Lok Sabha Question No. 1386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: E-Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1386

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27 th  DECEMBER, 2017

## E-Courts

1386.   SHRI  R. PARTHIPAN  :

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  promoting  e-courts  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the amount spend for establishment of ecourts;
- (c) whether the national judicial data grid has been functional and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of e-courts functioning properly in the country;
- (e) whether the Government has been able to manage very low  number  of  e-courts  even  after  spending  a  huge amount for them; and
- (f)
- If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) and  (b)  Yes.  The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  the eCourts Mission Mode Project for computerization of district and subordinate  courts.  Important  features  of  the  project  include provisioning of basic infrastructure for Information and Communication  Technology  (ICT)  enablement  of  district  and

subordinate courts, which consists of various modules, primarily such as computer hardware, Local Area Network (LAN), internet connectivity and installation of standard application software at district  and  subordinate  courts.    As  on  date,  the  Department  of Justice  has  completed  computerisation  of  16,089  district  and subordinate courts across the country under the eCourts project.

The funds released by the Department of Justice for computerization of district and subordinate courts in the country under  eCourts  Mission  Mode  Project  Phase  I  &  Phase-II  is  as under:

| Phases of eCourts Project   |   Funds released (Rupees in Crores) |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Phase-I (2010 - 2015)       |                              639.41 |
| Phase-II (2015 - 2019)      |                              921.75 |

(c)  All  the  district  and  subordinate  courts  computerized  under eCourts  project  have  been  linked  to  National  Judicial  Data  Grid (NJDG), which is a common repository of information about case records  across  the  country.  Currently  litigants  can  access  case status  information  in  respect  of  over  8.86  crore  cases  and  more than 5.24 crore orders / judgements pertaining to the computerized district and subordinate courts. The eCourts service portal which is  driven  by  NJDG  provides online information  on details of case registration, cause  list, case status, daily orders, and final judgments. NJDG provides this visibility through its web portal for all courts across the country with up-to-date electronic data with drill down facility.

(d) to (f) The High Court wise details of computerised district and subordinate courts are as under:

| S. No.         | Name of the High Court   | No. of computerised courts   |
|----------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
| 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                        |

Judicial  proceedings/  decisions  of  above  said  computerised district  and  subordinate  courts  of  the  country  are  available  on the e-Courts portal (http://www.ecourts.gov.in). eCourts services such as details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders,  and  final  judgments  are  made  available  to  litigants  and advocates  through  SMS  (Push  and  Pull),  email,  web,  mobile application and Judicial Service Centres.