<p class="title">There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in the country as compared to 17 in 2014, the Law Ministry said on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a written reply in Lok Sabha, minister of state for Law P P Chaudhary said, based on the population as per Census 2011 and sanctioned strength of judges in Supreme Court, the 24 high courts, and lower judiciary in 2018, the judge-population ratio in the country works out to be 19.78 judges per million population.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said, the ratio was 17.48 judges per million population in 2014.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sanctioned strength of judges of high courts has increased from 906 judges in June 2014 to 1079 judges in December, 2018 and the sanctioned strength of Judges of district/subordinate courts has increased from 20,214 in 2014 to 22,833 in 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the working strength of judges in high courts is 673 while for the Supreme Court it is 28 against the sanctioned strength of 31.</p>
<p class="title">There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in the country as compared to 17 in 2014, the Law Ministry said on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a written reply in Lok Sabha, minister of state for Law P P Chaudhary said, based on the population as per Census 2011 and sanctioned strength of judges in Supreme Court, the 24 high courts, and lower judiciary in 2018, the judge-population ratio in the country works out to be 19.78 judges per million population.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said, the ratio was 17.48 judges per million population in 2014.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The sanctioned strength of judges of high courts has increased from 906 judges in June 2014 to 1079 judges in December, 2018 and the sanctioned strength of Judges of district/subordinate courts has increased from 20,214 in 2014 to 22,833 in 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the working strength of judges in high courts is 673 while for the Supreme Court it is 28 against the sanctioned strength of 31.</p>