30% high court judge posts vacant: Why filling seats alone may not fix India’s case backlog
- Posted on August 13, 2026
- By The Times of India
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30% high court judge posts vacant: Why filling seats alone may not fix India’s case backlog
NEW DELHI: More than 30 percent of sanctioned judge posts in India's high courts are lying vacant, with 341 vacancies against a sanctioned strength of 1,122 judges as of July this year, according to data from the Union law ministry. Some high courts have vacancy rates of more than 50 percent, adding to the pressure on an already overburdened judicial system.
