Lok Sabha Question No. 2167 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Video Conferencing Facilities in District Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2167 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 12 th  DECEMBER, 2025

## VIDEO CONFERENCING FACILITIES IN DISTRICT COURTS

2167 Shri Tanuj Punia:

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

- (a) the number of district courts in the country that do not have video conferencing facilities and necessary digital equipments for hybrid hearings; and
- (b) the timeline by which the Government will have these facilities?

## 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) & (b) : One of the components of eCourts Project Phase III is Video Conferencing for which an  amount  of  Rs.  228.48  Crores  has  been  earmarked  under  the  project.  As  per  information provided by the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India, Video Conferencing facilities have been enabled  between  3,240  court  complexes  and  1,272  jails  across  the  country.  The  District  and Subordinate  courts  have  heard  2.85  crore  cases  using  the  video  conferencing  system.  The information  regarding  the  number  of  district  courts  in  the  country  that  do  not  have  video conferencing  facilities  and  necessary  digital  equipment  for  hybrid  hearings  are  placed  in Annexure- I .  Further, as per the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the eCourts Project Phase-III, there is provision for enhancing and upgrading the available infrastructure of Video Conferencing in courts.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2167  FOR  12.12.2025  REGARDING  VIDEO  CONFERENCING  FACILITIES  IN DISTRICT COURTS.

Details  of  District  Courts  that  do  not  have  video  conferencing  facilities  and  necessary digital equipment for hybrid hearings:

| Video Conferencing Facilities in District Courts   | Video Conferencing Facilities in District Courts   | Video Conferencing Facilities in District Courts                                                                                                                           |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr.                                                | No.High Courts                                     | The number of district courts under the jurisdiction of the High Courts that do not have video conferencing facilities and necessary digital equipment for hybrid hearings |
| 1                                                  | Allahabad                                          | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                     | Only 3 Courts out of 657 Established Courts do not have equipment for Hybrid Hearings                                                                                      |
| 3                                                  | Bombay                                             | 72 numbers of courts do not have Video Conferencing Systems and 341 numbers of Courts do not have digital equipment for hybrid hearing.                                    |
| 4                                                  | Calcutta                                           | Nil (under eCourts Project)                                                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                       | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                  | Delhi                                              | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 7                                                  | Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh)                        | 2                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                  | Gauhati (Assam)                                    | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                  | Gauhati (Mizoram)                                  | 2                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                 | Gauhati (Nagaland)                                 | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                 | Gujarat                                            | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 12                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                   | VC facilities for hybrid hearings have not yet been provided in 82 courts, whereas the same have been provided in 63 courts under Phase-III of the eCourts Project.'       |
| 13                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh                          | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                 | Jharkhand                                          | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                 | Karnataka                                          | 877                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                 | Kerala                                             | 6                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 17                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                     | Nil                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                 | Madras                                             | 12 newly constituted Courts in the Cadre of Civil Judge                                                                                                                    |

|   19 | Manipur         | NA                                                                                     |
|------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   20 | Meghalaya       | Nil                                                                                    |
|   21 | Orissa          | Nil                                                                                    |
|   22 | Patna           | Nil                                                                                    |
|   23 | Punjab &Haryana | Nil                                                                                    |
|   24 | Rajasthan       | 95 Courts (45 Courts created during FY 2024-25 and50 Courts created during FY 2025-26) |