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Government of India
Ministry of Law and Justice
23 MAR 2023 5:53PM by PIB Delhi
Computerization of District Courts

The Government has launched the eCourts Integrated Mission Mode Project for computerization of District and subordinate courts in the country with the objective of improving access to justice using technology. The Phase I of eCourts was concluded in 2015. Phase II of the project started in 2015 and 18,735 District & Subordinate courts have been computerised tillphase II. The detailed break-up of computerization of court complexes has been attached in Annexure-I.

A sum of Rs. 54.12 crore. have been released to Punjab and Haryana High Court under the e-Courts Project Phase-II for computerization of District and Subordinate Courts

The Department of Justice has been administering a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary since the year 1993-94. Though the primary responsibility of Infrastructure development for the subordinate judiciary rests with the State Governments, the Central Government through this CSS augments the resources of the State Governments by releasing financial assistance. The scheme presently covers construction of court buildings, residential quarters, digital computer rooms, toilets and lawyers’ halls in District and Subordinate Courts of all the States/UTs. The scheme allows new construction and upgradation or renovation of existing court buildings but does not allow routing maintenance or upkeep. A sum of Rs. 583.58 crore have been released to the State Government of Punjab under the scheme since 1993-94 which included a sum of Rs. 12.50 crore released during the current financial year.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Law & Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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Annexure-I

Computerization of District Courts. The details of court complex and computerization of courts are as under:

S.No

High Court

State

Court Complexes

Courts

1

Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh

180

2222

2

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

218

617

3

Bombay

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

1

3

Daman and Diu

2

2

Goa

17

39

Maharashtra

471

2157

4

Calcutta

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

4

14

West Bengal

89

827

5

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh

93

434

6

Delhi

Delhi

6

681

7

Gauhati

Arunachal Pradesh

14

28

Assam

74

408

Mizoram

8

69

Nagaland

11

37

8

Gujarat

Gujarat

376

1268

9

Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

50

162

10

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh

86

218

11

Jharkhand

Jharkhand

28

447

12

Karnataka

Karnataka

207

1031

13

Kerala

Kerala

158

484

Lakshadweep

1

3

14

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

213

1363

15

Madras

Puducherry

4

24

Tamil Nadu

263

1124

16

Manipur

Manipur

17

38

17

Meghalaya

Meghalaya

7

42

18

Orissa

Odisha

185

686

19

Patna

Bihar

84

1142

20

Punjab & Haryana

Chandigarh

1

30

Haryana

53

500

Punjab

64

541

21

Rajasthan

Rajasthan

247

1240

22

Sikkim

Sikkim

8

23

23

Telangana

Telangana

129

476

24

Tripura

Tripura

14

84

25

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

69

271

 

Total

 

3452

18735

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SS/RKM