Lok Sabha Question No. 2174 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Common Video Conferencing Platform
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2174 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## Common Video Conferencing Platform

## 2174.MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

- (a)whether it is a fact that various District Courts across the country are presently using a variety of platforms to conduct hearings through video conferencing, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Ministry plans to bring about uniformity in the same by introducing common video-conferencing platform that can be made available to the States to facilitate ease of access to justice in all the District Courts of the country, if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) :  Yes Sir.  District courts across the country are using different platforms to conduct  hearings  through  video-conferencing  (VC).  The  details  are  at Annexure.
- (b) : Introduction of a common VC platform in the courts is desirable from the point of view of uniformity as well as data security protocol subject to the platform  having  the  capacity  to  optimally  function.    Presently  a  common solution  of  VC  platform  named  BHARAT  VC  managed  by  NIC  is  only available for government departments.

## Annexure

Statement referred to in reply of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.2174 for 10/12/2021 regarding Common  Video  Conferencing  Platform.  The  High  Court-wise  list  of  Video  Conference applications used in District Courts:

|   S. No | High Court                                            | Video Conferencing applications used in District Courts                                                                              |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Allahabad                                             | Jitsi Meet                                                                                                                           |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                                        | Blue Jeans                                                                                                                           |
|       3 | Bombay                                                | Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, WhatsAPP                                                                                 |
|       4 | Calcutta                                              | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, WhatsAPP                                                                                         |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                                          | Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet                                                                                               |
|       6 | Delhi                                                 | Cisco WebEx                                                                                                                          |
|       7 | Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh                           | Jitsi Meet                                                                                                                           |
|       8 | Gauhati - Assam                                       | Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet                                                                                               |
|       9 | Gauhati - Mizoram                                     | Vidyo Connect, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet                                                                 |
|      10 | Gauhati - Nagaland                                    | Jitsi Meet, Google Meet                                                                                                              |
|      11 | Gujarat                                               | Zoom                                                                                                                                 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh                                      | Vidyo Connect, Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet                                                                            |
|      13 | Common High Court for UT of Jammu and Kashmir &Ladakh | Zoom, Jitsi Meet, WhatsAPP                                                                                                           |
|      14 | Jharkhand                                             | Vidyo Connect, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, WhatsAPP                                                                        |
|      15 | Karnataka                                             | Vidyo Connect, Zoom, Jitsi Meet, Microsoft Teams                                                                                     |
|      16 | Kerala                                                | Google Meet, WhatsApp, People link application for remand extension provided by Prisons Department, Government of Kerala, Google Duo |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh                                        | Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet                                                                                                              |
|      18 | Madras                                                | Microsoft Teams                                                                                                                      |
|      19 | Manipur                                               | Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet                                                                                                              |
|      20 | Meghalaya                                             | Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet, WhatsApp, Bharat VC                                                                                       |
|      21 | Orissa                                                | Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, WhatsApp, Skype                                                                              |
|      22 | Patna                                                 | Microsoft Teams                                                                                                                      |
|      23 | Punjab and Haryana                                    | Vidyo or Vidyo Connect                                                                                                               |
|      24 | Rajasthan                                             | Microsoft Teams                                                                                                                      |
|      25 | Sikkim                                                | Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet                                                                                                            |
|      26 | Telangana                                             | Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet                                                                                                              |
|      27 | Tripura                                               | Vidyo Connect, Zoom, Google Meet                                                                                                     |
|      28 | Uttarakhand                                           | Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet                                                                                               |

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