Lok Sabha Question No. 804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: e-Services in the Judiciary
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 804 TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28 TH APRIL, 2016

e-Services in the Judiciary

804.

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  introduced  or proposes  to introduce e-services in High Courts and Supreme Court for the litigants and if so, the details and the present status thereof, court-wise;
- (b) the time by which such e-services are likely to be provided at all the High Courts in the country;
- (c) the  measures taken/being taken  by the  Government to  bring uniformity in court procedures in the country;
- (d) the  details  of  Courts/Jails  which  have  implemented  Video Conferencing (VC) facility in the country; and
- (e) the  details  of  Courts/Jails  which  are  proposed  to  implement VC  facility  along  with  the  time  by  which  the  said  facility  is likely to be made operational?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE (Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda)

(a) and (b): The Supreme Court and High Courts of the country are already providing eServices such as causelists, case status, daily orders, judgments etc. Further, as informed by the eCommittee of the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & Haryana and Bombay are providing eFiling also.

(c): The  National  Court  Management  System  (NCMS)  of  the Supreme  Court  and  the  eCourts  project  of  the  Government  has undertaken the process re-engineering exercise in order to facilitate uniformity of court procedures. Also, the Government is working with the eCommittee of Supreme Court on the uniformity of nomenclature of case types, which would help in standardising case types. Further, Government is developing Common Application Software with the help of the eCommittee for all High Courts and District Courts to integrate using same software with uniform data structures across the country.

(d)  and (e):  Video Conferencing (VC) facility between courts and jails has  been  piloted  in  five  districts  and  the  facility  has  been extended  to  493 Court  complexes  and  347 jails  out  of  which equipment has been delivered at more than 800 locations. Phase II extends the facility to 2500 court complexes and 800 jails. Apart from VC facilities being provided under the eCourts Project, some States  have implemented VC in courts from their  own resources also. Details of the locations is placed at Annex.

Annexure

## Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (d) and (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.804 for reply on 28.4.2016

| Sr. No.   |                            | VC Implementation at Courts                   | VC Implementation at Courts                       | VC Implementation at Courts   | VC Implemented at Jails as part of Phase I of eCourts Project   |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | High Court                 | Implemented by HighCourts / State Governments | Implemented as part of Phase I of eCourts Project | Total for Courts              | VC Implemented at Jails as part of Phase I of eCourts Project   |
| 1.        | ALLAHABAD                  | 40                                            | 0                                                 | 40                            | 0                                                               |
| 2.        | TELENGANA & ANDHRA PRADESH | 14                                            | 23                                                | 37                            | 17                                                              |
| 3.        | BOMBAY                     | 68                                            | 40                                                | 108                           | 36                                                              |
| 4.        | CALCUTTA                   | 1                                             | 20                                                | 21                            | 19                                                              |
| 5.        | CHHATTISGARH               | 17                                            | 87                                                | 104                           | 28                                                              |
| 6.        | DELHI                      | 6                                             | 0                                                 | 6                             | 0                                                               |
| 7.        | GAUHATI                    | 1                                             | 61                                                | 62                            | 52                                                              |
| 8.        | GUJARAT                    | 24                                            | 0                                                 | 24                            | 0                                                               |
| 9.        | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 11                                            | 16                                                | 27                            | 0                                                               |
| 10.       | JAMMU & KASHMIR            | 0                                             | 12                                                | 12                            | 14                                                              |
| 11.       | JHARKHAND                  | 22                                            | 10                                                | 32                            | 10                                                              |
| 12.       | KARNATAKA                  | 32                                            | 0                                                 | 32                            | 0                                                               |
| 13.       | KERALA                     | 20                                            | 9                                                 | 29                            | 7                                                               |
| 14.       | MADHYA PRADESH             | 50                                            | 50                                                | 100                           | 46                                                              |
| 15.       | MADRAS                     | 70                                            | 23                                                | 93                            | 8                                                               |
| 16.       | MANIPUR                    | 0                                             | 12                                                | 12                            | 2                                                               |
| 17.       | MEGHALAYA                  | 0                                             | 5                                                 | 5                             | 3                                                               |
| 18.       | ORISSA                     | 12                                            | 43                                                | 55                            | 42                                                              |
| 19.       | PATNA                      | 43                                            | 0                                                 | 43                            | 0                                                               |
| 20.       | PUNJAB & HARYANA           | 98                                            | 19                                                | 117                           | 15                                                              |
| 21.       | RAJASTHAN                  | 0                                             | 35                                                | 35                            | 33                                                              |
| 22.       | SIKKIM                     | 0                                             | 4                                                 | 4                             | 2                                                               |
| 23.       | TRIPURA                    | 3                                             | 2                                                 | 5                             | 2                                                               |
| 24.       | UTTARAKHAND                | 1                                             | 22                                                | 23                            | 11                                                              |
|           | Total                      | 533                                           | 493                                               | 1026                          | 347                                                             |

Note:

Information about implementation of VC at Jails other than through Phase I of the eCourts Project is not available with the office of the eCommittee.