Complainants at India's National Company Law Tribunal win 88.09% of decided cases — nearly double the 45.27% rate at the Bombay High Court — according to an analysis of 7,531 NCLT Mumbai Bench cases by Judge My Lawyer, India's legal data platform. The NCLT success rate India figure of 88% is 1.79 times the Maharashtra-wide court average of 49.22%.
# NCLT Success Rate India: Complainants Win 88% in 7,531 Cases
Complainants at India's National Company Law Tribunal win **88.09%** of decided cases — nearly double the 45.27% success rate at the Bombay High Court — based on an analysis of 7,531 resolved NCLT Mumbai Bench cases. The figure is 1.79 times the Maharashtra-wide court average of 49.22%, and the highest complainant win rate of any major court in the dataset.
NCLT Win Rate India — 88.09% Complainant Success Rate
Of 7,531 resolved NCLT cases, **6,634 were decided in favour of the complainant (petitioner)** — an NCLT success rate of **88.09%**. Only **726 cases** (9.64%) were decided for the respondent. Settlements accounted for **171 cases** (2.27%), and just **67 cases** (0.89%) were dismissed outright.
This stands above every other major court in the dataset:
| Court | Total Cases | Complainant Win Rate | Avg Days |
|---|
| National Company Law Tribunal | 7,531 | 88.09% | 131† |
| Bombay High Court | 38,910 | 45.27% | 291 |
| Railway Court, Daund | 17,152 | 49.32% | 494 |
| MAHARERA | 10,288 | 44.69% | 369 |
| Criminal Courts, Baramati | 7,701 | 22.66% | 1,128 |
| Civil Court, Ghodegaon | 8,243 | 27.96% | 1,418 |
† NCLT duration based on 398 cases with valid duration data out of 7,531 total. See Data Limitations.
The Maharashtra state average win rate across 1,509 verified lawyers with 20 or more cases is **49.22%**. The NCLT's 88.09% is **1.79 times** that figure.
NCLT Case Duration — How Long Does an NCLT Case Take?
Among the 398 NCLT cases with valid filing and judgment dates, the average resolution time is **131 days** — under five months. The Bombay High Court averages **291 days**, MAHARERA averages **369 days**, and the Maharashtra-wide lawyer case average is **353 days**. The state judge average across 761 judges with 50 or more cases is **757 days**.
Civil courts run far longer: two district civil courts average over 1,957 days — more than five years — on completed cases.
The 131-day figure covers only 5.3% of all resolved NCLT cases and should be treated as indicative rather than definitive. For context, government national data reports that full IBC insolvency resolution processes averaged 713 days in FY2025 — a higher figure reflecting the specific complexity of insolvency proceedings, which are not the only case type at the tribunal.
NCLT Mumbai Bench — Judge Performance Data
The dataset covers 38 judges with 100 or more cases. Complainant win rates vary considerably across the bench:
| Judge | Total Cases | Complainant Win Rate | Avg Days (sample size) |
|---|
| Ravikumar Duraisamy | 4,813 | 90.96% | 330 days (85 cases) |
| V.P. Singh | 1,080 | 91.57% | 221 days (21 cases) |
| G.S. Patel | 587 | 44.80% | 54 days (282 cases) |
| Neela Gokhale | 535 | 62.43% | 114 days (263 cases) |
| Suchitra Kanuparthi | 379 | 93.93% | — |
| Somasekhar Sundaresan | 345 | 52.75% | — |
| S.C. Dharmadhikari | 332 | 26.51% | — |
| Vinay Joshi | 285 | 69.12% | — |
| Manjusha Deshpande | 175 | 84.57% | 209 days (91 cases) |
[Judge Ravikumar Duraisamy's full case record on JudgeMyLawyer.com](https://judgemylawyer.com/judge/ravikumar-duraisamy) shows the bench's highest case volume at **4,813 cases** — 63.9% of all resolved NCLT cases in the dataset — with a 90.96% complainant win rate. [Judge V.P. Singh's record](https://judgemylawyer.com/judge/vp-singh) shows 91.57% across 1,080 cases. The bench also shows material variation: S.C. Dharmadhikari (26.51%, 332 cases) and G.S. Patel (44.80%, 587 cases) sit well below the court-wide average.
Respondent Representation — Context for the 88% Rate
Only **16.39% of NCLT case records** in the raw dataset (2,919 of 17,815 total NCLT entries) show a recorded respondent lawyer. This pattern is consistent with the nature of NCLT proceedings: insolvency petitions and debt recovery applications are typically filed against companies that have defaulted on documented obligations and frequently do not appear with legal representation to contest the claim.
The 88.09% win rate should be read in this context. It reflects outcomes across all decided cases, including those where the respondent did not mount a legal defence. Petitioners must still satisfy the tribunal's legal threshold — but the structural absence of opposing counsel explains in part why the rate is higher than at general civil courts where both sides typically appear.
Analysis
The NCLT's statistical profile stands apart from every other court in this dataset. Its 88.09% complainant win rate reflects several overlapping factors: the tribunal's specialised jurisdiction over company law matters, a petitioner cohort that files only when a documented default or statutory violation exists, and a respondent pool that frequently does not appear with representation.
The judge-level data reveals a top-heavy distribution. Ravikumar Duraisamy alone accounts for **4,813 of 7,531 resolved cases** — 63.9% of the total — and his 90.96% win rate substantially shapes the court-wide figure. Where other judges handle different case compositions, their profiles differ markedly. G.S. Patel's 44.80% rate and S.C. Dharmadhikari's 26.51% rate suggest those benches see a different mix of petitions — possibly more contested matters, or applications where the petitioner's basis is less clear-cut.
For anyone with an active NCLT case, the data confirms two observations: overall odds at the NCLT are strongly in favour of petitioners relative to any other court in this dataset, and the assigned judge matters — the complainant win rate across individual bench members ranges from 17% to 94%.
**What is the complainant success rate at NCLT in India?** Based on 7,531 resolved cases, the NCLT Mumbai Bench success rate for complainants is **88.09%** — roughly 88 in every 100 decided cases. This compares to 45.27% at the Bombay High Court and a Maharashtra-wide average of 49.22% across all courts in the dataset.
Methodology
This analysis covers 7,531 resolved NCLT Mumbai Bench cases drawn from court and judge records published on JudgeMyLawyer.com (judgemylawyer.com), India's legal data platform, queried on 13 May 2026. Win rate and outcome figures are based on all 7,531 resolved cases. Duration figures (131 days) are based on 398 cases with valid filing and judgment date records — see Data Limitations. All courts in this analysis are in Maharashtra.
Data Limitations
Duration data (131 days) is based on **398 of 7,531 NCLT cases** with valid duration records (5.3% coverage); treat as indicative only. Duration figures for individual judges are similarly limited — most are based on fewer than 5% of a judge's total cases, with the exception of G.S. Patel (282 of 587 cases, 48% coverage) and Neela Gokhale (263 of 535 cases, 49% coverage). The respondent representation figure (16.39%) is based on whether a respondent lawyer name is recorded; not recorded does not necessarily mean the respondent was absent at hearing. The raw case dataset contains 17,815 NCLT entries including pending and incomplete records; the 7,531 resolved count covers completed cases only. Current data coverage is Maharashtra courts only; NCLT bench data from Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and other benches is not yet in the dataset.