Lok Sabha Question No. 750 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: Online Services in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 750 TO BE ANSWERED ON THRUSDAY, THE 21 st JULY, 2016

## Online Services in Courts

## +750.SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

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

- (a) the number of courts in the country which have started online services, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the number of cases disposed of by these courts consequent upon commencement of online services, year and court-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  courts  which  have  disposed  of  cases  using Video  Conferencing  (VC)  facility  along  with  the  number  of such cases disposed of during each of the last three years and the current year, court-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a): As per the available information, a total of 13672 courts in the country have started online services.  The details are as follows:

|   S.No. | High Court Name   |   No. of computerised courts |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Allahabad         |                         1991 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                          806 |
|       3 | Bombay            |                         1896 |
|       4 | Calcutta          |                          762 |
|       5 | Chattisgarh       |                          242 |
|       6 | Delhi             |                          410 |
|       7 | Gauhati           |                          294 |

| S.No.         | High Court Name   | No. of computerised courts   |
|---------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
| 8.            | Gujarat           | 710                          |
| 9.            | Himachal Pradesh  | 98                           |
| 10.           | Jabalpur          | 1119                         |
| 11. Jammu And | Kashmir           | 102                          |
| 12. Jharkhand | 430               |                              |
| 13.           | Jodhpur           | 778                          |
| 14.           | Karnataka         | 754                          |
| 15.           | Kerala            | 397                          |
| 16.           | Madras            | 668                          |
| 17.           | Orissa            | 423                          |
| 18.           | Patna             | 796                          |
| 19. Punjab    | And Haryana       | 743                          |
| 20.           | Sikkim            | 10                           |
| 21.           | Uttarakhand       | 152                          |
| 22.           | Tripura           | 57                           |
| 23.           | Manipur           | 27                           |
| 24.           | Meghalaya         | 7                            |
| Total         |                   | 13672                        |

- (b): Consequent to the computerisation of courts, online services are being provided to litigants such as details of case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders, and final judgments. However, the number of cases disposed of by courts consequent upon commencement of online services is not maintained separately.
- (c): Video Conferencing is only a facility to expedite disposal of cases. It  is  presently  being  used  at  some  of  the  Courts  for production  of  accused  through  VC  for  judicial  remand  purposes. However, the number of cases disposed of by courts consequent upon commencement of online services is not maintained separately.