Lok Sabha Question No. 2588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Use of Technology in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2588 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 3 rd  JANUARY, 2018

Use of Technology in Courts

## 2588.   SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) the  status  of  introduction  of  communication  and  information technology in Indian courts;
- (b)   whether e-filing has been introduced in the courts;
- (c)  if so, the State-wise details thereof including that of High Court
- of Rajasthan along with current status thereof;
- (d)   the number of cases filed through e-filing system; and
- (e)    the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  government  to  create
- awareness about e-filing system through the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  the  eCourts  Mission Mode Project (Phase-I 2010-14 and Phase-II 2015-19) with a total outlay of Rs.1670 crore (Phase-II) for communication and information technology  enablement  of  district  and  subordinate  courts  across  the country.  Important  features  of  the  project  include  provisioning  of computer  hardware,  Local  Area  Network  (LAN),  internet  connectivity and installation of standard application software in district and subordinate courts.  As on date, computerisation of 16,089 district and subordinate  courts  across  the  country  under  the  eCourts  project  has been completed, the status-wise breakup of which is at Annexure.

(b) to (e) e-filing has not yet started in the district and subordinate courts across the country, as part of eCourts Mission Mode Project.  However, the pilot testing of e-filing software has been launched on December 3, 2017 in district and subordinate courts under the jurisdiction of Delhi High Court.

## Annexure

High Court wise details of computerised district and subordinate courts are as under:

| S. No.     | Name of the High Court   |   Number of court computerised |
|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.         | Allahabad                |                           1733 |
| 2.         | Andhra Pradesh           |                           1078 |
| 3.         | Bombay                   |                           2079 |
| 4.         | Calcutta                 |                            772 |
| 5.         | Chattisgarh              |                            340 |
| 6.         | Delhi                    |                            427 |
| 7.         | Gauhati                  |                            442 |
| 8.         | Gujarat                  |                           1108 |
| 9.         | Himachal Pradesh         |                            118 |
| 10.        | Jabalpur                 |                           1203 |
| 11.        | Jammu And Kashmir        |                            218 |
| 12.        | Jharkhand                |                            351 |
| 13.        | Jodhpur                  |                            978 |
| 14.        | Karnataka                |                            897 |
| 15.        | Kerala                   |                            486 |
| 16.        | Madras                   |                            988 |
| 17.        | Orissa                   |                            509 |
| 18.        | Patna                    |                           1025 |
| 19. Punjab | And Haryana              |                           1018 |
| 20.        | Sikkim                   |                             15 |
| 21.        | Uttarakhand              |                            185 |
| 22.        | Tripura                  |                             62 |
| 23.        | Manipur                  |                             30 |
| 24.        | Meghalaya                |                             27 |
| Total      |                          |                          16089 |