Lok Sabha Question No. 971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Poor Digital Infrastructure of Judicial Portals
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 971 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25 th  JULY, 2025

## POOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF JUDICIAL PORTALS

## 971. Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  delayed  or  inconsistent  uploading  of  judgments, orders, cause lists and daily proceedings on websites of various courts and tribunals, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  issues  such  as  frequent  downtime,  outdated  user  interfaces,  non-standardized formats and broken links are affecting public access to judicial information, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  technical  audit  or  performance  review  of  court  websites,  especially  in  the lower judiciary and tribunals, has been conducted, if so, the outcome thereof;
- (d) the  measures  taken  or  proposed  to  ensure  real-time  uploading,  standardization  of  content, and improvement of digital infrastructure under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project; and
- (e) whether a centralized monitoring mechanism or dashboard is being developed to track the performance and accessibility of court websites across the Country?

## 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): As  part  of  the  efforts  being  made  under  the  e-Courts  Mission  Mode  Project,  the  eCommittee, Supreme Court of India is sensitive to the need for timely and consistent uploading of judgments and orders for the benefit of the stakeholders. The Case Information System (CIS) software developed under the e-Courts Project provides facility for publication of  judgments, courts orders, cause lists and daily proceedings for information of litigants and citizens, who can access these documents through various service delivery channels of the e-Courts project.

Further, the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), which was launched under the e-Courts Project, hosts data regarding 25.60 crore court cases and 31.78 crore interim orders and judgments. Various facilities such as SMS alerts, mobile applications and dedicated portals have been created to ensure real-time availability of cause lists and court orders. In addition, the details of court cases, for which next date of hearing has not yet been given, are available on NJDG. Further,

the  facility  for  efficient  monitoring  of  the  cases  has  been  provided  to  judges  and  judicial officers through the JustIs App developed under e-Courts Project.

(b): All  e-Courts  portals  are  hosted  on  cloud  facility  (Meghraj  2.0)  of  National  Informatics Centre. In order to ensure seamless access to users, these portals are security audited by agency empaneled by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in). Further, the Centre of Excellence  of  e-Courts  Project,  National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC),  Pune  uses  an  automated monitoring portal for continuous monitoring of the health of network and important applications. In case of any unexpected downtime or outage, the team swiftly takes remedial measures. However, at occasions, planned downtimes are undertaken for important maintenance related activities.

(c) to (e): As part  of  Phase-III  of  e-Courts  Project,  websites  of  District  Courts  have  been migrated  to  S3WAAS  (Secure,  Scalable  and  Sugamya  Website  as  a  Service)  platform.  As  per S3WAAS protocol,  periodic  audits  of  all  the  websites  are  carried  out  in  accordance  with  the guidelines of NIC and CERT-in. Other websites developed under e-Courts project are hosted on National Government Cloud platform. As a result, the websites remain secure and accessible.

Under  the  e-Courts  Mission  Mode  Project,  several  measures  have  been  taken  to enhance accessibility and reliability of judicial information. The data including order, judgments and cause lists from the Case Information System is replicated on to the National Data Centre in near real-time.  A  dedicated  team  at  each  court  complex  monitors  these  activities.  In  addition,  a standardized National Core Case Information System has been deployed across all courts in the country. As regards the digital infrastructure in the Courts, the same is being upgraded in a phased manner as part of the e-Courts Project. At District and High Court levels, dedicated teams are in place  to  track  performance,  uptime  and  data  accuracy  of  the  courts.  As  on  date,  digital infrastructure has been provided to 18,735 courts, as per details at Annexure-I.

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Annexure-I Statement  referred  to  in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  971  for  25.07.2025

## regarding Poor Digital Infrastructure of Judicial Portals

|   S. No | High Court                 | State                                         |   Number of Court Complexes |   Number of Courts |
|---------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Allahabad                  | Uttar Pradesh                                 |                         180 |               2222 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh             | Andhra Pradesh                                |                         218 |                617 |
|       3 | Bombay                     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                        |                           1 |                  3 |
|       3 | Bombay                     | Daman and Diu                                 |                           2 |                  2 |
|       3 | Bombay                     | Goa                                           |                          17 |                 39 |
|       3 | Bombay                     | Maharashtra                                   |                         471 |               2157 |
|       4 | Calcutta                   | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                      |                           4 |                 14 |
|       4 | Calcutta                   | West Bengal                                   |                          89 |                827 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh               | Chhattisgarh                                  |                          93 |                434 |
|       6 | Delhi                      | Delhi                                         |                           6 |                681 |
|       7 | Gauhati                    | Arunachal Pradesh                             |                          14 |                 28 |
|       7 | Gauhati                    | Assam                                         |                          74 |                408 |
|       7 | Gauhati                    | Mizoram                                       |                           8 |                 69 |
|       7 | Gauhati                    | Nagaland                                      |                          11 |                 37 |
|       8 | Gujarat                    | Gujarat                                       |                         376 |               1268 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh           | Himachal Pradesh                              |                          50 |                162 |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh |                          86 |                218 |
|      11 | Jharkhand                  | Jharkhand                                     |                          28 |                447 |
|      12 | Karnataka                  | Karnataka                                     |                         207 |               1031 |
|      13 | Kerala                     | Kerala                                        |                         158 |                484 |
|      13 | Kerala                     | Lakshadweep                                   |                           1 |                  3 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh             | Madhya Pradesh                                |                         213 |               1363 |
|      15 | Madras                     | Puducherry                                    |                           4 |                 24 |
|      15 | Madras                     | Tamil Nadu                                    |                         263 |               1124 |
|      16 | Manipur                    | Manipur                                       |                          17 |                 38 |
|      17 | Meghalaya                  | Meghalaya                                     |                           7 |                 42 |
|      18 | Orissa                     | Odisha                                        |                         185 |                686 |
|      19 | Patna                      | Bihar                                         |                          84 |               1142 |
|      20 | Punjab &Haryana            | Chandigarh                                    |                           1 |                 30 |
|      20 | Punjab &Haryana            | Haryana                                       |                          53 |                500 |

|       |             | Punjab      |   64 |   541 |
|-------|-------------|-------------|------|-------|
| 21    | Rajasthan   | Rajasthan   |  247 |  1240 |
| 22    | Sikkim      | Sikkim      |    8 |    23 |
| 23    | Telangana   | Telangana   |  129 |   476 |
| 24    | Tripura     | Tripura     |   14 |    84 |
| 25    | Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand |   69 |   271 |
| Total | Total       | Total       | 3452 | 18735 |