Lok Sabha Question No. 3301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: E-Court Mission Mode Project
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Maddila  Gurumoorthy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †3301

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 05 th AUGUST, 2022

## e-Court Mission Mode Project

## †3301 . SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  e-courts  mission  mode  project  along  with  its  salient features in the country;
- (b)  the  details  of  status  of  implementation  of  the  said  project  and  the substantial progress made there under so far, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the details of the amount released and used for the said purpose;
- (d) the number of subordinate and district courts digitised under the said mission  along  with  the  compliance  ensured  by  these  courts  with regard to the said project;
- (e) the steps taken to make the district and subordinate courts Information and  Communication  Technology  (ICT)  enabled  for  their  business electronically under the said project; and
- (f)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  to  provide  efficient  and  time bound access to citizen centric services of courts to plaintiffs having no access to internet and facing digital divide?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  & (b):  As part of the National eGovernance Plan, the eCourt project is an integrated  Mission  Mode  Project  under  implementation  since  2007  for  ICT development of the Indian Judiciary based on the 'National Policy and Action

Plan for Implementation of Information and Communication Technology in the Indian Judiciary'. The e-Court Integrated Mission Mode Project was launched with the objective of improving access to justice using technology. The Phase I of eCourts was concluded in 2015 in which 14,249 Court sites were computerized. Under Phase II, 18,735 District & Subordinate courts have been computerised so far. The details of status of implementation of the said project is as below:

- i. WAN: As  part  of  WAN  project,  connectivity  to  2972  of  2992  court complexes (99.3% sites) have been provided with 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps bandwidth speed using various technologies like OFC, RF, VSAT.
- ii. Case Information Software (CIS) based on customized Free and OpenSource  Software  (FOSS)  has  been  developed.    Currently  CIS  National Core  Version  3.2  is  being  implemented  in  District  Courts  and  the  CIS National Core Version 1.0 is being implemented for the High Courts. A COVID-19 Management Patch has been developed in the CIS to help in smart  scheduling  of  cases  thereby  enabling  judicial  officers  to  retain urgent cases and adjourn cases not urgent on cause list.
- iii. Using National  Judicial  Data  Grid  (NJDG) ,  developed  under  the eCourts Project with elastic search technology, lawyers and litigants can access case status information of 20.86 crore cases and more than 18.02 crore orders/judgments. Reason for delay of cases has also been included. Open APIs have been introduced which allows the Government departments to use the NJDG data for research and analysis.
- iv. 7 platforms for Citizen centric services or service delivery channels for providing  real  time  information  on  case  status,  cause  lists,  judgements etc.  to  lawyers/litigants.  The  services  are  SMS  Push  and  Pull  (2,00,000 SMS  sent  daily),  Email  (2,50,000  sent  daily),  multilingual  and  tactile eCourts  services  Portal  (35  Lakh  hits  daily),  Judicial  Service  centres (JSC), Info Kiosks, eCourts Mobile App for lawyers/litigants (with 79.65

lakh  downloads till  30 th April  2022)  and  JustIS  app  for  judges  (17,369 downloads till 4 th July 2022).

- v. Virtual  Courts :  As  on  04.07.2022,  there  are  20  Virtual  Courts  in  16 States / UTs viz. Delhi (2), Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala (2), Maharashtra  (2),  Assam,  Chhattisgarh,  Jammu  and  Kashmir  (2),  Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya  Pradesh, Tripura  and  West  Bengal  to  try  traffic  offences.  Virtual  Court  can  be administered  by  a Judge  over  a virtual  electronic  platform  whose jurisdiction  may  extend  to  the  entire  State  and  function  24X7.  These courts have heard more than 1.69 crore cases and realised Rs. 271 crore in fines. Delhi High Court has recently started 34 Digital Courts to hear cheque bounce cases under the Section 138 NI Act.
- vi. Using Video  Conferencing ,  the  District  and  High  courts  have  heard District  courts  heard  1,28,76,549  cases  while  the  High  Courts  heard 63,76,561 cases (totalling 1.92 cr) till 30.04.2022 using video conferencing. The Supreme Court held 2,61,338 hearings till 13.06.2022 since  the  beginning  of  lockdown  period.  VC  facilities  have  also  been operationalized  between  3240  Courts  and  corresponding  1272  Prisons. Funds  for  setting  up  2506  VC  Cabins  have  been  made  available. Additional 1500 VC Licenses have been acquired. Mobile e-courts van equipped  with  Wi-Fi  and  computers  for  video  conferencing  for  speedy disposal of cases have been started in Telangana and Uttarakhand. Live Streaming of video conferencing of proceedings has been started in High Courts  of  Gujarat,  Orissa,  Karnataka,  Jharkhand,  Patna  and  Madhya Pradesh  thus  allowing  media  and  other  interested  persons  to  join  the proceedings.
- vii. An eFiling system  (version  3.0)  has  been  rolled  out  for  the  electronic filing  of  legal  papers  with  advanced  features  like  online  submission  of Vakalatnama, eSigning, online video recording of oath, online payment,

filing  of  multiple  IAs/application,  Portfolio  Management  and  bilingual mode  etc.  Online  payment  of  court  fees,  fines,  penalties  and  judicial deposits has also been initiated through https://pay.ecourts.gov.in.

- viii. eSewa  Kendras: To  make  justice  delivery  inclusive  and  to  mitigate handicaps caused by digital divide, eSewa Kendras have been rolled out to  provide  e-filing  services  to  lawyers  and  litigants.  As  on  30.04.2022, 500 eSewa Kendras have been made functional under 26 High Courts. A Nyay Kaushal Centre started in Nagpur to provide all e-facilities.
- ix. A 'Judgment  &  Order  Search' portal  has  been  inaugurated  for  the convenience of its stakeholders in searching judgments easily by providing  a  repository  for  Judgments  and  Final  Orders  of  the  High Courts.  It  can  be  reached  at  https://judgments.ecourts.gov.in,  which encapsulates  the  features  such  as  search  by  Bench,  Case  Type,  Case Number, Year, Petitioner/ Respondent Name, Judge Name, Act, Section, Decision: From Date, To Date and Full Text Search.
- x. National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processes (NSTEP) has been  developed  for  technology  enabled  process  serving  and  issuing  of summons. It has currently been implemented in 28 High Courts.
- xi. Justice  Clock: To  bring  awareness  to  the  public  about  justice  sector, advertising  various  schemes  of  the  department  and  to  give  status  of various fields to the public, 32 Justice Clocks have been installed at 21 High Courts.
- xii. Secure,  Scalable  &  Sugamya  Website  as  a  Service  (S3WAAS) Website :  A  new  divyang  friendly  website  for  eCommittee,  based  on S3WaaS platform is live in  13  regional  languages  including  English  & Hindi.All  other  court  websites  are  being  upgraded  from  the  existing system to the S3WAAS  platform  which  are  secure, scalable and accessible.  Content  published  on  the  website  is  accessible  so  that  even Divyang  users  will  be  able  to  access  the  information  using  assistive technologies.

- xiii. IEC  and  Training :  As  part  of  IEC  campaign  several  initiatives  have been taken to educate the Judicial Officers, lawyers and public about the facilities available under eCourts Project, such as
- a. eCommittee Website: Launched exclusively for the e-Committee and linked to the website of the DoJ  for dissemination of information  relating  to  eCourts  Project  amongst  all  stakeholders and to enable High Courts to upload their achievements and best practices.
- b. Awareness  and  familiarization  of  e-filing: Webinars  for  Bar Council  of  Tamil  Nadu,  Goa,  Maharashtra  and  Delhi  were  held. Manual  and  Brochure  on  eFiling  is  made  available  on  eFiling Portal.
- c. YouTube Channel: Under  the  title  'eCourts  Services'  for  video tutorials  on  eFiling.  12  help  videos  in  7  regional  languages  have been  uploaded  apart  from  Hindi  and  English  and  circulated  for advocates  as  part  of  awareness,  through  eFiling  portal  help  desk and also on social media through eCommittee YouTube channel.
- d. eCommittee Training at National and State level: Training and awareness programmes on the ICT have been conducted covering nearly  3,60,993  stakeholders  including  Judges  of  States,  Courts staff and Advocates. 25 Master Trainers have been trained in each High Court who in turn has already trained 5409 Master Trainers across  the  country.  These,  5409  Master  Trainers  have  in  turn imparted training  programme  on  eCourts  Services  and  e-filing  in each district of the country for advocates in their regional languages and also identified Master Trainer Advocates. eCommittee has acknowledged and appreciated Master trainers by issuing Digital certificates with QR Code for online verification by hosting certificates on eCommittee website. These certificates can be authenticated by scanning QR Code from mobile.

- (c): In the Phase II of the eCourts project, out of total outlay of Rs. 1670 crore, the Government has released a sum of Rs. 1668.43 crore as on 31.03.2022 to various  organizations  involved  in  the  implementation  of  the  project.  This includes a sum of Rs. 1164.37 crore released to all High Courts. Agency wise and High Court wise details of the funds released are attached at Annexure - I
- (d):  18735  District  and  Subordinate  Courts  are  computerized  and  are  ICT enabled under eCourts phase-II so far. (High Court and State wise breakup is given in Annexure - II)

(e): Steps taken ICT enablement of Courtsare as follows:

1. ₹646.16  Crore  have  been  provided  for  additional  Hardware  for  14,249 Courts,  computerisation of new courts and  computerisation of expected Courts.
2. ₹271.02Crore have been released for setting up technical infrastructure at existing Courts Complexes and new Courts Complexes.
3. ₹14.32Crore  have  been  provided  for  replacement  of  obsolete  Laptops provided to Judicial Officers in Ph-I and provisioning of Laptop and other IT facilities to new Judicial Officer.
4. ₹6.31Crore  have  been  provided  for  installation  of  VC  equipment  in Courts and Jails.
5. ₹ 124.98Crore have been released for providing cloud connectivity in all Court Complexes.
6. ₹ 317.96 Crore have been released for providing WAN Connectivity.
7. ₹ 36.6 Crore have been released for providing solar energy in 5% Court Complexes.
8. ₹  62.27  Crore  have  been  provided  for  various  software  development components like CIS, eFiling, ePayments, etc.

(f):The steps taken to provide efficient and time bound access to citizen centric services  of  courts  to  plaintiffs  having  no  access  to  internet  and  facing  digital divide:

1. eSewa  Kendras have  been  rolled  out  to  bridge  the  digital  divide  by providing  e  filing  services  to  lawyers  and  litigants.  Covering  all  High Courts  and  one  District  Court  as  pilot  project,  it  is  being  expanded  to cover all court complexes. Government has released Rs. 12.54 crore for setting up 235 eSewa Kendras. The eSewa Kendras are being set up at the entry  point  of  the  court  complexes  with  the  intention  of  facilitating  the lawyer  or  litigant  who  needs  any  kind  of  assistance  ranging  from information  to  facilitation  and  e  filing.  As  on  30.04.2022,  500  eSewa Kendras have been made functional under 26 High Courts. These have been funded both by the eCourts project as well out of state funding.

On 30 October 2020, India's first e-Resource Center was inaugurated at Nagpur in  Maharashtra.  The e-Resource  Centre " Nyay Kaushal "  will facilitate  e-filing  of  cases  in  Supreme  Court  India,  High  Courts  and District  Courts  across  the  country.  It  will  also  assist  the  lawyers  and litigants  in  access  online  e-Courts  services  and  shall  be  the  saviour  for those who cannot afford the technology. It will provide benefits in saving time, avoidance of exertion, travelling long distances, and saving cost by offering facilities of e-filing of cases across the country, to conduct the hearing virtually, Scanning, Accessing e-Courts services etc.

2. Using SMS pull facility stakeholders can receive case status by sending sixteen characters CNR number of a case to the number 97668-99899
3. SMS push facility is provided to stakeholders like litigants and advocates to  get  SMS  on  the  occurrence  of  each  event  in  a  case  like  filing, registration, adjournment, scrutiny, listing, transfer of the case, disposal, uploading of orders etc., on their mobile registered with the court.
4. Service  desk to  be  set  up  for  internal  stakeholders  to  get  the  relevant information.

5. Kiosks are  installed  at  various  court  complexes  across  the  country. Litigants and advocates can view case status, cause lists etc., on the kiosk. The  same  information  can  also  be  obtained  from  the  Judicial  Service Centre established at each court complex.

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## Annexure - I

Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Untarred Question No. 3301 for 05/08/2022 regarding E-Courts Mission Mode Project.

Agency wise status of release of funds under eCourts Phase-II

| Agency                                                   |   Funds released (as on 31.03.2022) (In Rs. Cr) |
|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| High Courts                                              |                                         1164.37 |
| NIC/NICSI                                                |                                          180.57 |
| BSNL                                                     |                                          293.68 |
| eCommittee, SCI                                          |                                           13.5  |
| Other Miscellaneous Expenditure (Salary, publicity etc.) |                                           16.31 |
| Total                                                    |                                         1668.43 |

The Year wise and High Court Release and Utilization as on 30.06.2022under E-Courts phase-II are as under:

|      |                | 2015-16        | 2015-16        | 2015-16   | 2016-17        | 2016-17        | 2016-17   | 2017-18        | 2017-18        | 2017-18            | 2018-19              | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20                 | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21        | 2020-21   | 2021-2022   | 2021-2022                         | Total      | Total     | Total          |                |           |
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------------------|------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
| S.No | High Courts    | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% Released | (Cr.) Utilized (Cr.) |           | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) Utilized | (Cr.)     | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized  | (Cr.)       | Utilized% Released (Cr.) Utilized | (Cr.)      | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% |
| 1    | Allahabad      | 31.14          | 31.14          | 100.00    | 20.88          | 20.88          | 100.00    | 20.57          | 20.27          | 98.58              | 8.07                 | 7.96      | 98.62     | 15.04                   | 8.91      | 59.23     | 13.79          | 5.11      |             | 37.04                             | 0.00       | 0.00 0.00 | 109.48         | 94.27          | 86.10     |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00      | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00      | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00               | 0.00 0.00            |           | 0.00      | 0.00                    | 0.00      |           | 0.00           | 1.96      | 0.00        | 0.00                              | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00 1.96      | 0.00           | 0.00      |
| 3    | Bombay         | 30.39          | 30.39          | 100.00    | 38.25          | 31.72          | 82.92     | 47.22          | 41.87          | 88.66              | 0.52 0.00            | 0.00      |           | 0.00                    | 0.00      |           | 0.00           | 8.86      | 0.55        | 6.19                              | 0.00       | 0.00      | 0.00 125.24    | 104.52         | 83.46     |
| 4    | Calcutta       | 12.14          | 9.95           | 81.96     | 9.17           | 8.36           | 91.21     | 10.72          | 1.49           | 13.91              | 0.13                 | 0.08      | 61.45     | 0.00                    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 4.93           | 0.00      |             | 0.00                              | 0.00       | 0.00 0.00 | 37.09          | 19.88          | 53.60     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh   | 3.82           | 3.82           | 100.00    | 6.03           | 6.03           | 100.00    | 9.34           | 9.34           | 100.00             | 1.33                 | 1.33      | 100.00    | 4.44                    | 4.29      |           | 96.64 2.34     |           | 2.01        |                                   | 85.63 0.00 | 0.00      | 0.00 27.31     | 26.82 98.22    |           |

|       |                             | 2015-16        | 2015-16        | 2015-16      | 2016-17        | 2016-17           | 2016-17   | 2017-18        | 2017-18        | 2017-18      | 2018-19                 | 2018-19          | 2018-19   | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2019-20        | 2020-21                 | 2020-21         | 2021-2022                | 2021-2022      | 2021-2022   | Total          | Total          | Total       |
|-------|-----------------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------------|------------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|       |                             | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized%    | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.)    | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized%    | Released (Cr.) Utilized | (Cr.)            | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized%      | Released (Cr.) Utilized | (Cr.)           | Utilized% Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized%   | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized%   |
| 6     | Delhi                       | 5.87           | 5.87 100.00    | 5.41         | 5.16           | 95.28             |           | 8.97           | 8.73           | 97.29        | 3.54 1.15               | 32.47            | 0.00      | 0.00           | 0.00           | 3.00           | 0.63                    | 20.89           | 0.00                     | 0.00           | 0.00        | 26.80          | 21.53          | 80.35       |
| 7A    | Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) | 0.59 0.56      | 94.70          | 4.33         | 2.00           | 46.15             | 1.37      |                | 1.36           | 99.26        | 2.85 2.82               | 99.07            | 0.98      |                | 0.81           | 82.81 1.52     | 0.18                    | 11.92           | 1.26                     | 0.00           | 0.00 12.90  |                | 7.73           | 59.96       |
| 7B    | Gauhati (Assam)             | 5.19 5.19      | 100.00         | 25.47        | 25.12          | 98.62             | 8.13      |                | 8.09           | 99.52        | 8.70 0.50               |                  | 5.70      | 13.68          | 0.00           | 0.00 6.11      | 0.85                    |                 | 13.87 3.49               | 0.00           | 0.00        | 70.77          | 39.74          | 56.16       |
| 7C    | Gauhati (Mizoram)           | 0.71           | 0.71           | 100.00       | 3.01 2.53      | 84.12             | 2.47      |                | 2.47           | 100.00       | 0.15                    | 0.15             | 100.00    | 0.51           | 0.31           | 61.52 0.72     | 0.22                    | 30.05           | 0.30                     | 0.00           | 0.00        | 7.87           | 6.40           | 81.22       |
| 7D    | Gauhati (Nagaland)          | 0.77           | 0.77 100.00    | 2.31         | 2.10           | 90.82             | 1.83      |                | 1.83           | 100.00       | 0.71                    | 0.71             | 100.00    | 0.70           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.83                    | 0.00            | 0.00 0.84                | 0.00           | 0.00        | 7.99           | 5.41           | 67.74       |
| 8     | Gujarat*                    | 11.23          | 11.23 100.00   | 18.32        | 15.85          | 86.53             | 29.06     |                | 21.48          | 73.90        | 10.73                   | 0.00             | 0.00      | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 3.48                    | 0.07            | 1.97 0.00                | 0.00           | 0.00        | 72.82          | 48.63          | 66.78       |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh            | 1.79           | 1.79           | 100.00 3.21  | 2.87           | 89.32             | 4.05      |                | 3.81           | 93.94        | 0.13                    | 0.07             | 52.23     | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 2.00                    | 0.26            | 12.94 0.00               | 0.00           | 0.00        | 11.19          | 8.79           | 78.60       |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir             | 1.84           | 1.84           | 100.00       | 5.29           | 5.12 96.90        |           | 10.59          | 9.89           | 93.33        | 0.26 0.09               | 34.26            | 0.00      | 0.00           |                | 0.00           | 1.00                    | 0.16 16.00      | 0.00                     | 0.00           | 0.00        | 18.98          | 17.10          | 90.08       |
| 11    | Jharkhand                   | 3.20 3.20      | 100.00         |              | 5.09           | 5.09 100.00       | 2.92      |                | 2.92           | 100.00       | 4.53 4.53               | 100.00           | 5.53      |                | 0.35           | 6.40           | 2.98                    | 0.48            | 16.00 0.00               | 0.00           | 0.00 24.25  |                | 16.57          | 68.32       |
| 12    | Karnataka                   | 11.86          | 11.86          | 100.00       | 17.43 17.43    | 100.00            |           | 22.04          | 20.76          | 94.20        | 0.61 0.61               |                  | 100.00    | 9.15           | 8.89           | 97.17          | 4.29                    | 2.28            | 53.22 0.00               | 0.00           | 0.00 65.38  |                | 61.84          | 94.58       |
| 13    | Kerala                      | 5.53           | 5.53           | 100.00       | 8.32           | 8.32              | 100.00    | 14.73          | 12.87          | 87.34        | 4.61                    | 4.03             | 87.41     | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 2.83                    | 0.52            | 18.31 1.58               | 0.00           | 0.00        | 37.61          | 31.27          | 83.14       |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh              | 9.73           | 9.73           | 100.00       | 23.93          | 23.93 100.00      |           | 22.51          | 22.51          | 100.00       | 0.39                    | 0.39             | 100.00    | 11.21          | 4.90           | 43.72 6.28     |                         | 6.16            | 98.16 0.00               | 0.00           | 0.00        | 74.05          | 67.62          | 91.32       |
| 15    | Madras                      | 10.24 0.53     | 0.53           | 99.75        | 24.62 4.24     | 24.63 100.02 3.65 | 86.20     | 25.45 1.19     | 24.62 0.49     | 96.72 41.11  | 5.11                    | 3.97             | 77.70     | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00 59.22     | 4.73 2.32 0.08          | 49.08 6.03      | 0.00 0.76                | 0.00           | 0.00        | 70.15 9.27     | 65.77          | 61.85       |
| 16    | Manipur                     |                | 10.24          | 99.96        |                |                   |           |                |                |              | 0.65 0.63               | 96.78            |           | 0.61           | 0.36           | 1.30           |                         |                 |                          | 0.00           | 0.00        |                | 5.73           | 93.75       |
| 17    | Meghalaya                   | 0.19           | 0.19           | 100.00       | 3.26           | 2.74              | 83.99     | 3.65           | 3.33           | 91.32        | 0.62                    | 0.61             | 98.93     | 0.92           | 0.06           | 6.49           | 2.32                    | 0.34            | 14.58 2.23               | 0.29           | 13.07       | 13.17          | 7.56           | 57.37       |
| 18    | Orissa                      | 7.57           | 7.57           | 100.00       | 7.71           | 7.71              | 100.00    | 12.70          | 12.26          | 96.52        | 1.59                    | 0.42             | 26.38     | 13.46          | 0.00           | 0.00 3.37 5.44 | 1.56 1.67               | 46.34 30.67     | 0.00                     | 0.00           | 0.00        | 46.41          | 29.52          | 63.61       |
|       |                             | 8.04           | 8.04           | 100.00       | 26.41 17.92    | 25.26             | 95.66     | 8.72           | 4.41           | 50.63        | 0.13                    | 0.00             | 0.00      | 7.08           | 2.44           | 34.49          |                         | 0.57            | 0.00 12.59               | 0.00           | 0.00        | 55.82          | 41.83          | 74.93 92.66 |
| 19    | Patna                       |                |                | 100.00       |                |                   |           |                |                |              |                         |                  |           |                |                |                | 4.55                    |                 | 0.00                     | 0.00           | 0.00        |                | 50.15          |             |
| 20 23 | Punjab & Haryana Telangana& | 11.63 13.90    | 11.63 13.90    | 100.00       | 17.92 14.31    | 100.00 9.80 68.53 |           | 11.54 33.95    | 11.54 23.78    | 100.00 70.03 | 8.49 8.49 8.13          | 100.00 0.13 1.56 |           | 0.00 0.00      | 0.00 0.00      | 0.00 0.00      | 0.52 0.00               | 3.81 51.45 0.00 | 0.77 0.00 0.00           | 0.00 0.00      | 0.00        | 54.13 70.29    | 65.17 47.61    | 67.73       |
| 21    | Rajasthan                   | 9.97           | 9.97           | 100.00 23.04 | 22.19          |                   | 96.30     | 25.05          | 25.01          | 99.83        | 3.01                    | 2.91             | 96.49     | 1.29           | 1.29           | 100.00 10.58   |                         | 36.00           |                          | 1.62           | 0.00        | 74.56          |                | 87.40       |
| 22    | Sikkim                      | 0.18           | 0.18           | 99.98        | 1.79           | 1.70 94.69        | 1.40      |                | 1.39           | 99.12        | 0.80                    | 0.44             | 54.74     | 1.61           | 0.68           | 42.37          | 1.01                    |                 |                          | 0.00           |             | 0.00 7.58      | 4.91           | 64.85       |

|      |                  | 2015-16        | 2015-16        | 2015-16   | 2016-17        | 2016-17        | 2016-17   | 2017-18        | 2017-18        | 2017-18            | 2018-19              | 2018-19   | 2018-19     | 2019-20              | 2019-20            | 2020-21              | 2020-21   | 2021-2022                     | 2021-2022   | Total          | Total          | Total     |
|------|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------|-------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
| S.No | High Courts      | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% Released | (Cr.) Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% | Released    | (Cr.) Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% Released | (Cr.) Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% | Released (Cr.) Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized%   | Released (Cr.) | Utilized (Cr.) | Utilized% |
|      | Andhra Pradesh** |                |                |           |                |                |           |                |                |                    |                      |           |             |                      |                    |                      |           |                               |             |                |                |           |
| 24   | Telangana        | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00      | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00      | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00               | 0.00 0.00            | 0.00      | 0.00        | 0.00                 | 0.00 1.79          | 0.00                 | 0.00      | 0.00                          | 0.00 0.00   | 1.79           | 0.00           | 0.00      |
| 25   | Tripura          | 1.20           | 1.20           | 100.00    | 4.38           | 4.38           | 99.93     | 2.86           | 2.86           | 100.00             | 1.77 1.77            | 100.00    | 2.24        | 1.29                 | 57.79 4.44         | 2.71                 | 60.94     | 0.96                          | 0.00 0.00   | 17.86          | 14.22          | 79.60     |
| 26   | Uttarakhand      | 2.98           | 2.98           | 100.00    | 2.66           | 1.82           | 68.38     | 4.60           | 1.54           | 33.40              | 0.13 0.07            | 52.23     | 0.00        | 0.00                 | 0.00 1.28          | 0.52                 | 40.45     | 0.00                          | 0.00 0.00   | 11.65          | 6.92           | 59.40     |
|      | Total            | 202.23         | 200.00         | 98.90     | 326.79         | 304.30         | 93.12     | 347.65         | 300.92         | 86.56              | 77.71                | 43.85     | 56.43 88.44 | 34.59                | 39.12              | 107.74 33.56         | 31.14     | 13.81                         | 0.29        | 2.11 1,164.37  | 917.51 78.80   |           |

## Annexure - II

Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3301 for 05/08/2022 regarding E-Courts Mission Mode Project. The High Court and state wise details of District and subordinate Courts computerized under E-Courts phase-II are as under:

|   Sr. No | High Court       | State                    |   Courts |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------|----------|
|        1 | Allahabad        | Uttar Pradesh            |     2222 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh           |      617 |
|        3 | Bombay           | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   |        3 |
|        3 | Bombay           | Daman and Diu            |        2 |
|        3 | Bombay           | Goa                      |       39 |
|        3 | Bombay           | Maharashtra              |     2157 |
|        4 | Calcutta         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |       14 |
|        4 | Calcutta         | West Bengal              |      827 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh             |      434 |
|        6 | Delhi            | Delhi                    |      681 |
|        7 | Gauhati          | Arunachal Pradesh        |       28 |
|        7 | Gauhati          | Assam                    |      408 |
|        7 | Gauhati          | Mizoram                  |       69 |
|        7 | Gauhati          | Nagaland                 |       37 |
|        8 | Gujarat          | Gujarat                  |     1268 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh         |      162 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu and Kashmir        |      218 |
|       11 | Jharkhand        | Jharkhand                |      447 |
|       12 | Karnataka        | Karnataka                |     1031 |

| 13   | Kerala          | Kerala         |   484 |
|------|-----------------|----------------|-------|
| 13   | Kerala          | Lakshadweep    |     3 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh  | Madhya Pradesh |  1363 |
| 15   | Madras          | Puducherry     |    24 |
|      |                 | Tamil Nadu     |  1124 |
| 16   | Manipur         | Manipur        |    38 |
| 17   | Meghalaya       | Meghalaya      |    42 |
| 18   | Orissa          | Odisha         |   686 |
| 19   | Patna           | Bihar          |  1142 |
| 20   | Punjab &Haryana | Chandigarh     |    30 |
| 20   | Punjab &Haryana | Haryana        |   500 |
| 20   | Punjab &Haryana | Punjab         |   541 |
| 21   | Rajasthan       | Rajasthan      |  1240 |
| 22   | Sikkim          | Sikkim         |    23 |
| 23   | Telangana       | Telangana      |   476 |
| 24   | Tripura         | Tripura        |    84 |
| 25   | Uttarakhand     | Uttarakhand    |   271 |
|      | Total           |                | 18735 |