Statistical Summary 2013 to 2022
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Cases Filed | ||||||||||
Complete applications for leave to appeal | 490 | 561 | 542 | 577 | 526 | 531 | 534 | 481 | 492 | 486 |
Notices of appeal as of right | 18 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 23 |
Applications for Leave | ||||||||||
Submitted to the Court | 529 | 502 | 483 | 598 | 492 | 484 | 552 | 483 | 430 | 451 |
Granted (pending) | 53 | 50 | 43 | 50 | 50 | 42 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 31 |
Percentage granted | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Appeals Heard | ||||||||||
Total number | 75 | 80 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 41 | 58 | 52 |
As of right | 12 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 19 |
By leave | 63 | 58 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 22 | 32 | 33 |
Hearing days | 65 | 63 | 50 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 35 | 58 | 48 |
Appeal Judgments | ||||||||||
Total number | 78 | 77 | 74 | 57 | 67 | 64 | 72 | 45 | 59 | 53 |
Delivered from the bench | 9 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 17 |
Delivered after being reserved | 69 | 55 | 58 | 44 | 48 | 44 | 47 | 28 | 37 | 36 |
Unanimous | 53 | 61 | 52 | 35 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 27 | 29 |
Split | 25 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 42 | 23 | 32 | 24 |
Percentage of unanimous judgments | 68 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 49 | 46 | 55 |
Appeals standing for judgment at the end of each year | 27 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 16 |
Average Time Lapses (in months) | ||||||||||
Between filing of application for leave and decision on application for leave | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Between date leave granted (or date notice of appeal as of right filed) and hearing | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
Between hearing and judgment | 6.2 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
All applications for leave, appeals and judgments are counted by individual file number.
* As of February 10, 2023- Date modified: