Lok Sabha Question No. 1111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Digitisation of Records
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## 1111.

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1111

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## Digitisation of Records

## SHRIHARIOM SINGH RATHORE

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

- a) whether  the  judicial  proceedings/  decisions  are  available  on the website of courts;
2. b)
3. if so, the details thereof;
4. whether the records and proceedings of the courts are being
- c) digitised by the Government;
6. d)
7. if so, the details thereof; and
- e) the other initiatives taken by the Government for digitising the records and proceedings of courts to bring more transparency in their functions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW &JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Shri P.P.Chaudhary)

(a):  Judicial  proceedings/  decisions  of  district  and  subordinate courtsfor 17,259 computerised courts of the country as on 3 rd  Feb, 2017 are available on the e-Courts portal (http://www.ecourts.gov.in). The portal provides online services to litigants  such  as  details  of  case  registration,  cause  list,  case status,  daily  orders,  and  final  judgments.  Litigants  can  access case  status  information  in  respect  of  over  7  crore  pending  and decided cases pertaining to these courts.

- (b): Statewise breakup is placed as Annexure.
- (c) and (d): Under the eCourts Mission Mode Project, more than 3 crore Orders/ Judgments of the computerised courts of the country

have  been  digitised  and  made  available  online  by  the  Courts.  In addition to the digitisation of records, digital technology is being utilised for Video Conferencing (VC) facility in 493 court complexes and corresponding  jails  for  production  of  accused  for judicial remand purposes.

(e): Apart  from  eCourts  Mission  Mode  Project  initiatives,  the other  initiative  taken  by  the  Courts  isdigitisation  of  legacy  data pertaining to district and subordinate courts.

Details  of  courts  where  the  judicial  proceedings/  decisions  are available  on  the  website  of  courtsas  on  3 rd   Feb,  2017  as  per  the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)

| State               |   Number of Courts |
|---------------------|--------------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                 13 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      |                527 |
| ASSAM               |                293 |
| BIHAR               |               1397 |
| CHANDIGARH          |                 50 |
| CHHATTISGARH        |                347 |
| DELHI               |                423 |
| DIU AND DAMAN       |                  8 |
| DNH AT SILVASA      |                  3 |
| GOA                 |                 57 |
| GUJARAT             |               1218 |
| HARYANA             |                694 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                186 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                134 |
| JHARKHAND           |                545 |
| KARNATAKA           |                824 |
| KERALA              |                447 |
| MADHYA PRADESH      |                616 |
| MAHARASHTRA         |               2546 |
| MANIPUR             |                 23 |
| MEGHALAYA           |                 19 |
| MIZORAM             |                 17 |
| ORISSA              |                529 |
| PUNJAB              |                730 |
| RAJASTHAN           |               1372 |
| SIKKIM              |                 18 |
| TAMIL NADU          |                748 |
| TELANGANA           |                291 |
| TRIPURA             |                 91 |
| UTTAR PRADESH       |               2134 |
| UTTARAKHAND         |                220 |
| WEST BENGAL         |                739 |
| Total               |              17259 |