Lok Sabha Question No. 3498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Modernisation of Infrastructure in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3498

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## Modernisation of Infrastructure in Courts

## 3498.   SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

## Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds  allocated  for  modernisation  and infrastructure development of high courts and lower courts during the last year and the current year, court-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received proposals to increase
- the said allocation; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government thereon?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to  (c):  Government  of  India  has  allocated  funds  for  district  and subordinate  courts  across  the  country  for  modernization  and  infrastructure development of lower courts.

The Union Government has been administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary since the year 1993-94 in order to augment the resources of State Governments in this regard in association with the States / UT Governments.  It covers the construction of court  halls  and  court  complexes  and  residential  accommodations  of  judicial officers of District and Subordinate Judiciary.  As on date, Rs. 6355.79 crores has  been sanctioned  since  the  inception  of  the  scheme  in  the  year  199394. During 2017-18, Rs. 621.21 crores was allocated, which was fully utilized, and Rs. 622.00 crores has been allocated under the scheme during 2018-19. A statement on release of funds under the scheme to States/UTs during last year (2017-18) and current year (2018-19) is given at Annexure I.

The  Government  is  also  implementing  eCourts  Mission  Mode  Project  for information and communication technology (ICT) enablement of district and subordinate courts across the country, in association with the eCommittee, of the Supreme Court of India. The eCourts Mission Mode Project Phase I was implemented during 2010 - 2015, wherein Rs. 639.41 crores was released for computerisation of district and subordinate courts. At the end of Phase-I, out of the total target of computerisation of 14,249 district and subordinate courts, sites for all 14,249 courts (100%) were made ready for computerisation, LAN was  installed  at  13,643  courts,  hardware  provided  in  13,436  courts  and software  was  installed  in  13,672  courts. Laptops  were  provided  to  14,309 judicial  officers  and  change  management  exercise  was  completed  in  all  the High  Courts.  Over  14,000  Judicial  Officers  were  trained  in  the  use  of UBUNTU-Linux Operating System and more than 4000 court staff have been trained  in  Case  Information  System  (CIS)  as  System  Administrators.  Video

Conferencing facility was operationalised between 488 court complexes and 342 corresponding jails.

Under the Phase II of eCourts Project (2015-19) till date, Rs. 1073.18 crores has been released against the financial outlay of Rs.1670 crores. Computerisation of 16,089 district and subordinate courts has been completed, through provisioning of computer hardware, Local Area Network (LAN), and installation of standard application software in district and subordinate courts. A statement on funds released to High Courts for computerization of  lower courts  during  last  year  (2017-18)  and  current  year  (2018-19)  is  given  at Annexure II.

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## Annexure I

## STATEMENT GIVING GRANTS RELEASED/SANCTIONED UNDER CSS SCHEME FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES FOR JUDICIARY (as on 3/8/2018)

(Rupees in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State                | Release in 2017-18   | Release in 2018-19   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 2         | Bihar                | 4290.00              | 3202.00              |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 4         | Goa                  | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 5         | Gujarat              | 5000.00              | 1502.00              |
| 6         | Haryana              | 1500.00              | NIL                  |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 1000.00              | 1021.00              |
| 9         | Jharkhand            | 5000.00              | 959.00               |
| 10        | Karnataka            | 5000.00              | 3812.00              |
| 11        | Kerala               | 2500.00              | NIL                  |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh       | 5000.00              | NIL                  |
| 13        | Maharashtra          | 5000.00              | 1058.00              |
| 14        | Odisha               | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 15        | Punjab               | 5000.00              | 1447.00              |
| 16        | Rajasthan            | 1734.00              |                      |
| 17        | Tamilnadu            | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 18        | Uttarakhand          | 2500.00              | 1321.00              |
| 19        | UttarPradesh         | 7500.00              | 6403.00              |
| 20        | West Bengal          | 1734.00              | 3522.00              |
|           | Total (A)            | 52758.00             | 24247.00             |
|           | NE States            |                      |                      |
| 1.        | Arunachal Pradesh    | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 2.        | Assam                | 2000.00              | 1308.00              |
| 3.        | Manipur              | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 4.        | Meghalaya            | 863.00               | NIL                  |
| 5.        | Mijoram              | 2000.00              | NIL                  |
| 6.        | Nagaland             | 2000.00              | NIL                  |
| 7.        | Sikkim               | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 8.        | Tripura              | NIL                  | NIL                  |
|           | Total (B)            | 6863.00              | 1308.00              |
|           | UTs                  |                      |                      |
| 1.        | A&N Islands          | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 2.        | Chandigarh           | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 3.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveili | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 4.        | Daman &Diew          | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 5.        | Delhi                | 2500.00              | NIL                  |
| 6.        | Lakshadweep          | NIL                  | NIL                  |
| 7.        | Puducherry           | NIL                  | NIL                  |
|           | Total (C)            | 2500.00              | 0.00                 |
|           | Grand Total (A+B+C)  | 62121.00             | 25555.00             |

## ANNEXURE-II

| Sr. No   | High Courts                 |   Release in 2017-18 | Release in 2018-19   |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Allahabad                   |                 2057 | 85.00                |
| 2        | Bombay                      |                 4722 | NIL                  |
| 3        | Calcutta                    |                 1072 | NIL                  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                |                  934 | NIL                  |
| 5        | Delhi                       |                  897 | NIL                  |
| 6        | Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) |                  137 | 75.00                |
| 7        | Gauhati (Assam)             |                  813 | NIL                  |
| 8        | Gauhati (Mizoram)           |                  247 | NIL                  |
| 9        | Gauhati (Nagaland)          |                  183 | 55.00                |
| 10       | Gujarat                     |                 2906 | 1060.00              |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh            |                  405 | NIL                  |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir              |                 1059 | NIL                  |
| 13       | Jharkhand                   |                  292 | 440.00               |
| 14       | Karnataka                   |                 2204 | NIL                  |
| 15       | Kerala                      |                 1473 | 448.00               |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh              |                 2251 | NIL                  |
| 17       | Madras                      |                 2545 | NIL                  |
| 18       | Manipur                     |                  119 | 47.00                |
| 19       | Meghalaya                   |                  365 | 47.00                |
| 20       | Orissa                      |                 1270 | 146.00               |
| 21       | Patna                       |                  872 | NIL                  |
| 22       | Punjab &Haryana             |                 1154 | 836.00               |
| 23       | Rajasthan                   |                 2505 | 275.00               |
| 24       | Sikkim                      |                  140 | 20.00                |
| 25       | Telangana &Andhra Pradesh   |                 3395 | 800.00               |
| 26       | Tripura                     |                  286 | 15.00                |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                 |                  460 | NIL                  |
|          | Total                       |                34763 | 4349.00              |