Lok Sabha Question No. 3873 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: E-Courts in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap, Girish Chandra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3873

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 11 th AUGUST, 2023

## E-Courts in Uttar Pradesh

## 3873. SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP: SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  operational  e-courts  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) the number of cases that have been disposed of by these e-courts so far;
- (c) whether e-courts have increased or decreased the pendency in cases in comparison to physical hearings of cases, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  advantages of  e-courts  as  noted  by  Government,  especially  with regard to the integration of land records for speedy redressal of land disputes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) : As per National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) data, district-wise number of courts  covered  under  eCourts  project  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  as  on 07.08.2023 is enclosed at Annexure I.

(b)  &  (c):  As  per  NJDG  data,  total  number  of  cases  disposed  of    by  the District and Subordinate Courts in the state of Uttar Pradesh from 01.08.2022 till 07.08.2023 is 41,94,609 which includes 4,86,060 civil cases and 37,08,549 criminal cases. No comparative data as such is maintained on the impact  of  physical  hearings  of  cases  vis-à-vis  eCourts  on  the  pendency  of cases.

(d) :The advantages of eCourts especially with regards to the integration of land records inter alia includes:

- i. The courts will have first-hand information on substantive and authentic evidence of Record of Rights, Cadastral map including geo referenced and legacy data.
- ii. The information is helpful to the courts in deciding admission as well as disposal of the disputes. Courts are /will be able to easily know whether any case relating to a particular property is pending in any court.
- iii. Prospective buyers will be able to know the dispute status in respect of landed  property  which  will  enable  them  to  take  an  informed  decision after considering risk factor in transacting such property.
- iv. The system is likely to reduce number of land disputes since prospective buyers/  sellers  can  take  informed  decisions  as  information  of  land related disputes pending in all courts of law will be readily available. In the long run, it will reduce dubious land transactions and help in dispute containment and reduce clogging of the courts.

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## Annexure I

Statement referred to in reply of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3873 for 11/08/2023  regarding  E-Courts  in  Uttar  Pradesh.  As  per  data  available  on NJDG, the district-wise details of courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh covered under eCourts project as on 07.08.2023 are as below:

|   Sr. No. | District Name       |   Total Courts |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Agra                |             82 |
|         2 | Aligarh             |             69 |
|         3 | Ambedkar Nagar      |             35 |
|         4 | Amroha              |             29 |
|         5 | Auraiya             |             22 |
|         6 | Ayodhya             |             46 |
|         7 | Azamgarh            |             75 |
|         8 | Baghpat             |             20 |
|         9 | Bahraich            |             52 |
|        10 | Ballia              |             48 |
|        11 | Balrampur           |             27 |
|        12 | Banda               |             31 |
|        13 | Barabanki           |             44 |
|        14 | Bareilly            |             85 |
|        15 | Basti               |             51 |
|        16 | Bhadohi SR Nagar    |             24 |
|        17 | Bijnor              |             52 |
|        18 | Budaun              |             47 |
|        19 | Bulandshahr         |             66 |
|        20 | Chandauli           |             19 |
|        21 | Chitrakoot          |             24 |
|        22 | Deoria              |             51 |
|        23 | Etah                |             29 |
|        24 | Etawah              |             36 |
|        25 | Farrukhabad         |             49 |
|        26 | Fatehpur            |             44 |
|        27 | Firozabad           |             43 |
|        28 | Gautam Buddha Nagar |             31 |
|        29 | Ghaziabad           |             80 |
|        30 | Ghazipur            |             55 |
|        31 | Gonda               |             53 |
|        32 | Gorakhpur           |             72 |
|        33 | Hamirpur            |             32 |

| 34.   | Hapur                |   27 |
|-------|----------------------|------|
| 35.   | Hardoi               |   44 |
| 36.   | Hathras              |   29 |
| 37.   | Jalaun               |   32 |
| 38.   | Jaunpur              |   51 |
| 39.   | Jhansi               |   46 |
| 40.   | Kannauj              |   23 |
| 41.   | Kanpur Dehat         |   48 |
| 42.   | Kanpur Nagar         |  100 |
| 43.   | Kasganj              |   26 |
| 44.   | Kaushambi            |   25 |
| 45.   | Kushinagar           |   33 |
| 46.   | LakhimpurKheri       |   51 |
| 47.   | Lalitpur             |   26 |
| 48.   | Lucknow              |  138 |
| 49.   | Maharajganj          |   19 |
| 50.   | Mahoba               |   26 |
| 51.   | Mainpuri             |   50 |
| 52.   | Mathura              |   49 |
| 53.   | Mau                  |   39 |
| 54.   | Meerut               |   82 |
| 55.   | Mirzapur             |   40 |
| 56.   | Moradabad            |   59 |
| 57.   | Muzaffarnagar        |   61 |
| 58.   | Pilibhit             |   36 |
| 59.   | Pratapgarh           |   63 |
| 60.   | Prayagraj            |   96 |
| 61.   | Raebareli            |   52 |
| 62.   | Rampur               |   33 |
| 63.   | Saharanpur           |   47 |
| 64.   | Sambhal at Chandausi |   21 |
| 65.   | Santkabir Nagar      |   19 |
| 66.   | Shahjahanpur         |   49 |
| 67.   | Shamli at Kairana    |   19 |
| 68.   | Shravasti            |   10 |
| 69.   | Siddharthnagar       |   26 |
| 70.   | Sitapur              |   58 |
| 71.   | Sonbhadra            |   23 |
| 72.   | Sultanpur            |   53 |
| 73.   | Unnao                |   32 |
| 74.   | Varanasi             |   89 |
| Total | Total                | 3373 |