Lok Sabha Question No. 438 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Video Conferencing System in Assam Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*438

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 31 ST MARCH, 2023

## VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM IN ASSAM COURTS

## *438. SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

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

- (a) the number of cases pending in the courts of Assam during the last five years;
- and
- (b)  the  list  of  magistrate  and  session  courts  in  the  country  which  have  fully functional video conferencing system for conducting the proceedings?

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

- (a)to (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (B)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO. *438 FOR  ANSWER  ON  31.03.2023 REGARDING 'VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM IN ASSAM COURTS'.

- (a): As per the information provided by Gauhati High Court, the number of cases pending  in  the  Subordinate  Courts  of  Assam  during  the  last  five  years  (as  on  31st December of particular year) is as follows:
- (b): The  list  of  magistrate  and  session  courts  in  the  country  which  have  fully functional video  conferencing system for conducting the proceedings is not maintained centrally. However, the information on number of hearings through video conference in High Courts and District courts respectively is given in Annexure-I .

|   S.no. |   Year |   Total Pendency of Cases |
|---------|--------|---------------------------|
|       1 |   2022 |                    485455 |
|       2 |   2021 |                    415024 |
|       3 |   2020 |                    360753 |
|       4 |   2019 |                    301427 |
|       5 |   2018 |                    291960 |

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *438 FOR ANSWER ON 31.03.2023 REGARDING 'VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM IN ASSAM COURTS'.

Details of courts where video conferencing is taking place along with details of cases heard through video conferencing as on 28 February 2023.

| S. No.   | High Court                  |   No. of VC hearings in High Courts |   No. of VC hearings in District Courts |   Total Hearings |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Allahabad                   |                              241465 |                                 4236784 |          4478249 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |                              380254 |                                 1413459 |          1793713 |
| 3        | Bombay                      |                               38949 |                                   85931 |           124880 |
| 4        | Calcutta                    |                              139635 |                                   82616 |           222251 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                |                              103135 |                                   45179 |           148314 |
| 6        | Delhi                       |                              317729 |                                 4548086 |          4865815 |
| 7        | Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh |                                2295 |                                    8128 |            10423 |
| 8        | Gauhati - Assam             |                              266175 |                                  340399 |           606574 |
| 9        | Gauhati - Mizoram           |                                3963 |                                   13268 |            17231 |
| 10       | Gauhati - Nagaland          |                                 930 |                                     650 |             1580 |
| 11       | Gujarat                     |                              388929 |                                  192948 |           581877 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh            |                              183904 |                                  101368 |           285272 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir              |                              257806 |                                  461932 |           719738 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                   |                              218343 |                                  643839 |           862182 |
| 15       | Karnataka                   |                             1223451 |                                  124573 |          1348024 |
| 16       | Kerala                      |                              160734 |                                  544734 |           705468 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh              |                              670206 |                                  791637 |          1461843 |
| 18       | Madras                      |                             1424471 |                                  356714 |          1781185 |
| 19       | Manipur                     |                               38695 |                                   15288 |            53983 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                   |                                3029 |                                   28923 |            31952 |
| 21       | Orissa                      |                              291773 |                                  250591 |           542364 |
| 22       | Patna                       |                              276858 |                                 2141777 |          2418635 |
| 23       | Punjab &Haryana             |                              581047 |                                 1906016 |          2487063 |
| 24       | Rajasthan                   |                              230081 |                                  179325 |           409406 |
| 25       | Sikkim                      |                                 482 |                                   12524 |            13006 |
| 26       | Telangana                   |                              299031 |                                  190327 |           489358 |
| 27       | Tripura                     |                               10585 |                                   12776 |            23361 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                 |                               75328 |                                   41556 |           116884 |
|          | TOTAL                       |                             7829283 |                                18771348 |         26600631 |