Hyderabad : Despite making strides in court infrastructure and digital modernisation, Telangana high court continues to face a heavy caseload, with more than 2.29 lakh civil and criminal matters pending as of June 30, 2025, according to the Supreme Court’s Indian Judiciary Annual Report 2024-25.
The court is also carrying 31,995 cases that have remained pending for more than a decade. Against a sanctioned strength of 42 judges, only 26 are currently in position, leaving 16 vacancies. The report shows that district courts under the high court’s jurisdiction are under even greater strain, with pendency reaching about 9.38 lakh cases by June 30, 2025. For 2025-26, the high court’s budget was pegged at around Rs 1,159 crore. Against a sanctioned staff strength of 1,709, only 1,263 posts were filled. A total of 20 construction projects are underway across the state, including 61 new court halls and 30 residential quarters.
New court complexes are also being developed at Kukatpally and Karimnagar.
The report highlights the court’s efforts to modernise judicial services through 99 e-Seva kendras established across Telangana, providing litigants and advocates with a single point of access for e-filing, e-payments and case-related information. Of these, 31 centres, along with artificial intelligence-enabled services, were inaugurated in Nov 2024. The Allahabad high court continues to carry the heaviest burden, with more than 3.72 lakh cases pending for over 10 years and only 85 judges in place against a sanctioned strength of 160.
Other initiatives include an online RTI portal, an e-Visitor pass portal, JustIS mobile application for judges, a virtual justice clock displaying real-time pendency and disposal statistics, migration of district court websites to the S3WaaS platform, and an automation script for updating records of old pending cases.