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05/02/23 08:52 AM IST

Digitization of Courts

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  • The Government has launched the eCourts Integrated Mission Mode Project in the country for computerization of District and subordinate courts with the objective of improving access to justice using technology.
eCourts project
  • eCourts project is being implemented in association with e-Committee Supreme Court of India and Department of Justice.
  • Phase I of the project was implemented during 2011-2015.
  • Under the Wide Area Network (WAN) Project,connectivity has been provided to 99.4% (2976 out of earmarked 2994) of total Court Complexes across India with 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps bandwidth speed.
  • Case Information Software (CIS) is based on Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) which has been developed by NIC. Currently CIS National Core Version 3.2 is being implemented in District Courts and the CIS National Core Version 1.0 is being implemented for the High Courts.
  • National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is a database of orders, judgments, and cases, created as an online platform under the eCourts Project. It provides information relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of all computerized district and subordinate courts of the country.
  • Virtual Courts in 17 States/UTs have been operationalized to handle traffic challan cases.
  • New e-filing system has been rolled out for the electronic filing of legal papers with upgraded features. As of 2022, a total of 19 High Courts have adopted the model rules of e-Filing.
    A new “Judgment Search” portal has been started with several user-friendly features. This facility is being provided free of cost to everyone.
  • Towards creating widespread awareness and familiarization of eFiling and eCourts services, manuals and brochures have been made available in English, Hindi and 11 regional languages for the use of lawyers.
Phase III of eCourts
  • Phase III has been finalized and approved by eCommittee, Supreme Court of India.
  • Phase III of the e-Courts project mentions a judicial system that is more affordable, accessible, cost-effective, predictable, reliable, and transparent for every individual who seeks justice or is part of the delivery of justice in India.
  • DPR of eCourtsPhase III  mentions various new features such as Digital and Paperless Courts aimedat bringing court proceedings under a digital format in a court; Online Court  focussing on eliminating the presence of litigants or lawyers in the court ; expansion of scope of Virtual Courts beyond adjudication of Traffic Violations ; use of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and its subsets like Optical Character Recognition (OCR) etc for analysis of case pendency, forecasting future litigation, etc.
Source- PIB

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