Key Takeaways
- Haryana courts are burdened with 15.54 lakh pending cases overall.
- Gurugram leads the backlog with 3.07 lakh pending cases.
- The majority of pendency, about 12.9 lakh, lies at the Civil Judge level.
Panchkula – Haryana’s district courts had 15,53,803 cases pending as on June 30, 2026, with Gurugram accounting for the highest pendency at 3,06,827 cases, according to an official reply placed before the Haryana Assembly.
The figures are part of the government’s response to a question seeking district-wise details of pending cases in the state’s district courts as on June 30, 2026, along with information on the sanctioned and working strength of judicial officers and availability of court infrastructure.
Of the total pendency, 2,63,554 cases were pending in the courts of District and Additional District Judges (DJ/ADJ), while 12,90,249 cases were pending in the courts of Civil Judges. The two categories together account for the total of 15,53,803 pending cases.
Gurugram recorded the highest pendency with 3,06,827 cases, including 25,261 cases before DJ/ADJ courts and 2,81,566 before Civil Judge courts. Faridabad stood second with 1,95,991 pending cases, comprising 23,305 cases in DJ/ADJ courts and 1,72,686 in Civil Judge courts. Karnal had 89,598 pending cases, while Hisar had 87,710. Ambala recorded 65,887 pending cases, Sonipat 62,105, Yamunanagar 61,713, Panipat 60,232, and Rohtak 59,266.
The pendency stood at 56,785 in Rewari, 54,714 in Sirsa, 52,041 in Palwal and 52,031 in Narnaul. Bhiwani had 48,522 cases pending, Jhajjar 46,962, Kurukshetra 45,688, Jind 42,282, Nuh 40,508 and Kaithal 40,497. Panchkula had 31,963 pending cases, Fatehabad had 30,503, and Charkhi Dadri had 21,978.
The data highlights the particularly heavy workload at the Civil Judge level.
Nearly 12.9 lakh of the 15.54 lakh pending cases are before Civil Judge courts, compared with 2.64 lakh cases before DJ/ADJ courts.
The government has also furnished district-wise information on judicial officers. The accompanying annexure records the working strength at different judicial locations and notes that there is no fixed sanctioned strength of District and Additional District Judges at the district level, whereas the working strength includes judicial officers posted at those locations.
The Assembly reply also provides a detailed status of courtrooms and judicial infrastructure across Haryana. The infrastructure statement shows, among other locations, 17 courtrooms at Panchkula, 22 at Panipat, 27 at Rohtak and 19 at Sirsa. It also records ongoing and proposed construction works at several judicial complexes. At Kanina, construction of a new Judicial Court Complex is in progress, with a tentative completion date of September 26, 2026.
At Punhana and Tauru, administrative approval has been received for new Judicial Court Complexes with five courtrooms each, although construction has not yet started, according to the reply.
In Panchkula, the drawing for the construction of the third floor of the existing Judicial Complex has been approved, while the rough cost estimate is pending. At Yamunanagar-Jagadhri, construction of additional Block-9 courtrooms is under way, with a tentative completion date of July 30, 2027.
The reply also records infrastructure-related works at Bawal, Dabwali and other judicial locations. At several places, land identification, administrative approval, or estimate preparation is at different stages.
The government has also stated that three Gram Nyayalayas are functioning in Haryana—at Ballabhgarh in Faridabad district, Ladwa in Kurukshetra district and Rania in Sirsa district. The reply notes that Ballabhgarh and Ladwa Gram Nyayalayas are functioning from buildings temporarily provided by the respective district administrations, while Rania has a permanent building.
The Assembly reply also contains details of court-related infrastructure and facilities, including computer hardware, printers, scanners, LAN connectivity, UPS and video-conferencing facilities. A provision of ₹15.20 lakh was made on April 25, 2024, for the purchase of computer hardware for CBI courts at Panchkula.
