Lok Sabha Question No. 2746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Nyay Kaushal
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2746 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 th  MARCH, 2021

## Nyay Kaushal

## 2746.  SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

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

- (a)   whether the Government has opened e-resource centre called Nyay  Kaushal  and  also  virtual  courts  to  mitigate  various inequalities  by  using  technology  to  save  time,  money  and avoid long travel for speedy justice and unnecessary delays; and
- (b)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  progress  made  along  with funds sanctioned/spent therefor, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) :  The  eResource  Center  Nyay  Kaushal  has  been  started  by  the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench. Functioning since October 2020, it provides facility of efiling, conduct of  virtual hearings and other eCourts services etc to lawyers and litigants. Further Virtual Courts to try traffic challan cases have also been started. Presently there are 9 Virtual Courts in  7  States  /  UTs  viz.  Delhi  (2),  Faridabad  (Haryana),  Chennai  (Tamil Nadu),  Bengaluru(Karnataka),  Kochi  (Kerala),  Nagpur(Maharashtra),

Guwahati(Assam) and Pune(Maharashtra). Over 41 lakh cases have been handled by these 9 Virtual Courts up till 20 January 2021.

(b) :  The  High  Court  wise  fund  release  status  for  implementation  of eCourts Project Phase-II   is given at Annexure.

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Annexure

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No2746  for  10/03/2021 regarding Nyay Kaushal. The details of High Court wise fund released under eCourts project Phase-II are as under:

| Sr.No   | High Court                  |   Total Funds released under eCourts Phase-II (in Rs. crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Allahabad                   |                                                       109.48 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                         1.96 |
| 3.      | Bombay                      |                                                       125.24 |
| 4.      | Calcutta                    |                                                        37.09 |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh                |                                                        27.31 |
| 6.      | Delhi                       |                                                        26.8  |
| 7.      | Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) |                                                        11.64 |
| 8.      | Gauhati (Assam)             |                                                        67.28 |
| 9.      | Gauhati (Mizoram)           |                                                         7.57 |
| 10.     | Gauhati (Nagaland)          |                                                         7.15 |
| 11.     | Gujarat                     |                                                        72.82 |
| 12.     | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                        10.27 |
| 13.     | Jammu &Kashmir              |                                                        18.98 |
| 14.     | Jharkhand                   |                                                        24.25 |
| 15.     | Karnataka                   |                                                        65.38 |
| 16.     | Kerala                      |                                                        35.03 |
| 17.     | Madhya Pradesh              |                                                        74.05 |
| 18.     | Madras                      |                                                        70.15 |
| 19.     | Manipur                     |                                                         8.52 |
| 20.     | Meghalaya                   |                                                         9.74 |
| 21.     | Orissa                      |                                                        46.41 |
| 22.     | Patna                       |                                                        55.82 |
| 23.     | Punjab &Haryana             |                                                        54.13 |
| 24.     | Rajasthan                   |                                                        67.8  |
| 25.     | Sikkim                      |                                                         6.81 |
| 26.     | Telangana                   |                                                         1.79 |
| 27.     | Tripura                     |                                                        16.9  |
| 28.     | Uttarakhand                 |                                                        11.65 |
|         | Total                       |                                                      1142.3  |