Lok Sabha Question No. 2188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Infrastructure Development for Judiciary
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2188

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 01 st  AUGUST, 2025

## INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMEMNT FOR JUDICIARY

2188. Smt. Bharti Pardhi: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh:

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

(a)  the  details  of  the  progress  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  for  development  of infrastructure facilities for judiciary;

(b) the details of central assistance issued to States/UTs in last three financial years and in current financial year;

(c) the contribution and impact of the above said assistance in construction of court rooms and residential units for judicial officers in States/UTs particularly in Maharashtra;

(d) the specific measures being taken by the Government to address the issue of infrastructural shortcomings including insufficient court rooms, staff and digital connectivity in district and subordinate courts particularly in remote and rural areas; and

(e) the present status of implementation of phase three of e-Courts project?

## 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 (e): The Department of Justice has been implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for the Judiciary since 1993-94 to augment the resources  of  the  State  Governments  in  a  prescribed  fund  sharing  pattern.  There  are  five components  under  the  Scheme  namely  court  halls,  residential  quarters,  lawyers'  halls,  digital computer rooms and toilet complexes.

A sum of Rs. 12,101.89 crore has been released under the Scheme since its inception, out of which  Rs.  8,657.59  crore  (71.54%)  has  been  released  since  2014-15.  The  details  of  Central assistance released to States/UTs in the last three financial years are at Annexure-I. From 15,818 court halls and 10,211 residential units in the year 2014, the numbers of available court halls and residential  units  have  increased  to  22372  (41.43%  increase)  and  19,851  (94.40%  increase) respectively. In addition, 3,128 court halls and 2,772 residential units are under construction. The details of State-wise availability of court halls and residential units are at Annexure-II.

Financial assistance amounting to Rs 1,099.83 crore has been extended to the State of Maharashtra under the Scheme since inception.  Out of this amount, Rs. 700.17 crore (63.67%) have been released since 2014-15. A sum of Rs. 28.06 crore has been earmarked to the State of Maharashtra for the current financial year. At present, 2503 court halls and 2202 residential units are available in the State of Maharashtra. In addition, 560 court halls and 144 residential units are under construction.

The e-Courts project is being implemented as integrated Mission Mode Project since 2007 for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development of the Indian Judiciary as part of the National e-Governance Plan. Phase III of the e-Courts Project (for the period from 2023 to 2027) was approved in September 2023 with an outlay of ₹7,210 crore. Under Phase-III, several steps have been taken to improve the court management processes and digitize the services for the various stakeholders including lawyers, litigants and judges.

One of the components of eCourts Project Phase III is the scanning, digitization and digital preservation of case records, for which an amount of Rs. 2038.40 crore has been earmarked. As per information provided by the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India, 213.29 crore pages in the High Courts and 307.89 crore pages in the District Courts have been digitized till 30.06.2025. A software  has  been  developed  for  preservation  of  judicial  records  of  High  Courts  and  District Courts. Further, Digital Courts 2.1 software has been developed for aiding courts to function in paperless mode.

The e-Filing system (version 3.0) has been rolled out with upgraded features for lawyers to access and upload documents related to the cases from any location. In addition, the e-Payment system has been launched for hassle free transfer of fee etc. National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processes (NSTEP) is significant step towards technology enabled process serving and issuing of summons. Besides, a Judgment Search portal has been started with features such as search by Bench, Case Type, Case Number, Year, Petitioner/ Respondent Name etc.  This facility is being provided free of cost to all. In order to facilitate easy and hassle-free access to citizencentric  services,  1814  eSewa  Kendras  (Facilitation  Centres)  have  been  established  across  the country.  In  addition,  29  Virtual  Courts  are  functioning  across  21  States/UTs  for  trying  traffic related offences.

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2188 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2025

(Amount in Rs. crore)

|   Sr. | States/ UTs                       |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   2025-26 (as on 30.06.2025) |
|-------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|     1 | A&N Islands                       |      0    |      0.49 |      0.08 |                         0    |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh                    |     22.5  |     49.82 |      0.99 |                         5.24 |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh                 |     32.38 |      0    |      6.24 |                         0    |
|     4 | Assam                             |     25    |     40    |     40.75 |                         0    |
|     5 | Bihar                             |      0    |     67.45 |    107.81 |                        15.14 |
|     6 | Chhattisgarh                      |     60    |      6.69 |     45.35 |                         7.75 |
|     7 | Chandigarh                        |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
|     8 | Dadar Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
|     9 | Delhi                             |      0    |      0    |     16.5  |                         0    |
|    10 | Goa                               |     25    |      1.53 |     14.27 |                         0    |
|    11 | Gujarat                           |      6.22 |     95.62 |     51.34 |                         0    |
|    12 | Haryana                           |      0    |     20.1  |      0    |                         0    |
|    13 | Himachal Pradesh                  |      0    |      6    |     13.62 |                         0    |
|    14 | Jammu &Kashmir                    |     12.6  |     12    |     31.5  |                         0    |
|    15 | Jharkhand                         |     16.51 |     40.81 |     14.57 |                         3.99 |
|    16 | Karnataka                         |     82.01 |    133.16 |     73.92 |                         0    |
|    17 | Kerala                            |      0    |      7    |     45.89 |                         0    |
|    18 | Ladakh                            |      0    |      1.4  |      6.93 |                         0    |
|    19 | Lakshadweep                       |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
|    20 | Madhya Pradesh                    |    125    |    104    |     42.69 |                         6.14 |
|    21 | Maharashtra                       |    100    |    119.53 |    118.36 |                         0    |
|    22 | Manipur                           |     12.85 |      0    |      3.71 |                         0    |
|    23 | Meghalaya                         |     50    |     33.72 |     35.79 |                         0    |
|    24 | Mizoram                           |      0    |      8.86 |     13.57 |                         0    |
|    25 | Nagaland                          |      0    |      4.39 |      4    |                         0    |

# As per PFMS Portal

| Sr.   | States/ UTs   |   2022-23 | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |   2025-26 (as on 30.06.2025) |
|-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 26    | Odisha        |     31.49 | 30.88     | 51.48     |                         0    |
| 27    | Puducherry    |      9.55 | 0.00      | 0.00      |                         0    |
| 28    | Punjab        |     12.5  | 18.42     | 0.00      |                         0    |
| 29    | Rajasthan     |     71.66 | 80.41     | 58.35     |                        12.22 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |      2.27 | 2.70      | 0.00      |                         0    |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |    133.85 | 0.00      | 61.27     |                         0    |
| 32    | Telangana     |     26.61 | 0.00      | 1.96      |                         0    |
| 33    | Tripura       |      0    | 40.49     | 20.00     |                         0    |
| 34    | Uttarakhand   |      0    | 13.75     | 46.14     |                         0    |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh |      0    | 102.96    | 174.12    |                         0    |
| 36    | West Bengal   |      0    | 18.00     | 22.22     |                         0    |
|       | Total         |    858    | 1,060.17  | 1,123.40  |                        50.48 |

## Annexure-II

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2188 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2025

|   Sr. | States/UTs                |   Total Court Halls |   Total Court Halls Under Construction* |   Total Residential Units |   Total Residential Units Under Construction* |
|-------|---------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Andaman &Nicobar          |                  15 |                                       0 |                        11 |                                             0 |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh            |                 661 |                                      97 |                       661 |                                            13 |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                  34 |                                       6 |                        32 |                                             3 |
|     4 | Assam                     |                 422 |                                      83 |                       381 |                                            20 |
|     5 | Bihar                     |                1667 |                                     207 |                      1242 |                                           296 |
|     6 | Chandigarh                |                  31 |                                       1 |                        30 |                                             0 |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh              |                 495 |                                      74 |                       473 |                                           776 |
|     8 | D &NHaveli and Daman &Diu |                   8 |                                       3 |                         8 |                                             0 |
|     9 | Delhi                     |                 739 |                                       0 |                       331 |                                            70 |
|    10 | Goa                       |                  50 |                                      37 |                        20 |                                             3 |
|    11 | Gujarat                   |                1509 |                                     106 |                      1360 |                                           331 |
|    12 | Haryana                   |                 589 |                                      75 |                       599 |                                            65 |
|    13 | Himachal Pradesh          |                 178 |                                      11 |                       155 |                                             7 |
|    14 | Jammu and Kashmir         |                 209 |                                      45 |                       146 |                                             8 |
|    15 | Jharkhand                 |                 652 |                                      13 |                       611 |                                            24 |
|    16 | Karnataka                 |                1244 |                                     185 |                      1198 |                                            45 |
|    17 | Kerala                    |                 575 |                                     111 |                       566 |                                            20 |
|    18 | Ladakh                    |                  11 |                                       4 |                         4 |                                             2 |
|    19 | Lakshadweep               |                   3 |                                       0 |                         3 |                                             0 |
|    20 | Madhya Pradesh            |                1656 |                                     262 |                      1781 |                                           119 |
|    21 | Maharashtra               |                2503 |                                     560 |                      2202 |                                           144 |
|    22 | Manipur                   |                  42 |                                      12 |                        16 |                                            33 |
|    23 | Meghalaya                 |                  72 |                                      16 |                       140 |                                            86 |
|    24 | Mizoram                   |                  47 |                                      32 |                        38 |                                             8 |
|    25 | Nagaland                  |                  30 |                                       8 |                        39 |                                             0 |

| Sr.   | States/UTs    | Total Court Halls   | Total Court Halls Under Construction*   | Total Residential Units   | Total Residential Units Under Construction*   |
|-------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 26    | Odisha        | 905                 | 156                                     | 769                       | 101                                           |
| 27    | Puducherry    | 34                  | 0                                       | 27                        | 0                                             |
| 28    | Punjab        | 643                 | 21                                      | 643                       | 33                                            |
| 29    | Rajasthan     | 1402                | 351                                     | 1180                      | 122                                           |
| 30    | Sikkim        | 20                  | 5                                       | 15                        | 2                                             |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    | 1256                | 45                                      | 1386                      | 11                                            |
| 32    | Telangana     | 552                 | 23                                      | 472                       | 6                                             |
| 33    | Tripura       | 86                  | 27                                      | 74                        | 33                                            |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh | 2892                | 366                                     | 2553                      | 361                                           |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   | 253                 | 69                                      | 212                       | 4                                             |
| 36    | West Bengal   | 887                 | 117                                     | 473                       | 26                                            |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 22,372              | 3,128                                   | 19,851                    | 2,772                                         |

*As per Nyaya Vikas Portal