Overview
- A Satark Nagrik Sangathan report that counted cases up to June 30, 2026 found 3,85,716 appeals and complaints pending across 28 information commissions.
- The Central Information Commission's backlog rose to 39,121 and its estimated disposal time was about 2 years and 3 months, reflecting a sharp rise since June 30, 2025.
- Maharashtra's commission had the highest pending caseload (about 77,397) and also disposed the most cases (54,985) during the July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026 period, making it both the largest filer and disposer.
- The report documents procedural and operational failures: nine commissions returned tens of thousands of appeals without orders, Jharkhand stopped new registrations, Himachal Pradesh's commission was defunct for part of the year, and Meghalaya provided no data.
- Researchers attribute delays to vacancies, slow disposal rates and uneven reporting, which prolongs wait times for people seeking basic entitlements and could push demand for staffing, transparency and procedural reform.