Over 50,000 cases pending in 46 courts in Dakshina Kannada

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The Dakshina Kannada District Court analyzable  successful  Mangaluru.

The Dakshina Kannada District Court analyzable successful Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath

A full of 54,151 cases were pending successful 46 courts successful Dakshina Kannada arsenic of December 31, 2025. Of them, 32,801 were criminal, and 22,070 were civilian cases.

As per statistic released by the Dakshina Kannada territory judiciary, 55,555 cases were pending successful courts arsenic of January 1, 2025. The courts disposed of 5,808 cases successful 2025, of which 4,446 were criminal, and 1,362 were civil. More cases were added during 2025, taking the tally to 54,151 cases by year's end.

Among the courts, the 5th Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court, Mangaluru, had the highest pendency — 3,454 transgression cases. At the commencement of 2025, the fig of pending cases stood astatine 3,404.

The adjacent is the Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Court, Puttur, which had a pendency of 3,342 cases, of which 2,576 were criminal, and 766 cases were civilian cases. This pendency was somewhat little than 3,345 cases pending successful the tribunal astatine the commencement of 2025.

The lowest pendency of cases was astatine the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Sessions Court (FTSC)-2 (POCSO), Mangaluru, with 143 cases. This pendency was somewhat little than 157 cases astatine the commencement of 2025.

At the different POCSO court, Additional District and Sessions Judge, FTSC-1, Mangaluru, the pendency was astatine 246 cases. This was less than 256 cases pending astatine the commencement of 2025.

Of the remaining 7 territory and sessions courts, 782 cases were pending successful the Principal District and Sessions Court, followed by 513 cases successful the archetypal Additional District and Sessions Court. 1,069 and 1,026 cases were pending successful the 2nd Additional and 3rd Additional District and Sessions Courts, respectively. 278 and 1,026 cases were pending, respectively, successful the 4th and sixth Additional District and Sessions Courts. 1,351 cases were pending successful the 5th Additional District and Sessions Court successful Puttur.

Published - February 15, 2026 06:55 p.m. IST

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