Lok Sabha Question No. 3165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: e-Courts Mission Mode Project
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: CHARANJEET SINGH RORI, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3165

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THRUSDAY, THE 4 th  August, 2016

e-Courts Mission Mode Project

3165. DR. C.GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI P.K. BIJU:

SHRI CHARANJEET SINGH RORI:

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

- (a) the  present  status  of  e-Courts  Mission  Mode  Project  and computerisation of courts in the country, Court/State/ UT-wise;
- (b)
- the funds allocated/utilized for the purpose;
- (c) the  number of courts  computerised/ operationalised under eCourts Mission Mode Project, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the  extent  to  which  the  said  project  is  likely  to  help  in reducing the pendency of court cases; and
- (e) the time-frame set for completion of the said project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a): The eCourts Mission Mode Project has resulted in computerisation  of  13,672  district  and  subordinate  courts  in  the country.  The  national  e-Courts  portal  (http://www.ecourts.gov.in) has  been  made  operational.  It  provides  online  services  such  as case registration, cause lists, case status, daily orders and final judgements. Currently litigants can access case status information in respect of over 6.6 crore pending and decided cases and more than 2.9 crore orders/judgements pertaining to district and subordinate courts.

(b): During  Phase  I  of  the  eCourts  project,  National  Informatics Centre  (NIC)  was  the  implementing  agency  to  whom  funds  were provided  for  procurement  of  new  hardware,  technical  manpower etc.  for  district  and  subordinate  courts  of  the  country.  Funds released to NIC under Phase I is Rs.639.41 cr as against the total allocation of Rs.935 cr.

Under phase II of the project which began in August, 2015, with  the  total  cost  of  Rs.1670  cr,  procurement  of  hardware  has been decentralised to the High Courts. Funds released under this Phase till date is Rs.240.90 cr

(c): 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                          |
| 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                        |

(d): The  Government  has  been  using  technology  extensively  in making  the  justice  delivery  system  across  the  country  more transparent, accessible and affordable.   Availability of case  data online  imparts  transparency  to  the  functioning  of  courts  and facilitates easy access of such data to lawyers and litigants. Thus, ICT enablement of courts increases efficiency of justice delivery system  through  organised  and  easy  access  to  case  information and therefore, the project will help in reducing pendency of court cases.

(e): The  Phase  II  of  the  project  began  in  August,  2015.  The duration of the Phase-II of the eCourts project would be four years, or until the project is completed, whichever is later.