Lok Sabha Question No. 5468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Updation of Records in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5468 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 28 st  MARCH, 2018

## Updation of Records in Courts

## 5468. SHRI   JITENDRA   CHAUDHURY:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that many subordinate courts across the country aren't updating daily progress of cases on the website according to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) ;
- (b)
- if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is a fact that at least 1000 districts and subordinate courts aren't updating data regularly although this analysis is crucial for monitoring the performance of judges of the lower courts, if so, the action taken in this regard;
- (d) the names of States which are not updating the daily progress cases data;  and
- (e) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND

## ANSWER CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)   and  (b) : As  per  the  National  Judicial  Data  Grid  (NJDJ), most of the subordinate courts are updating the case details on the website.  Some courts are unable to update case data  due to issues

related to internet connectivity and Virtual Private Network (VPN). Every State has been given facility to track uploading of data, which can be tracked Court Complex - wise.

- (c) : As  per  information  available  on  National  Judicial  Data Grid  (NJDG),  126  out  of  6120  court  establishments  (2%  of  the court establishments) have not uploaded the case data for more than 7 days as on 23.3.2018.
- (d)    :        As  per  information  available  from  NJDG,  the  state-wise number of court establishments which have not been able to upload daily  progress  case  data  in  NJDG  for  more  than  7  days  as  on 23.03.2018 is given below:

|   Sr. No. | State          |   Number of Court Establishments |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh |                                1 |
|         2 | Assam          |                                4 |
|         3 | Bihar          |                                4 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh   |                               14 |
|         5 | Jammu &Kashmir |                                4 |
|         6 | Jharkhand      |                                7 |
|         7 | Karnataka      |                                4 |
|         8 | Kerala         |                               22 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh |                                1 |
|        10 | Maharashtra    |                               13 |
|        11 | Manipur        |                                3 |
|        12 | Mizoram        |                                3 |
|        13 | Orissa         |                                7 |
|        14 | Sikkim         |                                2 |

| 15   | Tamil Nadu    |   3 |
|------|---------------|-----|
| 16   | Tripura       |   2 |
| 17   | Uttar Pradesh |  27 |
| 18   | Uttarakhand   |   5 |
|      | Total         | 126 |

(e):  The Department of Justice has brought the issue of timely data entry in the National Judicial Data Grid to the notice of the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India as well as the High Courts, and has shared the list of courts that  are  unable  to  update  case  data  regularly,    with  them.    To  provide smooth  and  reliable    high  speed  internet  connectivity  to  all  district  and subordinate courts across the country, the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India and the Department of Justice have recently approved a Wide Area Network  (WAN)  project  connecting  all  the  district  and  taluka  courts through  BSNL  in  a  single  network  grid  as  part  of  Phase-II  of  eCourts project.

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