Meghalaya tops in delivery of justice, Jharkhand at the bottom -Governance Now

Meghalaya tops in delivery of justice, Jharkhand at the bottom

Meghalaya is right at the top in having the least number of pending cases and vacancies of presiding officers in district and high courts. The other states in the top five are Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi

GN Bureau | May 7, 2016

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The Public Affairs Centre, a not for profit organisation, assessed states and union territories using data available in the public domain in key areas of governance and came out with ‘Public Affairs Index’, presenting an inter-state comparison. The states were compared on 10 areas each and were given scores between 0 and 1, with 0 being the lowest score and 1 being the highest. Here’s a look at:

Delivery of justice

It comprised of two focus subjects (and their indicators):

1. Pendency of cases

Pendency in high court
Pendency in district court

2. Vacancies of presiding officers

Vacancy in high court
Vacancy in district court

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Meghalaya	0.727	1
Tripura	0.625	2
Arunachal Pradesh	0.597	3
Kerala	0.565	4
Delhi	0.551	5
Tamil Nadu	0.529	6
Jammu and Kashmir	0.525	7
Uttarakhand	0.497	8
Mizoram	0.486	9
Chhattisgarh	0.478	10
Nagaland	0.477	11
Goa	0.468	12
Haryana	0.464	13
Himachal Pradesh	0.459	14
Madhya Pradesh	0.445	15
West Bengal	0.445	16
Manipur	0.442	17
Maharashtra	0.442	18
Odisha	0.433	19
Andhra Pradesh	0.421	20
Sikkim	0.414	21
Uttar Pradesh	0.393	22
Gujarat	0.391	23
Rajasthan	0.388	24
Karnataka	0.386	25
Punjab	0.376	26
Assam	0.335	27
Bihar	0.327	28
Jharkhand	0.244	29

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