Lok Sabha Question No. 3378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Digitisation of Court Orders
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3378

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 17 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## Digitisation of Court Orders

## 3378. SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.  :

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state

- (a)    the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  digitize  the  delivery  of  court  orders including  bail  orders  of  High  Courts  and  Supreme  Court  to  the  prison authorities;
- (b)    whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  disciplinary  action  against  jail authorities  who  have  willfully  delayed  the  release  of  prisoners,  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UTwise; and
- (c)    the  details  of  central  and  district  prisons  with  internet  facility  and  CCTV camera, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a):In pursuance of Supreme Court judgments dated 16.07.2021 and 23.09.2021 in suomoto Writ Petition No.4/2021, the FASTER  (Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records) system has been taken up for implementation  for  enabling  transmission  of  e-authenticated  copies  of  the interim  orders,  stay  orders,  bail  orders  and  record  of  proceedings  to  the  dutyholders for compliance  and  due  execution, through a secured electronic communication  channel.  For  High  Courts  and  District  Courts,  to  digitize

delivery  of  court  orders  including  bail  orders,  the  integration  of  e-prisons software and case information software through Application  Programme Interface (API) is being taken up.

(b)  :  The  management  and  administration  of  prisons  fall  exclusively  in  the domain  of  the  State  Governments  and  hence  details  of    disciplinary  action against jail authorities is not centrally maintained.

(c) :   As per information furnished by the National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), the State/UT wise status of CCTV cameras installed in prisons is provided at Annexure. However NCRB does not maintain separate data on availability of internet facility in central and district prisons.

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## Annexure

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question  No.3378  for 17/12/2021 regarding Digitisation of Court Orders. The State/UT wise status of number of CCTVs installed in prisons as on 31.12.2019:

| SI.NO                   | State/Union Territory   | Number of CCTVs         |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1                       | Andhra Pradesh          | 258                     |
| 2                       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 58                      |
| 3                       | Assam                   | 200                     |
| 4                       | Bihar                   | 1044                    |
| 5                       | Chhattisgarh            | 1612                    |
| 6                       | Goa                     | 17                      |
| 7                       | Gujarat                 | 2314                    |
| 8                       | Haryana                 | 552                     |
| 9                       | Himachal Pradesh        | 366                     |
| 10                      | Jammu &Kashmir          | 1005                    |
| 11                      | Jharkhand               | 1274                    |
| 12                      | Karnataka               | 928                     |
| 13                      | Kerala                  | 826                     |
| 14                      | Madhya Pradesh          | 592                     |
| 15                      | Maharashtra             | 1580                    |
| 16                      | Manipur                 | 36                      |
| 17                      | Meghalaya               | 74                      |
| 18                      | Mizoram                 | 0                       |
| 19                      | Nagaland                | 11                      |
| 20                      | Odisha                  | 1520                    |
| 21                      | Punjab                  | 879                     |
| 22                      | Rajasthan               | 1529                    |
| 23                      | Sikkim                  | 2                       |
| 24                      | Tamil Nadu              | 67                      |
| 25                      | Telangana               | 1061                    |
| 26                      | Tripura                 | 139                     |
| 27                      | Uttar Pradesh           | 2757                    |
| 28                      | Uttarakhand             | 77                      |
| 29                      | West Bengal#            | 280                     |
| 30                      | A &NIslands             | 8                       |
| 31                      | Chandigarh              | 157                     |
| 32                      | D &NHaveli              | 25                      |
| 33                      | Daman &Diu              | 70                      |
| 34                      | Delhi                   | 1130                    |
| 35                      | Lakshadweep             | 0                       |
| 36                      | Puducherry              | 8                       |
| Total (All-INDIA) 22456 | Total (All-INDIA) 22456 | Total (All-INDIA) 22456 |