Representational PhotoNew Delhi- India has nearly 22 judges per 10 lakh population, the Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday. In its 120th report way back in 1987, the Law Commission had recommended a judge-to-population ratio of 50 judges per million (10 lakh) of the Indian population. In a written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said that at present, the judge-to-population ratio in the country works out to be approximately 22 judges per million population. Meghwal also said that the number of undertrials in the country in 2023, as per the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), stood at 3,89,910. The disposal of cases, Meghwal noted, is within the exclusive domain of the judiciary.