Lok Sabha Question No. 2249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2249 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 01 st  AUGUST, 2025

## IT INFRASTRUCTURE IN COURTROOMS

## 2249. Shri Anto Antony:

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

- (a) the  percentage  of  courtrooms  in  the  Country  that  are  currently  equipped  with  fully functional IT infrastructure including electronic display facilities and video conferencing systems;
- (b) the total budget allocated for IT infrastructure development in courts;
- (c) the percentage of District and lower Courts that have been successfully integrated into the e-Courts project; and
- (d) the details including expenditure incurred thereon during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE;  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to (d):  As per information provided by eCommitttee, Supreme Court of India, the details of High  Court  wise  percentage  of  courtrooms  presently  equipped  with  fully  functional  IT infrastructure  including  electronic  display  facilities  and  video  conferencing  systems  are  at Annexure I .  Under eCourts Project Phase III (2023-27), a budget of Rs.7210 crore has been earmarked for end-to-end digitization of the court infrastructure. The details of component-wise budget outlay are at Annexure II .  As  per  National Judicial  Data Grid (NJDG) portal, 23007 District and Subordinate courts have been successfully integrated into the e-Courts project till date. The details of the State-wise and High Court-wise expenditure incurred over the last five years under the eCourts project are at Annexure III .

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## Annexure I

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2249 for 01/08/2025 regarding IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms

## Percentage of courtrooms presently equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure

| IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms   | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms   | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms                                                               | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms                                                                                                                                                        | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                            | High Courts                       | [A] Total number of Courtroom under the jurisdiction of the High Court (including High Court) | [B] Total number of Courtrooms, out of [A] that are currently equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure including electronic display facilities and Video Conferencing Systems. | [C] %of courtrooms that are currently equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure including electronic display facilities and Video Conferencing Systems.(B/A*100) |
| 1                                 | Allahabad                         | 3045                                                                                          | 2648                                                                                                                                                                                   | 87%                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 2                                 | Andhra Pradesh                    | 656                                                                                           | Courts with IT infrastructure: 649 Courtrooms with VC facility: 461                                                                                                                    | 70% (461/656*100%)                                                                                                                                                      |
| 3                                 | Bombay                            | 2439                                                                                          | 2383                                                                                                                                                                                   | 97.70%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 4                                 | Calcutta                          | 911                                                                                           | 897                                                                                                                                                                                    | 98.46%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                 | Chhattisgarh                      | 530                                                                                           | 504                                                                                                                                                                                    | 95.09%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 6                                 | Delhi                             | 794                                                                                           | 794                                                                                                                                                                                    | 100%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 7 (a)                             | Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh)       | 33                                                                                            | 33                                                                                                                                                                                     | 100%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 7 (b)                             | Gauhati (Assam)                   | 436                                                                                           | 436                                                                                                                                                                                    | 100%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 7 (c)                             | Gauhati (Mizoram)                 | 54                                                                                            | 34                                                                                                                                                                                     | 62.90%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 7 (d)                             | Gauhati (Nagaland)                | 29                                                                                            | 27                                                                                                                                                                                     | 93.00%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                 | Gujarat                           | 1115                                                                                          | 1115                                                                                                                                                                                   | 100%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                 | Himachal Pradesh                  | 201                                                                                           | 201                                                                                                                                                                                    | 100%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                | Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh         | 257                                                                                           | 248                                                                                                                                                                                    | 96.40%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                | Jharkhand                         | 575                                                                                           | 512                                                                                                                                                                                    | 89.04%                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 12                                | Karnataka                         | 1307                                                                                          | 349                                                                                                                                                                                    | 26.70%                                                                                                                                                                  |

| IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms   | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms   | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms                                                               | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms                                                                                                                                               | IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms                                                                                                                                           |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                            | High Courts                       | [A] Total number of Courtroom under the jurisdiction of the High Court (including High Court) | [B] Total number of Courtrooms, out of [A] that are currently equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure including electronic display facilities and Video Conferencing | [C] %of courtrooms that are currently equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure including electronic display facilities and Video Conferencing Systems.(B/A*100)   |
| 13                                | Kerala                            | 609                                                                                           | Court Rooms Equipped With VC Systems = 603 Court Rooms Equipped With Electronic Display facilities = 136                                                                      | %of Court Rooms Equipped With VC Systems = 99.01% %of Court Rooms Equipped With Electronic Display facilities = 22.33%                                                    |
| 14                                | Madhya Pradesh                    | 1706                                                                                          | 1706                                                                                                                                                                          | 100%                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 15                                | Madras                            | 1405                                                                                          | 1372                                                                                                                                                                          | 97.65%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 16                                | Manipur                           | 48                                                                                            | 48                                                                                                                                                                            | 100%                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 17                                | Meghalaya                         | 81                                                                                            | 81                                                                                                                                                                            | 100%                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 18                                | Orissa                            | 862                                                                                           | 831                                                                                                                                                                           | 96.40%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 19                                | Patna                             | 1712 High Court: 36 District Courts: 1676                                                     | High Court with IT infrastructure: 36 District Courts with Video Conferencing Systems:1413 District Courts with Electronic Display Boards for new Court rooms: 331            | High Courts - 100% District Courts: Video Conferencing Systems- (1413/1676*100)= 84% approx. Electronic Display Board for 331 New Court rooms- (331/1676*100)= 20 %approx |
| 20                                | Punjab& Haryana                   | 1220 High Court: 49 functional courtrooms District Courts: 1171                               | High Court with IT infrastructure: 49 District Courts with Video Conferencing Systems: 1059 District Courts with Electronic Display Boards for new Court rooms : 1171         | High Court: 100% District Courts with Video Conferencing Systems: 90.43% District Courts with Electronic Display Boards for new Court rooms : 100%                        |
| 21                                | Rajasthan                         | 1517                                                                                          | 1422                                                                                                                                                                          | 93.74%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                | Sikkim                            | 35                                                                                            | 35                                                                                                                                                                            | 100%                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 23                                | Telangana                         | 550                                                                                           | 537                                                                                                                                                                           | 97.63%                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                | Tripura                           | 91                                                                                            | 91                                                                                                                                                                            | 100%                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 25                                | Uttarakhand                       | 291                                                                                           | 101                                                                                                                                                                           | 35.00%                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Annexure II

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2249 for 01/08/2025 regarding IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms

| S.No.   | Scheme Component                                                |   Outlay (Rs. Crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | Scanning, Digitization and Digital Preservation of Case Records |              2038.4  |
| 2       | Cloud Infrastructure                                            |              1205.23 |
| 3       | Additional hardware to existing courts                          |               643.66 |
| 4       | Infrastructure in newly set up courts                           |               426.25 |
| 5       | Virtual Courts                                                  |               413.08 |
| 6       | eSewa Kendra                                                    |               394.48 |
| 7       | Paperless Court                                                 |               359.2  |
| 8       | System and Application Software Development                     |               243.52 |
| 9       | Solar Power Backup                                              |               229.5  |
| 10      | Video Conferencing set-up                                       |               228.48 |
| 11      | e- filing                                                       |               215.97 |
| 12      | Connectivity (Primary + Redundancy)                             |               208.72 |
| 13      | Capacity Building                                               |               208.52 |
| 14      | CLASS (Courtroom Live-Audio Visual Streaming System)            |               112.26 |
| 15      | Project Management Unit                                         |                56.67 |
| 16      | Future Technological Advancements                               |                53.57 |
| 17      | Judicial process re-engineering                                 |                33    |
| 18      | Disabled friendly ICT enabled facilities                        |                27.54 |
| 19      | NSTEP                                                           |                25.75 |
| 20      | Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)                                 |                23.72 |
| 21      | Knowledge Management System                                     |                23.3  |
| 22      | e-Office for High Courts &District Courts                       |                21.1  |
| 23      | Integration with Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS)  |                11.78 |
| 24      | S3WAAS platform                                                 |                 6.35 |
|         | TOTAL                                                           |              7210    |

## Annexure III

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2249 for 01/08/2025 regarding IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms

Year-wise details of expenditure incurred

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Sr. No.   | High Court                  |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 | FY 2022- 23*   |   FY 2023-24 |   FY 2024-25 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1         | Allahabad                   |        13.79 |         0    | -              |        95.87 |        51.78 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |         1.96 |         0    | -              |        25.44 |        31.74 |
| 3         | Bombay                      |         8.86 |         0    | -              |        69.54 |        83.19 |
| 4         | Calcutta                    |         4.93 |         0    | -              |        16.73 |        27.65 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                |         2.34 |         0    | -              |        16.27 |        24.17 |
| 6         | Delhi                       |         3    |         0    | -              |        17.89 |        48.19 |
| 7 (a)     | Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) |         1.52 |         1.26 | -              |         2.03 |         9.76 |
| 7 (b)     | Gauhati (Assam)             |         6.11 |         3.49 | -              |        24.97 |        33.85 |
| 7 (c)     | Gauhati (Mizoram)           |         0.72 |         0.3  | -              |         3.12 |         6.22 |
| 7 (d)     | Gauhati (Nagaland)          |         0.83 |         0.84 | -              |         1.79 |         3.91 |
| 8         | Gujarat                     |         3.48 |         0    | -              |        27.72 |        73.21 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            |         2    |         0    | -              |         6.06 |         6.89 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir              |         1    |         0    | -              |         6.52 |        14.53 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                   |         2.98 |         0    | -              |        10.59 |        29.22 |
| 12        | Karnataka                   |         4.29 |         0    | -              |        32.37 |        67.4  |
| 13        | Kerala                      |         2.83 |         1.58 | -              |        15.4  |        32.62 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh              |         6.28 |         0    | -              |        22.9  |        77.31 |
| 15        | Madras                      |         4.73 |         0    | -              |        90.69 |        91.75 |
| 16        | Manipur                     |         1.3  |         0.76 | -              |        11.12 |         7.54 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                   |         2.32 |         2.23 | -              |         3.33 |         8.5  |
| 18        | Orissa                      |         3.37 |         0    | -              |         6.77 |        53.24 |
| 19        | Patna                       |         5.44 |         0    | -              |        32.43 |        89.55 |
| 20        | Punjab &Haryana             |         4.55 |         0    | -              |        14.58 |        26.01 |
| 21        | Rajasthan                   |        10.58 |         1.62 | -              |        19.8  |        34.72 |
| 22        | Sikkim                      |         1.01 |         0.77 | -              |         1.71 |         8.98 |
| 23        | Telangana                   |         1.79 |         0    | -              |        22.03 |        28.57 |
| 24        | Tripura                     |         4.44 |         0.96 | -              |         0.53 |         7.05 |
| 25        | Uttarakhand                 |         1.28 |         0    | -              |        13.68 |        19.95 |
|           | Total                       |       107.73 |        13.81 | -              |       611.88 |       997.49 |