Lok Sabha Question No. 1323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-06
Subject: Deficiencies in e-Courts Service System
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1323 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2026

## DEFICIENCIES IN E-COURTS SERVICE SYSTEM

## †1323. SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the Court Orders and other documents are not being uploaded in a timely manner in the e-Courts Service system;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  details  of  the  deficiencies  in  e-Courts  Service  system  and  the  States  where  such documents are not being uploaded on time; and
- (d) the action proposed to be taken by the Government against the concerned officials and the States showing laxity in this regard?

## 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):  Government of India is implementing eCourts Project in close coordination with the eCommittee of Supreme Court of India, in a decentralized manner, through the respective High  Courts  for  Information  and  Communication  Technology  (ICT)  development  of  the Indian Judiciary. Under the Project, emphasis is placed on the timely uploading of judgments, orders and related judicial data. The concerned courts by and large carry out timely uploading of judgments and orders as well as publication of cause lists and daily proceedings, which can be accessed through various service delivery channels of the eCourts project as well as on the website of respective High Courts. Till date 1.73 crore judgements and orders are available on the eCourts website. The e-Courts Project has facilitated in timely upload of judgments, orders and judicial data through following initiatives:

- i. The core application, viz. Case Information System (CIS), provides facilities for publication of cause lists and daily proceedings for information of litigants and

citizens. Case Information System (CIS) 4.0 is implemented in all courts, with a user manual published online for uniform adoption.

- ii. The National Judicial  Data  Grid  (NJDG)  provides  public  access  to  case  data, statistics of courts across the country and has been upgraded with an improved dashboard,  functioning  as  a  monitoring  tool,  to  identify,  manage  &  reduce pendency of cases.
- iii. Real-time digital services have  expanded significantly, with more than  4 lakh SMS and more than 6 lakh emails being issued daily and 35 lakh daily hits on the e-Courts  portal.  Courts  have  sent  more  than  14  crore  SMS  to  litigants  and advocates.
- iv. The e-Courts Services mobile app (3.54 crore downloads) provides the lawyers and litigants relevant information about case status, cause lists etc.
- v. Over 618.36 crore pages of court records including  legacy  records  have  been digitized  across  Courts  to  ensure  faster  retrieval,  secure  storage  and  seamless digital workflows.
- vi. E-filing and e-payments systems have been implemented to allow online filing of cases and digital payment of court fees and fines, reducing physical interfaces and procedural bottlenecks. Approximately 1.03 crore cases have been filed electronically  through  the  e-filing  platform  and  the  e-payments  system  has processed transactions for court-fee worth Rs. 1,234 crore and fine worth Rs. 63 crore.
- vii. e-Sewa Kendras have been operationalised as One-Stop Digital Centres to assist litigants and advocates with e-filing, case updates, and documentation. 48 e-Sewa Kendras are functional across all High Courts and 2283 e-Sewa Kendras across District Courts.
- viii. The Open Application Programming Interface (Open API) has been developed by  e-Committee,  Supreme  Court  of  India  for  sharing  its  data  with  other government departments. Open API is being used to track cases centrally at an institutional level, monitor  readiness  of  the  case,  manage  pendency  and compliances.

Judicial administration, implementation and supervision of court staff fall within the domain of the respective High Courts, under whose guidance the  courts function. To further strengthen timeliness and consistency, measures have been undertaken including capacity building and training of court staff, strengthening of digital infrastructure, and

continued  engagement  with  the  High  Courts  for  effective  utilisation  of  the  e-Courts Services  platform.  The  training  under  eCourts  Project  Phase-III  follows  a  six-tier national, state, and regional model, ensuring uniform digital readiness across the system. The e-Committee, Supreme Court of India has conducted 910 training programmes and has trained 3,22,740 stakeholders, including judges, litigants, advocates and court staffs.

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