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Ministry of Law and Justice
e-Courts Mission Mode Project is being
implemented in three phases for strengthening
use of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) in judicial system
IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES OF E-COURTS
PROJECT
Posted On: 05 FEB 2026 1:04PM by PIB Delhi
The e-Courts Mission Mode Project is being implemented in three phases with the objective of
strengthening the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the judicial system. Phase I
(2011 – 2015) was primarily focused on basic computerization and internal connectivity in courts. As a
result, 14,249 Courts were computerized and Local Area Network (LAN) was installed at 13,683 courts.
Phase II (2015 – 2023) focused on ICT facilitation of judicial services to citizens. The components
included computer hardware, computerization of DSLAs/ TLCs, Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity,
trainings of stakeholders, establishment of eSewa Kendra, etc. An advanced CIS software, National
Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) and systems for digital filing and payments were developed, which
revolutionized the way public accessed the services provided by the judiciary.
As per the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of eCourts Project Phase III, digitization of court records is a
central focal point of the eCourts initiative. Before Phase III, only 5.9% of the total legacy records were
digitized by 21 High Courts. Therefore, a robust infrastructural regime for scanning and digitisation has
been approved under Phase III for digitisation of approximately 3,100 crore documents, including legacy
and current records. A Digital Preservation Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been prepared for
scanning, storage, retrieval, digitisation, and preservation of judicial records.
The details of funds released under Phase II and Phase III of the e-Courts Project, High court-wise and
year-wise, are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
Further, the DPR proposes the setting up of infrastructure for paperless courts, including a customised
software application for paperless courts wherein the e-filed and scanned documents can be displayed in
the paperless court application and made accessible to judicial officers, litigants, lawyers, and the public.
Judicial officers can access the cause list and digitized case papers/ paper books of their respective courts
through their systems. The transition towards paperless courts through digitisation, virtual courts, e-filing,
e-payments, and related initiatives has already resulted in a significant reduction in physical paper usage
across Courts. The details of digitisation of records, virtual courts and video conferencing as provided by
eCommittee, Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, High Court-wise and District court-wise are at Annexure-
III.Further, Digital Courts 2.1, a software tool developed by the Centre of Excellence for eCourts [CoEE],
NIC, Pune, is a customized application for paperless Courts with facility of translation and transcription
using AI. It enables judges to access all case related documents, pleadings, and evidence digitally, marking
a significant leap toward a paperless court ecosystem.
Periodic reviews are undertaken in coordination with the High Courts and eCommittee, Supreme Court of
India to assess the progress of implementation across States/UTs. Steps have been taken to enhance
uniform digital access to justice through financial and technical support, capacity building initiatives,
standardisation of platforms, and strengthened court infrastructure.
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Annexure- I
Details of funds released under Phase II of the e-Courts project, High court-wise and year-wise:
(Rs. in crore)
S. High Court 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2020- 2021- Total
No. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Allahabad 31.14 20.88 20.57 8.07 15.04 13.79 0.00 109.48
2 Andhra 1.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.96
Pradesh
3 Bombay 30.39 38.25 47.22 0.52 0.00 8.86 0.00 125.24
4 Calcutta 12.14 9.17 10.72 0.13 0.00 4.93 0.00 37.09
5 Chhattisgarh 3.82 6.03 9.34 1.33 4.44 2.34 0.00 27.31
6 Delhi 5.87 5.41 8.97 3.54 0.00 3.00 0.00 26.80
7 Gauhati 0.59 4.33 1.37 2.85 0.98 1.52 1.26 12.90
(Arunachal
Pradesh)
8 Gauhati 5.19 25.47 8.13 8.70 13.68 6.11 3.49 70.77
(Assam)
9 Gauhati 0.71 3.01 2.47 0.15 0.51 0.72 0.30 7.87
(Mizoram)
10 Gauhati 0.77 2.31 1.83 0.71 0.70 0.83 0.84 7.99
(Nagaland)
11 Gujarat* 11.23 18.32 29.06 10.73 0.00 3.48 0.00 72.82S. High Court 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2020- 2021- Total
No. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
12 Himachal 1.79 3.21 4.05 0.13 0.00 2.00 0.00 11.19
Pradesh
13 Jammu & 1.84 5.29 10.59 0.26 0.00 1.00 0.00 18.98
Kashmir and
Ladakh
14 Jharkhand 3.20 5.09 2.92 4.53 5.53 2.98 0.00 24.25
15 Karnataka 11.86 17.43 22.04 0.61 9.15 4.29 0.00 65.38
16 Kerala 5.53 8.32 14.73 4.61 0.00 2.83 1.58 37.61
17 Madhya 9.73 23.93 22.51 0.39 11.21 6.28 0.00 74.05
Pradesh
18 Madras 10.24 24.62 25.45 5.11 0.00 4.73 0.00 70.15
19 Manipur 0.53 4.24 1.19 0.65 0.61 1.30 0.76 9.27
20 Meghalaya 0.19 3.26 3.65 0.62 0.92 2.32 2.23 13.17
21 Orissa 7.57 7.71 12.70 1.59 13.46 3.37 0.00 46.41
22 Patna 8.04 26.41 8.72 0.13 7.08 5.44 0.00 55.82
23 Punjab & 11.63 17.92 11.54 8.49 0.00 4.55 0.00 54.13
Haryana
24 Rajasthan 9.97 23.04 25.05 3.01 1.29 10.58 1.62 74.56
25 Sikkim 0.18 1.80 1.40 0.80 1.61 1.01 0.77 7.58
26 Telangana & 13.90 14.31 33.95 8.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.29
Andhra
Pradesh**
27 Telangana 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.79 0.00 1.79
28 Tripura 1.20 4.38 2.86 1.77 2.24 4.44 0.96 17.86S. High Court 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2020- 2021- Total
No. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
29 Uttarakhand 2.98 2.66 4.60 0.13 0.00 1.28 0.00 11.65
Total (in Cr.) 202.23 326.79 347.65 77.71 88.44 107.74 13.81 1164.37
* Gujarat High Court surrendered Rs.13.12 Cr. Total utilization included surrendered funds.
** Funds released to erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Court; shared in the ratio of 58:42
respectively.
Note: In addition to the funds released to High Courts, Rs 180.57 crore were released to NIC for
providing technical support, Rs 293.68 crore to BSNL for WAN (Wide Area Network) connectivity, Rs
13.50 crore to eCommittee, SCI under Change Management and Rs 16.31 crore for miscellaneous
expenditure (salary, office expenses, publicity, etc).
Annexure- II
Details of funds released under Phase III of the e-Courts project, High court-wise and year-wise:
(Rs. in crore)
S. No. High Court 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Allahabad 95.87 51.78 119.92
2 Andhra Pradesh 25.44 31.74 15.81
3 Bombay 69.54 83.19 92.41
4 Calcutta 16.73 27.65 9.50
5 Chhattisgarh 16.27 24.17 39.11
6 Delhi 17.89 48.19 17.90
7 Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) 2.03 9.76 1.79
8 Gauhati (Assam) 24.97 33.85 3.65
9 Gauhati (Mizoram) 3.12 6.22 1.99
10 Gauhati, Kohima (Nagaland) 1.79 3.91 3.41
11 Gujarat 27.72 73.21 48.89
12 Himachal Pradesh 6.06 6.89 7.63S. No. High Court 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
13 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh 6.52 14.53 12.81
14 Jharkhand 10.59 29.22 7.65
15 Karnataka 32.37 67.40 48.22
16 Kerala 15.40 32.62 51.60
17 Madhya Pradesh 22.90 77.31 48.58
18 Madras 90.69 91.75 113.20
19 Manipur 11.12 7.54 2.16
20 Meghalaya 3.33 8.50 3.83
21 Orissa 6.77 53.24 16.09
22 Patna 32.43 89.55 57.61
23 Punjab And Haryana 14.58 26.01 10.01
24 Rajasthan 19.80 34.72 60.88
25 Sikkim 1.71 8.98 2.51
26 Telangana 22.03 28.57 28.91
27 Tripura 0.53 7.05 8.79
28 Uttarakhand 13.68 19.95 29.57
Total 611.88 997.49 864.43*
* As on 02.02.2026
Note: In addition to the funds released to High Courts, Rs. 185.06 crore have been released to NIC for
providing technical support, Rs 54.79 crore to BSNL for WAN (Wide Area Network) connectivity, Rs
17.51crore to eCommittee, SCI under Change Management, Rs 0.28 crore to IIT Madras for development
of e-Learning platform, and Rs 9.42 crore for miscellaneous expenditure (salary, office expenses,
publicity, etc).
Annexure-III
I. Details of digitization of court records in High Courts and District Courts till 31.12.2025:S. High Court Total Pages Digitized Total Pages Digitized in
No. in High Court District Courts
1 Allahabad 57,74,41,007 1,68,69,63,743
2 Andhra Pradesh 3,41,11,865 17,28,50,732
3 Bombay 8,90,63,956 22,07,485
4 Calcutta 5,95,17,135 0
5 Chhattisgarh 24,26,800 1,91,84,603
6 Delhi 23,46,18,073 10,48,83,922
7 Gauhati – Arunachal Pradesh 5,06,407 1,26,322
8 Gauhati – Assam 2,97,53,593 15,58,31,203
9 Gauhati – Mizoram 12,31,287 20,97,820
10 Gauhati – Nagaland 0 0
11 Gujarat 16,98,629 11,64,409
12 Himachal Pradesh 79,15,775 11,81,757
13 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh 4,11,76,756 2,50,11,814
14 Jharkhand 3,01,84,408 96,24,854
15 Karnataka 5,14,20,668 4,63,47,270
16 Kerala 8,17,95,531 1,71,13,720
17 Madhya Pradesh 24,62,88,505 66,68,95,995
18 Madras 20,76,93,848 13,16,62,142
19 Manipur 58,56,075 57,36,785
20 Meghalaya 11,56,596 38,20,961
21 Orissa 5,33,13,761 17,36,02,357S. High Court Total Pages Digitized Total Pages Digitized in
No. in High Court District Courts
22 Patna 2,40,49,339 2,39,56,123
23 Punjab & Haryana 29,46,04,020 62,82,06,241
24 Rajasthan 13,44,36,567 3,50,10,815
25 Sikkim 11,73,135 54,15,378
26 Telangana 12,85,86,477 7,61,42,250
27 Tripura 54,39,454 5,62,558
28 Uttarakhand 2,41,91,236 1,33,14,115
Total 2,36,96,50,903 4,00,89,15,374
(Source: eCommittee, SCI)
II. Details of virtual court establishments and challans, state-wise till 31.12.2025:
S. Virtual Court Establishment Name Number of Challans Challan Amount (In
No. Received Rs.)
1 Assam (Assam Traffic Department) 2,52,352 3,10,25,201
2 Chandigarh (Virtual Court Chandigarh) 18,14,186 24,49,08,810
3 Chhattisgarh (Traffic Department) 1,29,303 82,60,701
4 Chhattisgarh (Transport Department) 49,572 3,30,500
5 Delhi (Notice Department) 2,62,11,142 2,18,20,23,706
6 Delhi (Traffic Department) 1,10,92,663 2,15,46,13,153
7 Gujarat (Traffic Department) 74,86,237 41,16,95,656
8 Gujarat (Transport Department) 8,10,340 33,05,10,865
9 Haryana (Traffic Department) 51,63,782 26,95,79,801
10 Himachal Pradesh (Traffic Department) 8,89,304 5,33,29,353S. Virtual Court Establishment Name Number of Challans Challan Amount (In
No. Received Rs.)
11 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (Jammu 14,59,411 12,12,00,646
Traffic Department)
12 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (Kashmir 14,20,148 14,98,72,014
Traffic Department)
13 Karnataka (Traffic Department) 1,27,657 1,10,16,14,350
14 Kerala (Police Department) 50,16,507 17,63,55,442
15 Kerala (Transport Department) 15,24,588 28,09,68,711
16 Madhya Pradesh (Traffic Department) 21,09,341 5,75,54,610
17 Maharashtra (Transport Department) 56,569 31,49,705
18 Maharashtra (Nashik Traffic Department) 22 2
19 Manipur (Virtual Court – Traffic) 19,671 7,96,000
20 Manipur (Virtual Court –Transport) 6,436 4,34,500
21 Meghalaya (Traffic Department) 6,472 1,00,501
22 Odisha (Traffic CTC-BBSR 8,80,783 7,63,59,501
Commissionerate)
23 Rajasthan (Traffic Department) 3,17,077 2,16,07,070
24 Tamil Nadu (Traffic Department) 2,53,972 1,17,54,41,050
25 Tripura (Traffic Department) 2,69,894 42,48,726
26 Uttar Pradesh (Traffic Department) 2,99,56,401 82,72,27,444
27 Uttarakhand (Traffic Department) 1,66,141 1,85,93,902
28 Uttarakhand (Transport Department) 1,43,967 2,30,60,042
29 West Bengal (Traffic Department) 4,83,932 76,88,452S. Virtual Court Establishment Name Number of Challans Challan Amount (In
No. Received Rs.)
Total 9,81,17,870 973,25,50,414
(Source: eCommittee, SCI)
III. Number of cases heard via video conferencing in High Courts and District Courts till 31.12.2025:
S. No. High Court High Courts District Courts
1 Allahabad 2,49,060 66,73,818
2 Andhra Pradesh 4,21,307 14,57,401
3 Bombay 94,493 3,10,408
4 Calcutta 1,81,591 1,85,189
5 Chhattisgarh 1,05,175 4,59,698
6 Delhi 3,22,201 75,03,131
7 Gauhati – Arunachal Pradesh 3,574 8,779
8 Gauhati – Assam 2,67,767 5,47,962
9 Gauhati – Mizoram 4,294 13,268
10 Gauhati – Nagaland 1,477 1,278
11 Gujarat 4,20,087 2,34,667
12 Himachal Pradesh 1,86,350 2,02,660
13 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh 2,65,337 5,98,259
14 Jharkhand 2,25,235 7,45,304
15 Karnataka 12,78,460 1,92,285
16 Kerala 2,80,384 6,93,555
17 Madhya Pradesh 6,97,374 11,72,912S. No. High Court High Courts District Courts
18 Madras 15,31,620 4,79,195
19 Manipur 55,160 18,811
20 Meghalaya 6,930 77,483
21 Orissa 3,59,593 3,66,450
22 Patna 2,78,212 32,75,264
23 Punjab & Haryana 6,53,089 37,34,523
24 Rajasthan 2,54,597 2,66,506
25 Sikkim 926 17,890
26 Telangana 15,31,472 2,01,818
27 Tripura 22,535 42,737
28 Uttarakhand 91,252 51,892
Total 97,89,552 2,95,33,143
(Source: eCommittee, SCI)
This information was given by 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 in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha
today.
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