Lok Sabha Question No. 3539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-17
Subject: e-Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3539 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 17 th  MARCH, 2021

## e-Courts

## 3539. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

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

- (a) the  number  of  e-Courts  that  have  been  set  up  both  at  the district  level  as  well  as  in  High  Courts  in  2020  under  the  eCourts Integrated Mission Mode Project; and
- (b)    the  names  of  districts  where  the  e-Courts  mission  has  been implemented and the names of States where High Courts have e-Court chambers in the year 2020?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) & (b): The Government is implementing the e-Courts Mission Mode Project for  Information  and  Communication  Technology  enablement  of  District  and Subordinate Courts across the country in association with the eCommittee of the Supreme Court of India. During the year 2020, total 1980 courts have been added in eCourts Mission Mode Project. State wise and Districts wise details of courts computerized in 2020 are given in Annexure-I.  The name of states and districts where eCourts Mission Mode Project has been implemented is given in Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3539 for 17/03/2021 regarding eCourts. The details of computerized courts under eCourts project during the year 2020 are as under:

| Sr. No   | High Court                                                                               | State                                           | Courts   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 1        | Allahabad                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                   | 150      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                  | 15       |
| 3        | Bombay                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                     | 122      |
| 4        | Calcutta                                                                                 | West Bengal                                     | 30       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                    | 77       |
| 6        | Delhi                                                                                    | Delhi                                           | 254      |
| 7        | Gauhati                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                               | 13       |
| 7        | Gauhati                                                                                  | Assam                                           | 25       |
| 7        | Gauhati                                                                                  | Mizoram                                         | 8        |
| 7        | Gauhati                                                                                  | Nagaland                                        | 0        |
| 7        | Gauhati                                                                                  | Gujarat                                         |          |
| 8        | Gujarat                                                                                  |                                                 | 160      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh                                | 43       |
| 10       | Common High Court for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh | Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | 0        |
| 11       | Jharkhand                                                                                | Jharkhand                                       | 96       |
| 12       | Karnataka                                                                                | Karnataka                                       | 134      |
| 13       | Kerala                                                                                   | Kerala                                          | 1        |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                  | 160      |
| 15       | Madras                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                      | 116      |
| 16       | Manipur                                                                                  | Manipur                                         | 1        |
| 17       | Meghalaya                                                                                | Meghalaya                                       | 3        |
| 18       | Orissa                                                                                   | Odisha                                          | 152      |
| 19       | Patna                                                                                    | Bihar                                           | 117      |
| 20       | Punjab &Haryana                                                                          | Haryana                                         | 28       |
|          |                                                                                          | Punjab                                          | 25       |
| 21       | Rajasthan                                                                                | Rajasthan                                       | 146      |
| 22       | Sikkim                                                                                   | Sikkim                                          | 4        |
| 23       | Telangana                                                                                | Telangana                                       | 0        |
| 24       | Tripura                                                                                  | Tripura                                         | 15       |
| 25       | Uttarakhand                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                     | 85       |
|          | Total                                                                                    |                                                 | 1980     |

## Annexure-II

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3539  for  17/03/2021  regarding  e-Courts. State/UTs wise and District wise details of computerized courts under eCourts project are as under:

|   S. No. | State/UT               | District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar    | Port Blair                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh         | Ananthapur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, Kadapa, Kurnool, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasham, Srikakulam, Visakapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        3 | Assam                  | Kamrup Metro, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Morigaon, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Darrang, Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Jorhat, Karimganj, Cachar, Nalbari, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Goalpara, Golaghat, Barpeta, Hailakandi, Kokrajhar, Kamrup, Udalguri, Chirang Karbi Anglong, Baksa, Dima Hasao                                                                                                                                                        |
|        4 | Bihar                  | Patna, Kaimur at Bhabhua, Samastipur, Saran at Chapra, Katihar, Begusarai, Banka, Purnea, Motihari, Munger, Madhepura, Rohtas Sasaram, Khagaria, Jamui, Aurangabad, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Saharsa, Supaul, Gopalganj, Araria, Kishanganj, Buxar, Nawada, Bettiah, Siwan, Nalanda, Sitamarhi, Bhojpur, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Jehanabad, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali                                             |
|        5 | Chandigarh             | Chandigarh, Korba, Bilaspur, Raipur, Surguja at Ambikapur, Dhamtari, Raigarh, Durg, Kawardha, Rajnandgaon, Koriya, Mahasamund, Kanker, Bastar, Jashpur, Dantewada, Janjgir, Balod, Bemetara, Surajpur, Kondagaon, Balodabazar, Mungeli, Balrampur,Ramanujganj                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        6 | Delhi                  | North East, Shahdara, East, North, North West, South West, New Delhi, Central, West, South, South East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        7 | Diu and Daman          | Diu, Daman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        9 | Goa                    | North Goa, South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|       10 | Gujarat                | Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Mahesana, Rajkot, Amreli, Anand, Banaskanth at Palanpur, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dahod, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda at Nadiad, kachchh at Bhuj, Panchmahal at Godhra, Patan, Sabarkantha at Himmatnagar, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Navsari, Narmada, Tapi, Valsad, Porbandar, Gir Somnath at Veraval, Aravalli at Modasa, Morbi, Devbhumi Dwarka at Khambhaliya, Chhota Udepur, Mahisagar at Lunawada, Botad |
|       11 | Haryana                | Karnal, Sirsa, Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Rohtak, Sonepat, Panchkula, Fatehabad, Kaithal, Rewari, Panipat, Nuh, Yamunanagar, Palwal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh       | Hamirpur, Kangra, Sirmaur, Una, Solan, Mandi, Bilaspur, Chamba, Kinnaur, Kullu, Shimla                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

|   13. | Jammu and Kashmir      | Kathua, Udhampur, Baramulla, Anantnag, Srinagar, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Budgam, Reasi, Shopian, Kupwara, Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Bandipora, Jammu, Kulgam, Samba, Kishtwar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    14 | Jharkhand              | Bokaro, Dumka, Koderma, West Singhbhum at Chaibasa, Gumla, Godda, Hazaribagh, Lohardaga, Dhanbad, Giridih, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur, Jamtara, Chatra, Pakur, Seraikella, Deoghar, Daltonganj, Simdega, Latehar, Garhwa, Sahibganj, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Khunti                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    15 | Karnataka              | Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Bidar, Raichur, Koppal, Gadag, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Haveri, Ballari, Chitradurga, Davangere, Shivamogga, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Tumakuru, Kolar, Bengaluru, Bengaluru Rural, Mandya, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysuru, Chamrajnagar, Ramanagaram, Chikkaballapur, Yadgir                                                                                                                       |
|    16 | Kerala and Lakshadweep | Kasaragod, Ernakulam, Kannur, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Alappuzha, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Lakshadweep, Kollam, Wayanad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|    17 | Ladakh                 | Kargil, Leh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|    18 | Madhya Pradesh         | Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Harda, Umaria, Dindori, Panna, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Shahdol, Sheopur, Datia, Rajgarh, Morena, Mandleshwar, Neemuch, Barwani, Shajapur, Chhindwara, Sidhi, Anuppur, Shivpuri, Raisen, Sehore, Balaghat, Damoh, Vidisha, Bhind, Guna, Singrauli, Satna, Seoni, Katni, Mandsaur, Tikamgarh, Betul, Dhar, Chhatarpur, Dewas, Mandla, Ratlam, Sagar, Gwalior, Ujjain, Rewa, Indore, Ashoknagr, Burhanpur, Bhopal |
|    19 | Maharashtra            | Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Nanded, Parbhani, Jalna, Nashik, Thane, Raigad, Pune, Ahmednagar, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad, Solapur, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Sangli, Washim                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    20 | Manipur                | Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Senapati, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Chandel, Tamenglong                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|    21 | Meghalaya              | East Khasi Hills, West Garo Hills, West Jaintia Hills, East Garo Hills, Ri Bhoi, West Khasi Hills, South West Garo Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    22 | Mizoram                | Aizawl, Lunglei                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    23 | Nagaland               | Dimapur,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    24 | Odisha                 | Cuttack, Kendrapada, Nuapada, Ganjam, Balasore, Koraput, Dhenkanal, Khurda, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Sundargarh, Balangir, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Sonepur, Rayagada, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Boudh, Mayurbhanj, Anugul, Bargarh, Deogarh, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur                                                                                                                                             |
|    25 | Punjab                 | Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Ferozepur, Amritsar, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Moga, Mansa, Sri Muktsar Sahib, SBS Nagar, Barnala, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Sangrur, Pathankot, Tarn Taran, Mohali, Fazilka                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    26 | Rajasthan              | Rajsamand, Alwar, Dausa Jaipur Metro I, Tonk, Bikaner, Ganganagar, MertaNagaur, Udaipur, Bundi, Hanumangarh,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

|    |                           | Baran, Bharatpur, Ajmer, Jhunjhunu, Pali, Kota, Jalore, Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara,Sirohi, Balotra, Barmer, Jodhpur Metro, Karauli, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Jaiselmer, Churu, Dholpur, Sikar, Sawai, Madhopur, Jaipur District, Jodhpur District, Jaipur Metro II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|----|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 27 | Sikkim                    | Namchi, Mangan, Gyalshing, Gangtok                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 28 | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry | Dharmapuri, Pudukkottai, Tirunelveli, Theni, Namakkal, Nagapattinam, Kanniyakumari, Tiruchirappalli, Thoothukudi, Viluppuram, Vellore, Salem, Chennai, Virudhunagar, Madurai, The Nilgiris,Thanjavur, Coimbatore, Karur, Cuddalore, Ramanathapuram, Tiruvannamalai, Perambalur, Erode, Tiruvarur, Krishnagiri, Dindigul, Puducherry, Sivagangai, Ariyalur, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Tiruppur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 29 | Telangana                 | Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, Warangal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 30 | Tripura                   | West Tripura, North Tripura, South Tripura, Unakoti Tripura, Gomati District, Sepahijala Tripura, Khowai Tripura, Dhalai Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 31 | Uttar Pradesh             | Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Chitrakoot, Meerut, Bahraich, Ghaziabad, Fatehpur, Shravasti, Jaunpur, Pilibhit, Mainpuri, Ambedkar Nagar, Sitapur, Auraiya, Budaun, Kanpur Nagar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ballia, Bhadohi SR Nagar, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Etah, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Firozabad, Agra, Etawah, Kushinagar, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Barabanki, Kaushambi, Mahoba, Banda, Kanshi Ram Nagar, Deoria, Mau, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Baghpat, Basti, Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Faizabad, Gonda, Kanpur Dehat, Maharajganj, Mathura, Moradabad, Raebareli, Rampur, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Siddharthnagar, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Hathras, Jhansi, Balrampur, Mirzapur, Kannauj, Jalaun, Santkabir Nagar, Hapur, Sambhal at Chandausi, Chandauli, Shamli |
| 32 | Uttarakhand               | Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Almora, Chamoli, Haridwar, Champawat, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 33 | West Bengal               | Malda, Hooghly, Calcutta, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, Paschim Medinpur, Birbhum, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, Howrah, Murshidabad, South Dinajpur, North Twenty Four Parganas, Darjeeling, Purba Bardhaman, Bankura, South Twenty Four Parganas, North Dinajpur, Nadia, kalimpong, Paschim Bardhaman, Jhargram                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

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