In India, one civil police personnel is available for 831 people. File
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India Justice Report (IJR) of 2025 released in Delhi on Tuesday (April 15, 2025) reveals that there are fewer than 1,000 women in senior positions in India’s 20.3 lakh police force.
Not a single State/UT meets their own reserved quotas for women in the police, stated the IJR 2025 — country’s only ranking of States on delivery of justice.
Uttar Pradesh has the most overcrowded prisons, the report said, adding that more than half of the High Court Judges are missing in the State.
The report said that 91% of the prison population consisted of undertrials in Delhi.
Tamil Nadu retained its top position in managing prisons, with increased budget allocation and 100% utilisation. The State has among the lowest staff vacancies in prisons nationwide, it stated, adding that with 22 inmates per officer it has the best officer workload among all large States. The State’s rank in policing fell from 3 in 2024 to 13, owing to poor performance on budgetary and training indicators. The report added that T.N. continues to fare poorly in legal aid, dropping from 12th to the 16th position with low budgets and fewer paralegal volunteers.
Karnataka is the only State that met quotas in both Police and Judiciary, the IJR said.
Bihar has the highest share of women in State police. The trial and district courts in the State has 71% cases pending for more than 3 years.
Gujarat has highest vacancies in High Court Judges and staff, revealed the report.
The India Justice Report also said that about 17% of police stations in the country do not have a single CCTV. Nearly three in 10 police stations do not have women help desks.
The national per capita spend on legal aid, is a meagre ₹6 per annum.
The national per capita spent on prisons is ₹57. In 2022-23, the national average spend per prisoner has increased to ₹44,110 from ₹38,028 in 2021-22 Andhra Pradesh records the highest annual spend on a prisoner at ₹2,67,673.
The national per capita expenditure on the judiciary stands at ₹182. No State in India spent more than 1% of its total annual expenditure on the Judiciary.
The national per capita spend on police is at ₹1,275 which is the highest among the four pillars.
In India, one civil police personnel is available for 831 people, the report said.
Published – April 15, 2025 12:27 pm IST
