DELHI HIGH COURTJURISDICTION
Initially started in 03 Jurisdictions i.e. Company, Taxation
and Arbitration.
Right now e-Filing is available in all jurisdictions,including intellectual property right matters.

USER REGISTRATION AS ADVOCATE
Any advocate (individual or law firm) or a party-in-person can register in the efiling portal of the Delhi High Court. Registration is free. Once registered, one
can immediately begin e-filing.
At the time of registration, one is required to provide a valid email address
which is used to send an electronic notification regarding the status of filing.
TO REGISTER:
1. Click Register as Advocate
2. You will be directed to theRegistration Page where you
can Register as an Advocateor a party In-person

USER REGISTRATION AS ADVOCATE
After filling thedetails, click on theRegister button. Analert
will
thenpopup to get a
confirmation about
the information. If
all the information iscorrect, click on theOK button or else on
Cancel button tocorrect the details.

USER REGISTRATION AS AN ADVOCATE

Once registrationis complete, youwill receive aLogin ID andpassword (shouldbe changed byuser)

SMS will be sent to the Applicant
Once Registration is Accepted/ Rejected, the User will get an SMS on his/her registered mobile No.
if applicationis accepted

Delhi High Court : Your request for
creating Login ID for DHC Online eFiling Portal has been accepted.
Your Login ID is P20012001 andPassword is 5685.

if application
is RejectedSCREEN AFTER LOGIN
1) On login to the e-filing system,
you will get the status of thecases filed under different
categories - Main, Misc,Document and under Draft.
2) There are two main menu
itemsi) e-Filing :-Under this menu
there are sub-menu item for
01 Main Case Filing
02 Application Filing
03 Document Filing
04 Vakalatnama Filing
05 Caveat Filing
Process fee

MAIN CASE FILING
In the e-filing portal, click on the link e-FilingMAIN CASE FILING
Step 1 : You will be directed to the MEMO OF PARTIES. The Petitioner/Plaintiff details can be
filled in by uploading a document.
Or1) Enter Petitioner/Plaintiff details
2) To add another
Petitioner/Plaintiff,click on button ,“ADD”.
3) Enter Respondentdetails
4) To add another
Respondent, clickon button, “ADD”.
As you complete each part and save it, the step completed of that part will be displayed at the top of the screen ,showing the current step in green.

MAIN CASE FILING
Step 2: On completion of the form for MEMO OF PARTIES, click on the button Next. Now thescreen for Filing Detail will appear with the Petitioner and the respondent details as enteredin the previous screen.
Petitioner/Plaintiff
and Respondent
Select Case TypeEnter
Category

Case

Check the box andcase no. for “is theGovt a party,
similarmatter,petitionagainstsame award

MAIN CASE FILINGStep 2: If there is any Similar Matter OR Petition against the same Award has been filed
Check the box and selectCase Type, enter Number
and Year of the case.
After filling the above
fields, you may fill thefollowing as per yourrequirement.
If similar Matter ‘Yes’
Enter related details.
Whether any petition
against the same
award has been filed.
if ‘Yes’ Enter relateddetails .

MAIN CASE FILING
After filling the above fields, you
may fill the following matters asper your requirement.
• Impugned order• Organization• Constitution• Criminal• Land Acquisition• Tax Matter• Motor accident• Acts• Connected matters
You can choose any option tofill and can go to the next pageanytime.
Impugned order detail: To use
this option, Click on the tab
Impugned order detail

Step 2: If there are following matters.

MAIN CASE FILING
Step 3: After completing the filing details of the case, enter the digit code ofthe e-stamp court fee for payment of court fees and then upload Documents.

1) Enter the 16 digit
unique e-Court Fee ID
and click on the Add
button to add e-Court
Fee ID .Here one canadd as many as eCourt Fee IDs
2) Advocate Remarks

MAIN CASE FILING
On completion of the upload, the following screen will appear with the diary number
for the filled case you have filed

Diary no. for thecurrent filed case.
Email has been sent
to the registeredemail id.
File is under scrutiny.
Check inbox forstatus.

MAIN CASE INBOXINBOX: Now you can track the status of the filed case through your inbox.
1) The e-filing system provides
the facility of tracking the statusof different types of filings vizMain, Misc., etc.
2) Click on the Main Case submenu under Inbox menu
3) Under the main case inbox,
there are two tabs
SCRUTINY--- Lists the cases, which
are in the scrutiny stage;
DEFECTIVE--- Lists the cases
which are in the defective stage.

MAIN CASE INBOXINBOX: Now you can track the status of the filed case through your inbox.

1) DEFECTIVE--- Lists the cases
which are in the defectivestage.
2) In the DEFECTIVE tab - anoption is given to Re-File thedefective cases.
3) To view the defects in thefiled case, click on theDEFECTIVE link.

MAIN CASE INBOX ->scrutiny report
On clicking of the DEFECTIVE link, a scrutiny report of the case will be displayed

DRAFT INBOX
Draft Inbox: It keeps a track of the cases which are not filed yet due to any reason.

Post the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic in March, 2020, all
the Courts of Delhi High Court
have started hearing of mattersthrough video conferencing as perthe roster. Since then, all theCourts have been hearing mattersthrough video conference as also
physical mode, as per the roster.

Total number of cases heard by the Delhi High Court via video-conferencing (until
31.07.2023): 0.318 million cases;
Total number of cases heard by the District/Subordinate Courts of Delhi (until
31.07.2023): 4.77 million cases;
In light of increasing use of video-conferencing, the total number of cases heard by all
the High Court and District/Subordinate Courts across the country (as of 31.07.2023):
28 million cases;
The Supreme Court of India, which spearheaded the movement towards virtual
hearings and gave legal sanctity and validity to court hearings via video-conferencing,has conducted a total of 0.482 million hearings until July 2023.

Screen View of HMJ screen
Cause List

OneNote for Digitalnotes for HMJ

Process to Start e-Court
Now the Hon’ble Judge/Court master will click a link in the HTML file created andthe case file will open

OneNotePortfolio
Folders

Process to Start e-Court
After opening the pleading file in the portfolio, the following
screen will be visible.
Copy paste text
Case Number

Text written using stylus

E- Courts Mission Mode Project
E-Courts Project was launched by the Government of India in 2007, with a prime focus tocomputerize the District/Subordinate courts of the country.
The project is being implemented by the E-Committee of the Supreme Court of India and theDepartment of Justice.
In Phase I of the Project (2007-2015), a large number of court complexes, computer serverrooms and judicial service centres were readied in order to computerize theDistrict/Subordinate courts.
During Phase – I, a large number of District Courts launched their own websites for providing
case information and services, thereby benefiting advocates and litigants.

In 2013, the e-Courts National Portal (ecourts.gov.in) of the Project was launched. On thewebsite, the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) portal provides information pertaining to casestatus, the number of pending and disposed of cases across the Courts in the country and online
copies of orders/judgments.
The data of more than 70 million pending and disposed cases of the District Courts along with33 million orders/judgments of the District Courts are available on the NJDG portal at present.
Thereafter, Phase- II of the E-courts project was commenced in 2015, under which 18,735
District/Subordinate courts have been computerized.
To usher in a movement towards Digital Courts, video-conferencing equipment and additional
funds for procuring such equipment have been provided to District Courts across the country.
Further, video-conferencing facilities have also been enabled in 1400 jails across the country.

Digitization of judicial records by theDelhi High Court
Digitization of judicial records is the process of making court records accessible
through electronic system.
Process of digitization of judicial records was started in the Delhi High Court in
September 2006.
Purpose of Digitization:
To improve the efficiency of courts.
To make it easier for litigants to access their case files.

Digitization process and the progress achieved so far
The digitization process is being carried out by the Delhi High Court in the following
phases, as set out below:
First phase: 2006-10;
Second phase: 2011-2015;
Third phase: 2016- present.
Until now, approximately 210.65 million pages of judicial records have beenscanned and digitized in the Delhi High Court.
Nearly the entire records of decided cases up to the year 2021 have been digitized.

Digitization process and progress achieved so far
In addition to e-filing, at present, all types of filing are being digitized atthe time of filing.
Digitized data of pending cases and decided cases are stored insearchable PDF format.

ILLUSTRATION OF THE DIGITIZATION PROCESS IN THE DELHI HIGH COURT

E-inspection of court records is being done using digitized data. Einspection of court records has commenced from January, 2023 and thishas massively simplified court processes in the manner of accessing courtin the comfort of their homes/offices.
Further, certified copies of court record and orders/judgments are being
issued from the Digitized record.

Soft-copy of digitized record is also issued to lawyer/litigant in CD/DVD,on their request.
Soft-copy of digitized pleading is issued to party/lawyer through email,on their request.

Benefits of E- Courts and Digitization experienced so far
Better accessibility to Court: By providing links to every court room, litigants
and lawyers now do not have to physically come to court and are able tokeep up with their matters with greater ease.
More transparency: Orders are now being made available online, free ofcost to all, which is extremely empowering for a litigant and furthers thelitigant’s right to information and access to justice.
Ease of dealing with digital files: Digital files make it very convenient toaccess them at any point of anytime and Courts in fact digitally provide thefiles to anyone, thereby enabling lawyers to be on the same page as judges
during a proceeding.
Simplifying
Court
procedures:
Enabling
e-filing
ofpleadings/applications/documents has massively simplified court processes
and increased efficiency in terms of quicker registration of cases andconsequently quicker disposal.
Eco-friendly benefits: Of course e-filing of pleadings, contribute toenvironmental sustainability by decreasing paper waste and energy
consumption.