (V NP) 162142000

800-88-Gram Nyayalayas (V NP) 271635000

800-87-Purchase and installating of computers in subordinate Courts 186704000

800-86-improvement of Justice Delivery - 13th

Finance Commission (V NP) 120000000

800-85-Implementation of e-Court (VNP) 36186000

800-84-Kerala Judicial Academy (V NP) 112637000

Total 6567956000

As a result of the joint efforts put in by the High Court, Subordinate Courts and

the office of the Accountant General, all the pending audit paras relating to the High

Court and Subordinate Courts as on 31/03/14 have been dropped and Kerala Judiciary

has achieved the unique Zero Audit Objection status among major departments in the

State.

8.FUNCTIONING OF THE GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM

a) The Judge designated to monitor the implementation of the orders passed by

the Supreme court to protect the mentally ill and insane women and to improve the

conditions of the places where they are detained: Honourable Mr. Justice K. Vinod

Chandran.

b) There is an internal Complaints Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment of

Women Employees, High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam. The internal Complaints

Committee had not received any complaint involving sexual harassment during the year

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2014-2015.

9. WORKING OF STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY AND DISTRICT LEGAL

SERVICES AUTHORITIES AND STATUS ON LEGAL-AID TO POOR AND NUMBER

OF BENEFICIARIES OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES:

Legal Service Institutions and its Hierarchies

1. Kerala State Legal Services Authority2. High Court Legal Service Committee3. District Legal Services Authority4. Taluk Legal Services Committees

A. Legal Aid & Beneficiaries

Category No: of Legal Aid Beneficiaries, 2014-'15

Schedule Caste 494

Schedule Tribe 107

Backward Class 688

Women 3234

Children 71

In Custody 3270

General 7178

Total 15042

DETAILS OF ADALATS CONDUCTED BY THE KERALA STATE LEGAL SERVICESAUTHORITY DURING 2014-’15

Sl.No:

Details of AdalatsNo: of Cases Settled Amount Awarded

(₹)Pre-litigation

Post-litigation

Total

1 Bank Recovery Cases 17686 1707 19393 ₹1612070884/-

2 Matrimonial Disputes 367 1249 1616 ₹187869417/-

3 Criminal Cases (Compoundable) 2245 78003 80248 ₹106048349/-

4 Labour Disputes 113 436 549 ₹3601640/-

5 Civil Cases 2080 5745 7825 ₹489076811/-

6 MACT Cases 359 14778 15137 ₹1650942230/-

7 Others 15894 14478 30372 ₹518843590/-

Total 38,744 116,396 155,140 ₹4568452921/-

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10. WORKING OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS – ADR

CENTRES, PERMANENT LOK ADALATS/LOK ADALATS/ NUMBER OF CASES

DISPOSED OFF/ NUMBER OF LOK ADALATS HELD ETC:

A. Introduction :The Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre is an initiative of the High

Court of Kerala and Kerala State Legal Services Authority and is conceived as a project

for giving effect to Section 89 of the Code of Civil Procedure which provides for

Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism. The project is implemented

with the support and the guidance of the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee

(MCPC) of Supreme Court of India. Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre can

only furnish details of mediation programmes in the State. Details of Lok Adalath will be

available with Kerala State Legal Services Authority. Kerala State Mediation and

Conciliation Centre does not have Arbitration and Conciliation Centre.

District Mediation Centre has been established at all the 14 District Head

Quarters of Kerala State and also at North Paravur and Mavelikkara. 41 Mediation Sub

Centres are functioning at various places in Kerala.

There are 601 mediators in Kerala. They are trained by the Mediation and

Conciliation Project Committee and being given accreditation when they fulfill the norms

prescribed for accreditation. The norm for accreditation is that a Mediator should have

mediated at least 20 cases with 10 cases culminating in success. Upon accreditation,

the Mediator is eligible for receiving Honorarium.

The Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr.Ashok Bhushan is the Patron-in-Chief of Kerala

State Mediation and Conciliation Centre. The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Thottathil B

Radhakrishnan, Executive Chairman, Kerala State Legal Services Authority, is the

Patron. Hon’ble Mr.Justice Antony Dominic, is the President of the Board of Governors.

Hon’ble Mr.Justice A.M.Shaffique, Hon’ble Mr.Justice K.Ramakrishnan and Hon’ble

Mr.Justice A.Muhamed Mustaque are the other members of the Governing body, which

monitors mediation programmes in Kerala.

B. Organizational Set up:MCPC

KSMCC

MCPCMediation and Conciliation Project Committee

KSMCCKerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre

EMCErnakulam Mediation Centre

DMCDistrict Mediation Centre

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EMC Mediation Sub Centres EMC

DMC’s

The Office of the Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre is housed in the

ground floor of the Southern side of the Ram Mohan Palace provided free of rent by the

Hon’ble High Court. The Director, ADR Centre is also the Director of Kerala State

Mediation and Conciliation Centre.

The website address of Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre is

www.keralamediation.gov.in and e-mail address is kmckerala@gmail.com.

The main functions of Kerala State Mediation and Conciliation Centre are as

follows :

a)to give effect to the policy and directions of Mediation and Conciliation Project

Committee ;

b)to facilitate mediation and co-ordinate mediation activities at various District Mediation

Centres and at Ernakulam Mediation Centre in accordance with the relevant rules;

c)to conduct mediation sensitization programmes for the public and other stake holders

throughout the State of Kerala ;

d)to conduct Refresher Course for Judicial Officers and Trained mediators throughout

Kerala, under the guidance from Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee from

time to time ;

e)to perform such other functions with regard to mediation as the Mediation and

Conciliation Project Committee may fix ;

f)to act in co-ordination with other Government Agencies, Governmental Voluntary

Social Services Institutions, Universities, and other bodies engaged in the work of

promoting the cause of legal awareness on mediation to the Students, rural folks and

other stake holders.

B. Lok Adalat

The system of Lok Adalat, as a mechanism for alternative dispute resolution, has

proved effective for resolving disputes in a spirit of conciliation outside the Courts. The

State Authority, High Court Legal Services Committee, District Legal Services Authority

and Taluk Legal Services Committee have organized Lok Adalats contituting a Bench or

Benches having

a) serving or retired Judicial Officers

b) an advocate members

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c) a social worker

Mega Lok Adalat(12.4.2014):

As per the direction of NALSA, one Mega Lok Adalat was conducted on

12.4.2014 on the topics Civil Cases, Criminal Compoundable Cases, MACT Cases,

Family matters and other Miscellaneous matters. In the Mega Adalat 7129 number or

cases were settled in which 6428 were court pending matters and 701 were pre-

litigation matter. The statistics are as follows:

Date Subjects

Pre-litigationmatterssettled

Pendingmatterssettled

Totalcasessettled

Total amountinvolved insettlement

12/04/14Civil, Criminal,MACT, Family

Matters & Others701 6428 7129 ₹17,36,45,199/-

National Lok Adalat(6.12.2014):

As directed by NALSA, National Lok Adalat on all subjects was conducted on

6.12.2014 throughout the State, during which 1,15,508 cases were settled and award to

the tune of ₹187,72,83,973/- were passed. As many as 93,236 court pending matters

could be settled in the National Lok Adalat. The statistics are as follows:

Date Subjects

Pre-litigationmatterssettled

Pendingmatterssettled

Totalcasessettled

Total amountinvolved insettlement

06/12/14 All matters 22272 93236 115508 ₹187,72,83,973/-

National Lok Adalat 2015 (New Scheme):

NALSA introduced National Lok Adalat monthly scheme on specified topics in the

year 2015 and as per the new scheme, National Lok Adalat was conducted during

February, 2015, on the topics of Bank Matters, S.138 N.I. Act and Recovery suits in

which ₹62,59,09,043/- were passed. During March, 2015, National Lok Adalat was

conducted on the topics MNREGA, Labour & Family Matters. 1190 number of cases

were settled and award to the tune of ₹5,77,20,825/- were passed. The statistics are as

follows:

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Date Subjects

Pre-litigationmatterssettled

Pendingmatterssettled

Totalcasessettled

Total amountinvolved insettlement

February,2015

Bank Matters,S.138 NI Act &Recovery Suits

5520 781 6301 ₹62,59,09,043/-

March,2015

MatrimonialLabour, MNREGA

748 442 1190 ₹577,20,825/-

Total -- 6268 1223 7491 ₹68,36,29,868/-

Weekly Lok Adalat 2015

Apart from the National Lok Adalat conducted as per NALSA Scheme, various

Legal Services institutions have also conducted regular weekly Adalats and special

Adalats on Family Court cases, Senior citizens cases and Summer Adalat for criminal

Compoundable Cases.

During the year 2014-'15, 3126 Lok Adalats were conducted by KELSA and its

co-ordinate organizations including High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC),

District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) and Taluk Legal Services Committees

(TLSCs), in which 68023 cases were settled and award to the tune of ₹117,89,07,076/-

The statistics are as follows:-

Adalats No: of Adalats

Pre-litigationmatterssettled

Pendingmatterssettled

Totalcasessettled

Total amountinvolved insettlement

KELSA,DLSAs &TLSCs

2964 29543 38287 67830 ₹116,85,46,036/-

HCLSC 162 0 193 193 ₹103,61,040/-

Total 3126 29543 38480 68023 ₹117,89,07,076/-

11. BROAD PERFORMANCE INDICATIORS BASES ON ANALYSIS OF JUDICIALSTATISTICS

(i)Institution, disposal and pendency of cases in the High Court and District and

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Subordinate Courts

(The figures in brackets after the figures for the year under report, shown in thefollowing paragraphs are those of the previous year and are given for the purpose ofcomparison.)

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High Court:

(a) Writ Petition-Civil/Criminal:44797(42677) Writ Petition(Civil) and 31(36) Writ

Petition(Criminal) were pending at the beginning and 36881(32917) Writ Petition(Civil)

and 519(591) Writ Petition(Criminal) were filed during the year. The total number of

cases for disposal were 81678(75594) Writ Petition(Civil) and 550(627) Writ

Petition(Criminal). 37013(33797) Writ Petition(Civil) and 506(596) Writ

Petition(Criminal) were disposed of leaving 44665(44797) Writ Petition(Civil) and 44(31)

Writ Petition(Criminal) pending at the end of the year. As per the old nomenclature,

800(77) were pending at the beginning of the year. No(928) petition was instituted

during the year. Of these, 137(205) were disposed of. The pendency at the end of the

period was 663(800).

Under OP(u/a 227) 5173(5043) cases were filed and 4011(3594) cases disposed of,

leaving 4633(3471) cases pending at the end of the year under Report.

(b) (i) Company Claims:[including Banking Company Claims]

2234(1153) Company Claims including Banking Company Claims were pending

at the beginning of the year.1623(1435) claims were instituted during the year. Thus,

there were 3857(2588) claims for disposal, of which 534(354) were disposed of leaving

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a balance of 3323(2234) claims pending at the end of the year.

(ii)Company Cases:[including Company Suits & Criminal Complaints]

There were 87(75) Company Cases including Company Suits & Criminal

Complaints pending at the beginning of the year. 4(13) cases were filed during the year

under report and 8(1) cases were disposed of leaving a balance of 83(87) Company

Cases including Company Suits & Criminal Complaints.

(iii) Company Petitions:

104(92) Company Petitions were pending at the beginning of the year 44(37)

Company Petitions were instituted during the year. Out of the 148(129) petitions for

disposal, 18(25) were disposed of leaving a balance of 130(104) at the end of the year.

(iv) Company Applications:[including Misfeasance Company Applications]

1745(1576) Company applications were pending at the beginning of the year.

616(466) Company applications including 7(9) Misfeasance Company Applications were

instituted during the year. 322(306) Applications were disposed of and 2046(1745)

Company Applications including Misfeasance Company Applications were pending at

the end of the year.

(v) Miscellaneous Company Applications:

152(148) Miscellaneous Company Applications were pending at the beginning of

the year. 62(43) Miscellaneous Company Applications were instituted during the year.

Out of the 214(191) Applications for disposal, 86(39) were disposed of, leaving a

balance of 128(152 ) Applications at the end of the year.

(d) Contempt of Court Cases:-

1391(1191) Contempt of Court Cases were pending at the beginning of the year.

1555(1455) cases were instituted. Out of the 2946(2646) Contempt of Court Cases for

disposal, 1381(1255) cases were disposed of leaving a balance of 1565(1391) cases at

the end of the year.

(e) Arbitration Requests:-

35(48) Arbitration Requests were pending at the beginning of the year. Including

89(80) Arbitration Requests that were instituted during the year, there were a total of

124(128) Arbitration Requests for disposal. Out of these, 67(93) cases were disposed

of leaving a balance of 57(35) cases at the end of the year.

(f) Election Petitions:-

No(0) Election Petition was pending at the beginning of the year and 10(1)

Election Petition was instituted during the year and 5(1) Election Petition was disposed

of during the year, leaving a balance of 5(0) Election petition at the end of the year.

(g) Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Cases:-

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826(762) cases were pending at the beginning of the year. Including the

480(554) cases that were instituted during the year, there were a total of 1306(1316)

cases for disposal, out of which 678(490) cases were disposed of, leaving a balance of

628(826) cases at the end of the year.

(h) Civil Miscellaneous Cases:-

350(354) cases were pending at the beginning of the year. Including the 57(46)

cases that were instituted, there were a total of 407(400) cases for disposal, out of

which 144(50) cases were disposed of, leaving a balance of 263(350) cases pending at

the end of the year.

(i) Devaswom Board Cases:-

89(45) cases were instituted during the year, 29(40) cases were disposed of

leaving a balance of 109(49) cases pending at the end of the year.

(j) Devaswom Board Petitions:-

199(173) petitions, were instituted during the year and 154(195) petitions were

disposed of leaving a total of 104(59) petitions pending at the end of the year.

B) APPEALS:

The total number of Appeals of different classes instituted during the year under

report in the High Court were:

a) High Court:

Class of Appeals Number Class of Appeals Number

Land Acquisition Appeals 1071(885) Central Excise Reference 0(2)

Misc. First Appeals 184(143) Contempt Appeal (Civil) 8(12)

Execution First Appeals 47(44) Other Tax Appeals/References 19(13)

Appeal Suits 245(0) Devaswom Board Applications 68(32)

Writ Appeals 2280(1968) Regular First Appeals 883(889)

Second Appeals 73(22) Regular Second Appeal 1331(1519)

Execution Second Appeals 26(24) Matrimonial Appeals 1298(900)

Misc. Second Appeals 6(3) Company Appeals 40(11)

Civil Misc. Appeals 3(0) Motor Accident Claims Appeals 3725(2835)

Appeals from First Appeals 5(0) Arbitration Appeal 117(91)

Income Tax Appeals 353(309) Insurance Appeal 56(71)

Gift Tax Appeals 1(0) First Appeal from Order 375(369)

Wealth Tax Appeals 4(0) Total 12218(10142)

LITIGATION

District/Subordinate Courts(Civil):

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A) Suits:

1.Number of Suits:

The total number of suits instituted in all the Courts during the year under report

was 73998(68790) including 6(7) Small Cause Suits.

2.Nature of Suits:

Of the 73998(68790) suits instituted, 27032(23137) were for money or movable

property, 32235(29604) were for immovable property, 3312(3093) related to mortgages,

5091(5279) were for specific relief and 6328(7677) were other suits not falling under

any of the preceding heads.

3.Value of Suits:

The total value of suits instituted during the year under report was

₹23,47,08,64,785/-(₹841,93,35,99,266/-) A break up of the number of suits instituted

according to the value is given below:

Below ₹10/- 446(14)

Between ₹10/-and ₹20/- 347(4)

Between ₹20/-and ₹30/- 464(132)

Between ₹30/-and ₹50/- 329(61)

Between ₹50/-and ₹100/- 396(267)

Between ₹100/-and ₹500/- 5245(4182)

Between ₹500/-and ₹1000/- 10434(10498)

Between ₹1000/-and ₹2000/- 5539(6535)

Between ₹2000/-and ₹5000/- 2559(3636)

Between ₹5000/-and ₹10,000/- 5552(4751)

Above ₹10,000/- 40928(37297)

No: of suits in which value cannot be estimated 1759(1413)

Total 73998(68790)

b) District Courts:

Regular Appeals 3231(3413)

Miscellaneous Appeals 1662(1407)

Total 4893(4820)

c) Sub Courts:

Regular Appeals 2372(1984)

Miscellaneous Appeals 660(646)

Total 3032(2630)

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VI. COURTS OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

a) Munsiff's Courts

(i) Original Suits:- 67432(61676) original suits were instituted and 2396(1283)

were received otherwise during the year under report. Including the 91904(74617) suits

pending at the beginning, there were 161732(137576) suits for disposal of which

53530(45256) were disposed of and 2066(416) suits were transferred leaving a

balance of 106136(91940) suits pending at the end of the year. The average duration of

contested suits was 134(119) The period of pendency of the 106136(91904) suits is

as indicated below:

Nature of pendency Number of suits

Below one year 41898(38105)

Between 1 and 2 years 33385(27238)

Between 2 and 3 years 14986(12289)

Between 3 and 4 years 7227(6604)

Between 4 and 5 years 3642(3198)

Above 5 years 4998(4470)

Total 106136(91904)

(ii) Small Cause Suits:

The number of suits instituted was 6(7) and no suit was received otherwise.

Including the 7(9) pending at the beginning, there were 13(16) Small Cause Suits for

disposal. Out of these 5(9) suits were disposed of and no suit was transferred leaving

8(7) suits pending at the end of the year. The average duration of contested suits was

114(63) days. The period of pendency of the 8(7) Small Cause Suits is as indicated

below:-

Nature of pendency Number of suits

Below one year 4(1)

Between 1 and 2 years 3(4)

Between 2 and 3 years 1(2)

Between 3 and 4 years 0(0)

Between 4 and 5 years 0(0)

Above 5 years 0(0)

Total 8(7)------------------------------------------------------------

b) Sub Courts:

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(i) Original Suits:

The number of original suits instituted was 6351(6902) and 730(1686) suits

were received otherwise. Including the 24458(34173) pending at the beginning, there

were 31539(42761) suits for disposal, of which 12173(17512) were disposed of and

292(791) suits were transferred leaving 19074(24458) suits pending at the end. The

average duration of contested suits was 80(72) days. The period of pendency of the

19074(24458) suits is as follows:

Nature of pendency Number of Appeals

Below 1 year 2939(5483)

Between 1 and 2 years 5226(8433)

Between 2 and 3 years 4918(4944)

Between 3 and 4 years 2650(2648)

Between 4 and 5 years 1535(1317)

Above 5 years 1806(1633)

Total 19074(24458)

(ii) Small Cause Suits:

No Small Cause Suit was instituted during the year and no suit was pending at

the beginning of the year for disposal. So, the pendency at the end of the year was nil.

c) District Courts

(i) Original Suits: 209(205) Original Suits were instituted during the year and

no(27) suit was received otherwise. Thus, the total number of suits for disposal,

including 444(371) suits pending at the beginning of the year, was 653(603). Of these

159(132) suits were disposed of and 18(27) suits were transferred leaving a balance of

476(444) suits pending at the end of the year. The average duration of the contested

suits was 141(120). The period of pendency of these 476(444) suits is as indicated

below :

Nature of pendency Number of Appeals

Below 1 year 143(106)

Between 1 and 2 years 117(130)

Between 2 and 3 years 69(91)

Between 3 and 4 years 40(39)

Between 4 and 5 years 40(18)

Above 5 years 67(60)

Total 476(444)

(ii) Small Cause Suits:

No Small Cause Suit was instituted during the year and no suit was pending at

the beginning of the year for disposal. So, the pendency at the end of the year was nil.

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Insolvency Petition:

363(374) Insolvency Petitions came up for disposal during the year under report

in all the Courts other than the High Court, of which 155(112) were disposed of leaving

a balance of 208(262) pending at the end of the year.

Wakf Tribunals:

163(209) Wakf cases were instituted in all the three Wakf Tribunals together.

The total number of cases for disposal, including the 326(277) cases pending at the

beginning of the year, were 489(486). Out of this 149(160) cases were disposed of

leaving 340(326) cases pending at the end of the year.

Family Courts:

48015(48023) cases were instituted in all the 28(28) Family Courts

together. 2126(9028) cases were received by way of transfer/restoration. The total

number of cases for disposal including the 51474(47717) cases pending at the

beginning of the year were 101615(104768). Out of this, 48633(46855) cases were

disposed of and 536(6439) were transferred leaving 52446(51474) cases pending at

the end of the year.

APPELLATE LITIGATION

a) Sub Courts:

(i) Regular Appeals: 2372(1984) appeals were instituted during the year.

517(250) appeals were received otherwise. The total for disposal was 11562(11528)

including 8673(9294) pending at the beginning of the year, of which 2807(2561) were

disposed of and 667(294) were transferred leaving a balance of 8088(8673) pending at

the end of the year. The average duration of appeals disposed of was 112(146) days.

The period of pendency of 8088(8673) appeals pending at the end of the year is shown

below:

Nature of pendency Number of Appeals

Below 1 year 1561(1437)

Between 1 and 2 years 1809(1935)

Between 2 and 3 years 1505(1398)

Between 3 and 4 years 1109(1311)

Between 4 and 5 years 971(790)

Above 5 years 1133(1802)

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Nature of pendency Number of Appeals

Total 8088(8673)

(ii) Miscellaneous Appeals: 660(646) Miscellaneous Appeals were instituted

during the year. 57(12) such appeals were received otherwise. Thus, the total for

disposal was 1470(1532) including 753(874) pending at the beginning of the year. Of

these 731(759) appeals were disposed of and 5(20) were transferred leaving a balance

of 734(753) pending at the end of the year. The average duration of the appeals

disposed of was 62(99) days. The period of pendency of 734(753) miscellaneous

appeals is as shown below:

Nature of Pendency Number of Appeals

Below 1 year 356(312)

Between 1 and 2 years 236(305)

Between 2 and 3 years 91(119)

Between 3 and 4 years 39(11)

Between 4 and 5 years 9(3)

Above 5 year 3(3)

Total 734(753)

b) District Courts:

(i) Regular Appeals: 3231(3413) appeals were instituted during the year and

1648(1792) were received otherwise. Including 8044(8037) pending at the beginning of

the year, there were 12923(13242) appeals for disposal, of which 3829(3279) were

disposed of and 1687(1919) were transferred leaving a balance of 7407(8044) appeals

pending at the end of the year. The average duration of appeals disposed of was 25(60)

days. The period of pendency of 7407(8044) appeals is as follows:

Nature of Pendency Number of Appeals

Below 1 year 1999(1777)

Between 1 and 2 years 2095(2247)

Between 2 and 3 year 1248(1590)

Between 3 and 4 years 837(1050)

Between 4 and 5 years 733(810)

Above 5 year 503(570)

Total 7407(8044)

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(ii) Miscellaneous Appeals: 1162(1407) Miscellaneous Appeals were instituted

during the year. 494(543) were received otherwise. Thus, the total for disposal was

4649(4312) including 2493(2362) Miscellaneous Appeals pending at the beginning of

the year, of which 1675(1275) were disposed of and 666(544) were transferred leaving

a balance of 2308(2493) pending at the end of the year. The average duration of the

appeals disposed of was 121(124) days. The period of pendency of the 2308(2493)

Miscellaneous Appeals is as shown below:

Nature of Pendency Number of Appeals

Below 1 year 798(787)

Between 1 and 1 years 700(745)

Between 2 and 3 year 426(521)

Between 3 and 4 years 169(222)

Between 4 and 5 years 98(154)

Above 5 year 117(64)

Total 2308(2493)

d) High Court:

The following is the statement of the several classes of appeals received,

disposed of and pending in the High Court during the period under report:

Class of Appeals Received Disposed of Pending

1 2 3 4

Land Acquisition Appeals 1071(885) 589(481) 2007(1525)

Miscellaneous First Appeals 184(143) 85(228) 919(820)

Execution First Appeals 47(44) 117(52) 209(279)

Appeal Suits 245(0) 132(245) 1336(1223)

Writ Appeals 2280(1968) 2429(1903) 2683(2832)

Second Appeals 73(22) 101(146) 1453(1481)

Execution Second Appeals 26(24) 13(25) 65(52)

Miscellaneous Second Appeals 6(3) 3(2) 18(15)

Civil Miscellaneous Appeals 3(0) 2(5) 13(12)

Appeals from First Appeals 5(0) 5(6) 149(149)

Income Tax Appeals 353(309) 134(216) 1325(1106)

Gift Tax Appeal 1(0) 3(0) 3(5)

Wealth Tax Appeal 4(0) 1(0) 35(32)

Central Excise Reference 0(2) 2(0) 1(3)

Contempt of Court Appeal (Civil) 8(12) 4(13) 5(1)

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Class of Appeals Received Disposed of Pending

Other Tax Appeal 19(13) 2(15) 35(18)

Devaswom Board Appeals 68(32) 22(35) 64(18)

Regular First Appeal 883(889) 453(621) 6757(6327)

Regular Second Appeal 1331(1519) 567(747) 9023(8259)

Matrimonial Appeal 1298(900) 486(820) 4731(3919)

Company Appeal 40(11) 18(21) 129(107)

Motor Accident Claims Appeal 3725(2835) 1434(1780) 13639(11348)

Arbitration Appeal 117(91) 22(53) 327(232)

Insurance Appeal 56(71) 139(62) 217(300)

First Appeal from Order 375(369) 316(418) 771(712)

Total 12218(10142) 7079(7894) 45914(40775)

Supreme Court Leave Petitions:

1(no) case was pending at the beginning of the year. During the period 1(1) case

was received and 2(no) cases were disposed of leaving a balance of nil(1) case at the

end of the year.

Special Leave to Appeal was granted by the Supreme Court in 191 (145) cases

against the decision of the High Court.

REVIEW, REVISION AND REFERENCES

1.Review:

There were 2554(2364) Review Petitions for disposal including 1431(1344)

pending at the beginning and 1123(1020) received during the year. Of these 977(933)

were disposed of leaving a balance of 1577(1431) pending at the end of the year.

2.Revision:

(a) Civil Revision Petitions: 807(690) Civil Revision Petitions were received

during the year. Including 1688(1335) Civil Revision Petitions pending at the beginning

of the year there were 2495(2025) Civil Revision Petitions for disposal of which

794(337) were disposed of leaving a balance of 1701(1688) pending at the end of the

year.

(b) Rent Control Revision: During the period under report, 533(352) Rent

Control Revisions were received. Including the 270(246) cases pending at the beginning

of the year, there were 803(598) Rent Control Revisions for disposal, of which 393(328)

were disposed of leaving a balance of 410(270) cases pending at the end of the year.

(c) Sales Tax Revision: 87(51) Sales Tax Revisions were received during the

year. Including the 145(164) cases pending at the beginning of the year, there were

232(215) Sales Tax Revisions for disposal, of which 34(70) were disposed of leaving a

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balance of 198(145) cases pending at the end of the year.

3.References:

(a) Income Tax References: During the period, 18(0) Income Tax Reference

was received. Including the 47(48) tax references pending at the beginning, there were

65(48) tax references for disposal. Of these, 4(1) tax reference was disposed of

leaving a balance of 61(47) tax references pending at the end of the year.

(b) Referred cases: During the period under report, 2(0) referred cases were

received. Including the 2(2) referred cases pending at the beginning, there were 4(2)

referred cases for disposal. Of these, 1(0) referred case was disposed of leaving a

balance of 3(2) referred cases pending at the end of the year.

(c)Central Excise References: 3(1) Central Excise Reference was pending at the

beginning and no(0) Reference was instituted. Of the 3(3) References for

disposal, 2(0) Reference was disposed of leaving a balance of 1(3) at the end

of the year.

MISCELLANEOUS PETITIONS/CASES

1. Execution Petitions:

The total number of Execution petitions received during the year in all the Courts

was 39258(31972). Out of the 86397(78403) petitions for disposal including

47139(46431) pending at the beginning of the year, 28869(27836) were disposed of

and 3900(2997) were transferred leaving 52954(47139) pending at the end of the year.

Of the petitions disposed, full satisfaction was obtained in 12754(12722) petitions and

7351(7274) petitions were wholly infructuous. The amount realized in execution during

the year was ₹308,93,46,688/-(₹161,57,17,241/-) and in 491(1159) applications,

judgment debtors were sent to jail.

2. Miscellaneous cases under Special Enactments:

494685(458780) cases under the Special Enactments came up for disposal in

all the Courts together, of which 287336(259791) were disposed of leaving a balance of

207349(198989) cases pending at the end of the period.

District/Subordinate Courts/High Court (Criminal):

ORIGINAL

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Number of Offences

9, 73, 441 (9, 49, 125) offences were reported during the year under

report. 4, 12, 238 (4, 32, 580 ) were under Indian Penal Code and 5, 61, 203 (5, 16,

545) were under the Special and Local Laws. The total number of persons involved in

these offences including those pending at the commencement of the year was 25, 99,

661 ( 25, 08, 675 ). The percentage of offences reported under the penal Code was

42.35 % (45. 58%) and under the Special and Local Laws was 57.65% ( 54.42 %)

Honorary Judicial II nd class Magistrate's Courts:

Total Number of cases reported during the year was 40, 772(49, 933)

including 51, 250 (49, 099) cases pending at the commencement of the year, the total

number of cases that came up for disposal during the year under report was 92, 022

(99, 032) involving 93, 454 (1,00, 080) persons. Of these 40, 437 ( 47, 782) cases

involving 40, 797 (47, 960 ) persons were disposed of leaving 51, 585 (51, 250)

cases involving 52, 657 ( 52, 120) persons pending at the end of the year. 35, 004

( 41, 099) persons were convicted during the year. The percentage of conviction to

the total number of persons involved in cases disposed of was 85.80 %( 85.69%).

Other Magistrate's Courts - (Inquiries and Trials)

The total number of cases that came up for disposal during the year in all

classes of Magistrates' Courts (other than Honorary Magistrates' Courts) was 17, 53,

992 (15, 94, 689). Of these, 8, 38, 427 (7, 12, 809) cases were pending at the

commencement of the year, 8, 95, 815 (8, 63, 937) cases were reported during the

year and 19, 750 (17, 943) cases were received otherwise. The details of disposal and

pendency are shown below:

Classes of Magistrate'sCourts

Disposed of Pending AverageDurationin daysCases Persons Cases Persons

1 2 3 4 5 6

Courts of the Judicial Magistrate's of the I Class, Chief Judicial Magistrate's Courts and Children's Courts

9, 63, 089(7, 56, 262)

11, 99, 536(10, 54, 393)

7, 90, 903(8, 38,427)

11, 97, 599(12, 52,393)

64.55(117.17)

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The general results of inquiries and trials before the Magistrates of several classes are

as follows:

Classes of Magistrate's CourtsNo. of Persons Percentage

ofconviction

Acquitted ordischarged

Convicted

Courts of the Judicial Magistrate's of the I Class (Including Chief Judicial Magistrate's Courts & Children's Courts)

4, 81, 470(4, 98, 548)

5, 57, 969(4, 87, 131)

46.52% ( 46. 20 %)

Courts of the Honorary Judicial Magistrate's of the Second Class

3, 669(6, 838)

35, 004(41, 099)

85.80 % (85. 69 %)

Sessions Courts

Total number of cases reported during the year was 14, 932 ( 14, 600) and

2, 172 (2, 712) cases were received otherwise. Including 42, 281( 39, 149) cases

pending at the commencement of the year, the total number of cases that came up for

trial in all the Sessions Courts together was 59, 385 ( 56, 461) of which 14, 924

(14, 180) were disposed of leaving 44, 461 (42, 281) cases pending at the end of the

year. The average duration of disposal in days, of cases was 514.62 (752.70),

reckoning from the date of receipt of records in the Sessions Courts to the date of

disposal.

The total number of persons involved in the above cases were 1, 09,

072 (1, 01, 809). Of these 13, 672 ( 12, 512 ) persons were acquitted or discharged,

1923 ( 2, 129) persons were convicted and the cases of 10, 724( 9, 204) persons

were otherwise disposed of, i.e., by transfer, referred, death, escape from custody

etc. The remaining 82, 753 ( 77, 964) persons were awaiting trial at the end of the

year. The percentage of convicted persons to the total number of persons involved in

the cases disposed of, including those transferred to the High Court for confirmation of

sentences passed on them was 1.76 % ( 2.09 %) .

Out of the 25, 167 (24, 372) persons whose cases came up for trial for murder,

none (4) was sentenced to death, 124 (116) were sentenced to life imprisonment, 3,

231 (2, 996) were discharged or acquitted. Cases of 4, 899( 4, 999) persons were

otherwise disposed of and 16, 477 (15, 822) were awaiting trial at the end of the year.

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APPEALS

Courts of Sessions

In all Courts of Sessions together , including 12, 270( 12, 061) appeals

involving 18, 352 ( 16, 505) persons pending at the beginning of the year, there were

20, 782 (21, 775 ) appeals involving 31, 058 ( 31, 004) persons for disposal. Of these

9, 920 (9, 505) appeals involving 14, 723 (12, 652) persons were disposed during

the year under report. Average duration of appeals disposed of was 334 (717) days.

10, 862 (12, 270) appeals involving 16, 335 (18, 352) persons were left pending at

the end of the year.

High Court

Including 16, 592 (16, 620) appeals pending at the end of the previous

year, there were 18, 608 (18, 173) appeals for disposal involving 21, 562 (18, 890)

persons. Of these 1, 090 ( 1, 221) appeals involving 2, 297 (1, 395 ) persons were

disposed of leaving 17, 518 (16, 952) appeals involving 19, 265 (17, 495)

persons pending at the end of the year. The average duration of appeals disposed

of was 2, 738(2, 555) days.

Out of 1090 (1, 221) appeals decided 1, 033 (1, 121) appeals were of

persons convicted and 57 (100) were appeals against acquittals. In the 1, 033 (1,

121) appeals against conviction 2, 119 (1, 270) persons were involved. The findings

of lower courts and sentences passed by them were upheld in the case of 890(800)

persons; conviction altered but sentence confirmed in the case of 306(30) ; conviction

confirmed but sentence altered in the case of 634 ( 307) , conviction and sentence

altered in the case of 174 (32) , conviction quashed and acquitted in the case of

70(92), conviction quashed and retrial ordered in the case of 45 (9 ) and enhanced to

death in the case of none(0).

In the case of 57(100) appeals against acquittals involving 178(125)

persons, interference was declined in the case of 158 ( 75). Acquittal set aside and

convicted in the case of 1(23) and the acquittal set aside and retrial ordered in the

case of 6 (15) and cases of 13 (12) persons were otherwise disposed of.

REVISIONS AND REFERENCESCourts of Sessions:

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In all Courts of Sessions together, 1129 ( 957) revision petitions were

filed during the year. Including 1105 (1, 066) petitions pending from the previous year

2, 234 (2, 023) revision petitions came up for disposal. Of these, 1, 226( 918)

petitions were disposed of leaving 1, 008 (1, 105) pending at the end of the year.

High Court:

(a) Revision: 2, 607 (2, 599) Revision Petitions were filed during the

year. Including those pending from the previous year, there were 14, 730(14, 232)

Revision Petitions for disposal. Of these, 1, 873 ( 2, 109) were disposed of and 12,

857 (12, 123) were left pending at the end of the year. 475 ( 361) Family Court Revision

Petitions were filed during the year. Including the 898 (841) Revision Petitions

pending from the previous year there were a total of 1, 373 (1, 202) Revision Petitions

for disposal. Of these 466 (304) were disposed of leaving 907 ( 841) Petitions

pending at the end of the year.

(b) References: 10 (16) references came up for disposal including 7(

5) filed during the year and 6 (13) cases were disposed of leaving 4 (3) references

pending at the end of the year.

(c) Death Sentence References: 12 (15) Death sentence References,

including none ( 6) filed during the year came up for disposal during the year. 2( 3)

were disposed of leaving 10 (12) pending at the end of the year.

2 (Nil) petition for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court was granted by

the High Court. Special Leave to Appeal was granted in 72 ( 66) ) cases by the

Supreme Court against the decision of the High Court.

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COC 19MJC 23RP 61WP(C) 133CE App 5CO 4CRP 2Cus App 1ITA 93MA 6OP 1OP (CAT) 62OP(FC) 12 OP (FT) 1OP (KAT)202OP(RC) 50OTA 2OTC 1OT Ref. 2OT Rev. 76RCR 132RFA 3ST Rev. 1Tr. PC 1WA 724WP (AFT) 5WP(Crl) 123MFA 2

1747

56

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another(DB)

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.K.

Moh

an

an

BA 463COC 3 Crl A 30Crl A (V) 1Crl. LP 89Crl.MC459Crl. RP 27OP(Crl) 4WP (C) 6

Crl A 4

Crl MC 1Crl. RP 1

WP(C) 9Arb. A 3CO 3LAA 10MA 314MACA 1MA (Exe) 1MFA 6MJC 21OP(FC) 225OP(RC) 1RP 9RP(FC) 12TAC 1 TP (C) 3WA 40

WP(Crl.)202

BA 463COC 3 Crl A 34Crl A (V) 1Crl. LP 89Crl.MC 460Crl. RP 28OP (Crl) 4WP (C) 15Arb. A 3CO 3LAA 10MA 314MACA 1MA (Exe) 1MFA 6MJC 21OP(FC) 225OP(RC) 1RP 9RP(FC) 12TAC 1 TP (C) 3WA 40WP(Crl.) 202

1949

57

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Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

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rab

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.N.

Ravin

dra

nCOC 63MJC 24OP (C)2RP 17WP(C)314

MJC 2OP(C) 3RP 22WP(C) 72AS 9CMC (P) 16CO 3Crl. A 2CRP 2CRP(WKF)10DBA 11DBAR 2DBP 63Ex.FA 7FAO 58MA 3MACA 8MA (Exe) 1OP 1OP(FC) 3OP(WKF) 17OT Rev. 4RFA 117RFA (Misc)3RP (FC) 1SSCR 10Tr. App(C)2WA. 8WP(Crl) 17

RP 1

WA 1

COC 63MJC 26OP(C) 5RP 40WP(C) 386AS 9CMC (P) 16CO 3Crl. A 2CRP 2CRP(WKF)10DBA 1DBAR 2OBP 63Ex FA 7FAO 58MA 3MACA 8MA (Exe) 1OP 1OP(FC) 3OP(WKF) 17OT Rev. 4RFA 117RFA (Misc) 3RP (FC) 1SSCR 10Tr. A(C) 2 WA 9WP(Crl) 17

899

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ou

rab

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r. Ju

stic

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. S

ure

nd

ra M

oh

an COC 137

MJC 12OP 10OP(DRT) 2OP(LC) 3OP(MAC)37RP 29WP(C)2378

MJC 2

RP 11WP (C) 8MACA 1WA 7WP (Crl.) 2

WP(C) 5

WA 2

COC 137MJC 14OP 10OP(DRT) 2OP(LC) 3OP(MAC) 37RP 40WP(C) 2391MACA 1WA 9WP (Crl.) 2

2646

58

Judges SittingSingle(SB)

Sitting withanother (DB)

Sittingwith 2

other (FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

Sub Total Total

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.R.

Ram

ach

an

dra

Men

on CA 4

COC 200MJC 38OP 2OP(DRT)28RP 56WP(C) 5048

COC 23MJC 6

RP 18WP(C) 328Count.Appl. 1WA 91WP(CRL) 10

CA 4COC 223MJC 44OP 2OP(DRT) 28RP 74WPC 5376Count.Appl 1WA 91WP(C) 10

5853

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r. Ju

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.K.

Ab

du

l R

eh

im COC 159MJC 25OP 5OP(LC) 1RP 25WP(C) 1288

MJC 2

RP 17WP(C) 5CO 1MA 5OP (CAT) 1OP(FC) 5WA 2WP(CRL) 9

COC 159MJC 27OP 5OP(LC) 1RP 42WPC 1293CO 1MA 5OPCAT 1OPFC 5WA 2WP(CRL) 9

1550

59

Judges SittingSingle(SB)

Sitting withanother

(DB)

Sitting with2 other (FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

Sub Total Total

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ou

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r. Ju

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.T.

Ravik

um

ar CA 65

CC 209COC 97CRL A 35CRL.MC. 81CRL.RC 4CRL.RP 167MCA 6OP(C) 1RP 12RP(FC) 50WP(C) 594

RP 9WP(C) 1

CRL.MC 1WP(C) 13

BA 2WA 20

WP(CRL) 3

CA 65CC 209COC 97

CRL.A 35CRL.MC 82CRL.RC 4

CRL.RP 167MCA 6OPC 1RP 21

RP FC 50WPC 608

BA 2WA 20

WP CRL 3

1370

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. B

havad

asa

n

AR 14BA 1CO 2

COC 3CRL.A 1

CRL.MC 38CRL RP 152CRP LR 29CRL.RP 1

EP 1EX.SA 8FAO 2

FAO (RO) 1MJC 24MSA 1

OPC 1041RP 54

RSA 285SA 10

TPC 322TP CRL 3WPC 11

AR 14BA 1CO 2

COC 3CRL.A 1

CRLMC 38CRL RP 152CRP LR 29CRL.RP 1

EP 1EX.SA 8FAO 2

FAO (RO) 1MJC 24MSA 1

OPC 1041RP 55

RSA 285SA 10

TPC 322TP CRL 3WPC 11

2005

60

Judges SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2other(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

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. C

hit

am

bare

shAR 53CA 96CC 112CMCP 1COC 56

CP 3CRL.MC.14CRP 269

CRP LR 99EP 2

EX.SA. 2LAA 1MCA 8MJC 9

OPC 1064OP CRL 1OP MAC 4

RP 95RSA 132

SA 7TPC 261

TRP CRL 5WPC 1390

COC 5OP CAT 2OP KAT 1

RP 1WA 13

WPC 22

AR 53CA 96CC 112CMCP 1COC 61

CP 3CRL.MC.14CRP 269

CRP LR 99EP 2

EX.SA. 2LAA 1MCA 8MJC 9

OPC 1064OP CRL 1OP MAC 4

RP 96RSA 132

SA 7TPC 261

TRP CRL 5WPC 1412OP CAT 2OP KAT 1WA 13

3728

61

Judges

SittingSingle(SB

)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2other(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

Sub Total Total

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eA

.M.

Sh

af

qu

eBA 19

COC 62CRL LP 2

CRL.MC 35MJC 29OP 22OPC 2

OP CRL 1OP DRT 3

RP 51WPC 1776

CAC 3CEA 3CO 1

COC 139ITA 18MJC 1OP 3

OPAFT 1OPC 3

OP CAT 1OP KAT 4

OTR VAT 6REF.CASE 1

RP 45SCLP 2STRV 7WA 803

WPC 1597WP CRL. 6

COC 3STRV 2WA 12

WPC 12

MACA 1WA 4

WPC 6

BA 19CUC 204CRL LP 2

CRL.MC 35MJC 30OP 25OPC 5

OP CRL 1OP DRT 3

RP 96WPC 3391

CAC 3CEA 3CO 1

ITA 18OPAFT 1OP CAT 1OP KAT 4OTRV 6

REF.CASE 1SCLP 2STRV 9WA 819

WP CRL 6MACA 1

4686

62

Judges

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sitting

with2

other(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

Sub Total Total

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ari

lal

AS 1BA 19

CA 137CC 124CO 1

COC 1CP 14

CRL.MC 5CRP 216

CRL.RP 116MCA 3MJC 32OPC 78

OP MAC 1RP 11

RP FC 95RSA 18

SA 4WPC 158

AS 1CEA 6

CRL.A 2CRL.MC 1

ITA 12ITR 4MA 95

MA (EXE) 1MFA 3MJC 11

OP CAT 31OP FC 52OP KAT 44

OPRC 3OTRV 33

RP 10RPFC 7STA 1

STRV 13TAC 1TPC 2

WA 147 WP AFT 2WPC 31

WP(CRL 114

AS 2BA 19CA 137CC 124CO 1COC 1CP 14CRL.MC 6CRP 216CRL RP116MCA 3MJC 43OPC 78OPMAC 1RP 21RPFC 102RSA 18SA 4WPC 189CEA 6CRL A 2ITA 12ITR 4MA 95MA (EXE) 1 MFA 3OP CAT 31

OPFC 52OP KAT 44

OPRC 3OT REV. 33

STA 1STRV 13TRA (C) 1

TPC 2WA 147WPAFT 2

WP CRL 114

1661

63

Judges SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2other(FB)

Sitting with

4others (LB)

Sub Total Total

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ou

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. V

inod

Ch

an

dra

n AR 1CA 4

COC 62CRP 1MJC 73OP 3

OPC 11OPDRT 37OPLC 34

OP MAC 115RP 81

WP(C) 7400

CEA 1CA 2MA 3

MJC 1OPFC 4OPKAT 1

RP 9WA 13

WPC 23WP(CRL) 12

AR 1CA 6

COC 62CRP 1MJC 74OP 3

OPC 11OPDRT 37OPLC 34

OP MAC 115RP 90

WP(C) 7423CEA 1MA 3

OPFC 4OPKAT 1WA 13

WP (CRL) 12

7891

Judges SittingSingle(SB

)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sitting

with4

others

(LB)

SubTotal

Total

64

Judges SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2other(FB)

Sitting with

4others (LB)

Sub Total Total

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ou

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. V

inod

Ch

an

dra

n AR 1CA 4

COC 62CRP 1MJC 73OP 3

OPC 11OPDRT 37OPLC 34

OP MAC 115RP 81

WP(C) 7400

CEA 1CA 2MA 3

MJC 1OPFC 4OPKAT 1

RP 9WA 13

WPC 23WP(CRL) 12

AR 1CA 6

COC 62CRP 1MJC 74OP 3

OPC 11OPDRT 37OPLC 34

OP MAC 115RP 90

WP(C) 7423CEA 1MA 3

OPFC 4OPKAT 1WA 13

WP (CRL) 12

7891

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ou

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r. Ju

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ab

u M

ath

ew

P.

Jose

ph

COC 3CRL A 93

FAO 1LAA 1

MACA 22MJC 6OP 8RFA 1RP 14

WPC 45

AS 2CO 1

COC 2CRL A 13CRL.MC.5

DSR 1FAO 1MA 19

MACA 65MFA 1MJC 12OP 2

OPFC 35OPKAT 3OPRC 31RCR 48RFA 1RP 21

RPFC 2TAC 1TPC 1

WA 213WPC 77

WP CRL 44

BA 2CRLMC 1

WA 20WPC 13

WP CRL 3

COC 5BA 2

CRMC 6WA 233WPC 135

WP CRL 47AS 2CO 1

CRL.A 106FAO 2LAA 1

MACA 87MJC 18OP 10RFA 2RP 35DSR 1MA 19 MFA 1

OPFC 35OP KAT 3OPRC 31RCR 46RPFC 2TAC 1TPC 1

834

65

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

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ou

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.V.

Ram

akri

shn

a P

illai AS 1

COC 71CRL A 1CRLMC 1 DSR 1MA 1MJC 11RP 55RSA 27SA 28WPC 1933

AS 1CEA 1COC 1FAO 1MA 1MJC 10OPC 1OPFC 5OTRV 30RCR 1RFA 2RP 4WA 3WPC 7WPCRL 4

MACA 4WPC 2

MACA 1WA 6WPC 11

AS 2COC 72CRL A 1CrlMC 1DSR 1MA 2MJC 21RP 59RSA 27SA 29WPC 1953CEA 1FAO 1OPC 1OPFC 5OTRV 30RCR 1RFA 2WA 9WP crl 4MACA 5

2226

Hon

ou

rab

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r. Ju

stic

e P

.D.

Raja

n

BA 82CrlMC 109Crl RP 15MJC 10OP 27OPC 1RP 4RPFC 8WPC 201

AS 25CMCP 1CO CVA 1EXFA 2FAO 9MA 124MFA 2MJC 20OPCAT 2OPFC 75OPKAT 4OPRC 28OTRV 1RCR 48RFA 20RP 12RPFC 4STRV 1WA 105WPAFT 2WPC 28WP crl 91

OPMAC 1RCR 6

BA 82CrlMC 109CrlRP 15MJC 30OP 27OPC 1RP 16RPFC 12 WPC 229AS 25CMCP 1CO 1CVA 1EXFA 2FAO 9MA 124MFA 2OPCAT 2OPFC 75OPKAT 4OPRC 28OTRV 1RCR 54RFA 20STRV 1WA 105WPAFT 2WP crl 91OPMAC 1

1070

66

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

Hon

ou

rab

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r. Ju

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. R

am

akri

shn

an BA 333

COC 5Crl A 42Crl A (V) 1CRLP 36CrlMC 1404CRP 1CrlRP 463MJC 1OP CRL 100RP 1RPFC 82TPC 31WPC 138

MJC 2RP 11WPC 1

MFA 2RP 1WA 9WPC 5

BA 333COC 5Crl A 42Crl A (V) 1CRLP 36CrlMC 1404CRP 1CrlRP 463MJC 3OPCRL 100RP 13RPFC 82TPC 31WPC 144MFA 2WA 9

2669

67

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

Hon

ou

rab

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r. Ju

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. Kem

al Pa

sha

Ad.S 2AS 33BA 2852CA 72CC 99CMC 1CO 3CO Ad JA 2CP 5CrlA 2CC 1CrLMC 583CRP 55C rl RP 28EP 2EXFA 82FAO 43FAO RO 8In SA 86LAA 26MACA 164MCA 5MFA 13MJC 31OPC 30OP crl 21RFA 37RP 10RSA 8WPC 22

AS 2CrlA 2Crl RP 1RCR 1RP 4

Ad. S 2AS 35CrlA 4C rl RP 29RCR 1RP 4BA 2852CA 72CC 99CMC 1CO 3CO AA 2CP 5CC 1CrLMC 583CRP 55EP 2EXFA 82FAO 43FAORO 8INSA 86LAA 26MACA 164MCA 5MFA 13MJC 31OPC 30OP crl 21RFA 37RSA 8WPC 22

4336

68

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e A

. H

ari

pra

sad

BA 256CMA 1CMCP 1Crl A 104Crl MC 395CRP 24C rl RP 82EXSA 2FAO 1INSA 2MJC 9OPC 55OP crl 2RP 1RSA 66SA 45WPC 5

ARBA 2CMCP 1CO 3CRPWAKF 1PBAR 3DBP 3LAA10MA 91MACA 1MFA 2MJC 3OPFC 73RP 8RPFC 4SSCR 1TPC 1WA 9WPC 2Wpcrl 2

RP 1WA 1

MACA 1WA 4WPC 6

BA 256CMA 1CMCP 2Crl A 104Crl MC 395CRP 24C rl RP 82EXSA 2FAO 1INSA 2MJC12OPC 55OP crl 2RP 10RSA 66SA 45WPC 13ARBA 2CO 3CRPWAKF 1PBAR 3DBP 3LAA10MA 91MACA 2MFA 2OPFC 73RPFC 4SSCR 1TPC 1WA 14Wpcrl 2WPC 2Wpcrl 2

1284

69

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e D

am

a S

esh

ad

ri N

aid

u COC 28OP 1OPMAC 1RP 13WA 4WPC 1293

CEA 1ITA 31OPCAT 11OPFT 1OTRVAT 34RP 9WA 157WPAFT 1WPC 39WP crl 38

COC 28OP 1OPMAC 1RP 22WA 161WPC 1332CEA 1ITA 31OPCAT 11OPFT 1OPKAT 46OTRV 34WPAFT 1WP crl 38

1708

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e P

.Ub

aid

BA 37CA 4COC 5Crl A 4Crl LP 11CrlMC 2102Crl Ref 5Crl RC 2Crl RP 506MJC 1OPC 5OPC rl 141 OPMAC 1RP 1RPFC 184TrPC 4Tr Pcrl 66WPC 122

MJC 2OPCAT 1OPFC 2OPRC 1RCR 3RP 4WPC 5WP crl 9

CrlMA 1RCR 6

BA 37CA 4COC 5Crl A 4Crl LP 11CrlMC 2102Crl Ref 5Crl RC 2Crl RP 506MJC 3OPC 5OPC rl 141 OPMAC 1RP 5RPFC 184TrPC 4Tr Pcrl 66WPC 127OPCAT 1OPFC 2OPRC 1RCR 9WP crl 9CrlMA 1

3235

70

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

eK

. A

bra

ham

Math

ew

Ad.S 2AS 17BA 1569CMCP 1CO 4COC 2Crl A 193 Crl (V) 1Crl LP 245CrL MC 345Crl RP 27EXFA 3FAO 36FAORO 24INSA 5LAA 9MACA 119MFA 12MJC 5OP 2OPC 4OP crl 2RFA 35Crl RP 18TPC 1WPC 51

AFA 2AS 2CMCP 2CO 2DBA 1DBP 17EXFA 4FAO 12MA 2MJC 2OPCAT 1OPFC 2OPKAT 2OTReV 1RFA 29RP 6WA 8WPC 24WP crl 8

Ad.S 2 AS 19 BA 1569CMCP 3CO 6COC 2Crl A 193 Crl A (V) 1Crl LP 245CrL MC 345Crl RP 27EXFA 3FAO 48FAORO 24INSA 5LAA 9MACA 119MFA 12MJC 7OP 2OPC 4OP crl 2RFA 64Crl RP 18TPC 1 WPC 75 AFA 2 DBA 1 DBP 17MA 2 OPCAT 1 OPFC 2 OPKAT2 OTReV 1 RFA 29 RP 6 WA 8 WP crl 8

2859

71

Judge

SittingSingle(SB)

Sittingwith

another(DB)

Sittingwith 2others(FB)

Sittingwith 4others(LB)

SubTotal

Total

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e A

lexan

der

Th

om

as

BA 219COC 4CRL A 115CRL (V) 1CrlLP 84CrlMC 233CrL RP 2MA 1OP 12OP crl 6WPC 169

Arb A 3CMCP 2CO 1CrlMC 3Crl. RP 1LAA 21MA 69MACA 16MFA 9MJC 5OPFC 129OPKAT 16OPRC 48OTRVAT 2RCR 131RFA 1RP 19RPFC 7TPC 6WA 285WPAFT 1 WPC 68WP crl 71

BA 219COC 5CRL A 115CRL (V) 1CrlLP 84CrlMC 236CrL RP 3MA 70OP 12OP crl 6WA 285WPC 237Arb A 3CMCP 1CO 1LAA 21MACA 16MFA 9MJC 5OPFC 129OPKAT 16OPRC 48OTRVAT 2RCR 131RFA 1RP 19RPFC 7TPC 6WPAFT 1 WP crl 71

1760

72

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e A

. M

uh

am

med

Mu

staq

ue

COC 138CRP 1CRP LR 2MJC 3OP 6OP MAC 1RP 68WPC 6074

AS 1CEA 1CO 2COC 1CRLA 3CRP 3CRPWAKF 2EXFA 2FAO 1ITA 2MA 3MJC 2OPAFT 4OPCAT 8OPFC 4OPKAT 6OPRC 30OPWAKF 9RCR 78RFA 10RP 29WA 43WPC 25WPCRL 12

COC 139 CRP 4CRPLR 2MJC 5OP 6OPMAC 1RP 97WA 43WPC 6099AS 1CEA 1CO 2CRL A 3CRPWK 2EXFA 2FAO 1ITA 2 MA 3OPAFT 4OPCAT 8 OPFC 4OPKAT 6OPRC 30OPWAKF 9RCR 78RFA 10WPCRL 12

6574

73

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e A

.K.

Jayasa

nka

ran

Nam

bia

rCOC 26CRLMC 10 CRP LR 1MJC 4OP 26 OPC 1OPDRT 29RP 13RSA 1TPC 1WPC 2863

CEA 3CRLA 2CRP 1ITA 4MA 4MFA 2MJC 2OPAFT 6OPKAT 24STRV 7WA 47OPFC 3OPKAT 44OPRC 1OPWAKF 1OTRC 3RCR 6RFA 1RP 14WPC 12WPCRL 9

COC 3STRV 2WA 12

WPC 12

MACA 1WA 4WPC 6

COC 29 CRLMC 10CRPCR 1MJC 6OP 26OPC 1OPDRT 29 RP 27 RSA 1TPC 1WPC 2893CEA 3CRL A 2CRP 1ITA 4MA 4MFA 2OPAFT 6OPKAT 24STRV 9 WA 63OPFC 3OPKAT 44OPRC 1OPWK 1OTRV 3RCR 6RFA 1WPCRL 9 MACA 1

3211

74

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e A

nil

K.

Nare

nd

ran

COC 2CRLMC 15OP 13RP 2WP C 249

ARB. A 5AS 5CEA 4CMCP 10CO 5CA 2CRLA 6CRLMC 1CRP 5CRPWAKF 7CRP 1CVA 1DBA 3OPCAT 50OPFC 12OPKAT 138OTA 2OTC 1OTR 2RFA(MISC) 1RPFC 1TPC 1WA 302WPAFT 1WPC 79WPCRL 63DBA R 2DBP 29EXFA 3FAO 22ITA 62LAA 39MA 8 MACA 52

MFA 2RP 1WA 9WPC 5

COC 2 CRMC 16OP 15RP 30 WPC 333MFA 5WA 311ARB. A 5AS 5CEA 4CMCP 10CO 5CA 2CRLA 6CRP 6CRPWKF 7 CVA 1DBA 3OPCAT 50OPFC 12OPKAT 138OTA 2OTC 1OTR 2RFA (M) 1RPFC 1

(contd.)

75

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e A

nil

K.

Nare

nd

ran

MAEXE 1MFA 3MJC 4OP 2OPC 4OPRC 26OPWAKF 7OTRV 44RCR 36RFA 70RP 27

TPC 1WPAFT 1WPCRL 63DBAR 2DBP 29EXFA 3FAO 22ITA 62LAA 39MA 8MACA 52MA (EXE) 1MJC 4OPC 4OPRC 26OPWKF 7OTREV 44RCR 36RFA 70

1447

76

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e P

.V.

Ash

aCRLMC 9OPC 1RP 2WPC 58

AFA 3ARB.A 11 AS 18CC 1CEA 1CMCP 12CO 34CA 4COC 3CRLMC 1DBA 12DBAR 2DBP 71RFA 145RP 21WA 29 WPC 124WP (CRL) 31EXFA 9FAO 63ITA 1LAA 475MA 35MACA 662MFA 16MJC 7OPC 6OPFC 51OPKAT 4OPWAKF 2RCR 1SSCR 17TAC 5TPC 3

MACA 4WPC 2

WA 2WPC 5

CRMC 10OPC 7RP 23WPC 189MACA 666WA 31AFA 3ARB.A 11AS 18CC 1CEA 1CMCP 12CO 34CA 4COC 3DBA 12DBAR 2DBP 71RFA 145WPCRL 31EXFA 9 FAO 63ITA 1LAA 475MA 35MFA 16MJC 7OPFC 51OPKAT 4OPWAKF 2RCR 1SSCR 17

TAC 5TRPC 3

1963

77

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e P

.B.

Su

resh

Ku

mar

ADS 2AS 15CO 3COC 11 CRLMC 22 EXSA 1FAO 24FAO 27INS. A 43LAA 5MACA 198 MC 1MFA 8 MJC 7 OP 3OPC 4OPMAC 2 RFA 25RP 9RSA 7 SA 1WPC 216

AS 4CEA 3CMCP 6CO 2COC 1CRL A 57CRL A (V) 1CRLMC 6CRP 2CRPWAKF 3CRLRP 2DBA 8DBP 34EXFA 4FAO 36ITA 4MA 4MACA 3MJC 3 OPCAT 3 OPFC 6OPKAT 5OPRC 10OPWAKF 13OTR VAT 3RCR 11RFA 50RFA (MISC) 2RP 14 SSCR 10 STRV 4 TAC 2WA 106 WPC 75WPCRL 3

RP 1WA 1

ADS 2AS 19 CO 5COC 12CRLMC 28EXSA 1FAO 87INS. A 43LAA 5 MACA 201MC 1MFA 9 MJC 10OP 3 OPC 4OPMAC 2RFA 75RP 23RSA 7SA 1WPC 291CFA 3CMCP 6CRL A 57CRLA (V) 1CRP 2CRPWEF 3CRPLR 2DBA 8

(contd.)

78

JUDGE SITTINGSINGLE

SITTING WITHANOTHER

(DB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(FB)

SITTINGWITH 2

OTHERS(LB)

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL

Hon

ou

rab

le M

r. Ju

stic

e P

.B.

Su

resh

Ku

mar DBP 34

EXFA 4ITA 4MA 4OPCA 3OPFC 6OPKA 5OPRC 10OPWAKF13OTREV 3RCR 11RFA(MISC)2 SSCR 10 STREV 4TAC 2 WPCRL 3 WA 107

1136

(viii)Number of Public Interest Litigations filed and being disposed off in the HighCourt

A total number of 258 Public Interest Litigations were filed and 173 of them were

disposed during the financial year 2014-15.

CONCLUSION

In general, it may be said with respect to the Subordinate Judiciary that on the

original side, the total pendency has increased from 1,16,813 to 1,25,694(1,09,170 to

1,16,813). On the appellate side, the total pendency has decreased from 9,426 to

8,822(10,168 to 9,426) in Sub Courts and decreased from 10,537 to 9,715(10,399 to

10,537) in the District Courts. The pendency of old appeals has decreased from 7,677

to 6,905(7,719 to 7,677) in the Sub Courts and decreased from 7,973 to 6,926(7,952 to

7,973) in the District Courts.

The total pendency of cases in the Criminal Courts of Kerala (excluding

the High Court) has decreased from 9, 31, 958 to 8, 86, 949 ( 8, 01, 057 to 9, 31, 958).

13, 33, 009 (13, 82, 477) persons were awaiting trial at the end of the year. The total