India Justice Report 2022

• 05 Apr 2023

On April 4, 2023, India Justice Report 2022, a comprehensive analysis of justice delivery in India, was released.

• The report was based on 24-month quantitative research and analyzed data from authoritative government sources on budgets, human resources, workload, diversity, infrastructure, and trends against state benchmarks.
• The report evaluated Justice Delivery through four pillars: Police, Judiciary, Prisons, and Legal Aid.
• It also separately assessed the capacity of the 25 State Human Rights Commissions in the country.
• Karnataka has emerged as the top-performing state among 18 large and mid-sized states with populations over one crore.
• Uttar Pradesh ranked at the bottom of the list at 18th among the 18 large and mid-sized states with populations over one crore.
• In the small states category, Sikkim emerged as the top-performing state, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura.
• Goa ranked the lowest among small states.
• Karnataka was the only state to fulfill its quotas for SC, ST, and OBC among police officers and constabulary.
• The state has excelled in all four pillars of justice delivery, namely Police, Judiciary, Prisons, and Legal Aid.
• Tamil Nadu excelled in the judicial and legal aid categories.
• Telangana performed well in the prison category.
• Only Sikkim had a full judge roster at the High Court, while only Chandigarh had one at the district court level.
• Jharkhand would take 206 years to have 33% women personnel in the police force, while Andhra Pradesh could achieve it in just three years.
• Legal services clinics dropped from 14,159 in 2020 to 4,742 in 2022, with an average of one clinic serving 127 villages.
• The national average vacancy across 25 State Human Rights Commissions in 2020-21 was 44%, with Punjab SHRC reporting the highest vacancy at 94%.

The India Justice Report (IJR) was initiated by Tata Trusts in 2019 and has been published annually.