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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION No. *88
ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25TH JULY, 2025
E-COURTS MISSION MODE PROJECT PHASE III
*88. Shri Arun Bharti:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has approved the e-Courts Mission Mode Project Phase III to
enhance the Indian judiciary's efficiency and accessibility, if so, the funds allocated for
this phase;
(b) whether the project aims to digitise court records and establish paperless courts, if so, the
specific measures being implemented to achieve this goal;
(c) whether there has been an expansion of video conferencing facilities in courts and jails
under this initiative, if so, the total number of such facilities established in the country,
State/UT-wise;
(d) whether e-Sewa Kendras have been set up across court complexes to assist citizens with
e-Courts services, if so, the number of such centres operational, State/UT-wise; and
(e) whether emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is part of this project and
if so, the manner in which it is expected to improve case management and decision-making
processes within the judiciary?
ANSWER
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)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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1STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *88 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2025 REGARDING ‘E-
COURTS MISSION MODE PROJECT PHASE III’.
(a) Yes. The Union Cabinet has approved eCourts Phase III (2023-2027) on 13.09.2023, with
an outlay of ₹7,210 crore, for improved Information & Communication Technology infrastructure
in the courts to enhance judicial productivity.
(b) One of the components of eCourts Project Phase III is the scanning, digitization and digital
preservation of case records, for which an amount of Rs. 2038.40 crore has been earmarked. As
per information provided by the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India, 213.29 crore pages in the
High Courts and 307.89 crore pages in the District Courts have been digitized till 30.06.2025, as
per the details at Annexure- I. A software platform has been developed for long term preservation
of judicial records of High Courts and District Courts. Further, Digital Courts 2.1 software
platform has been developed for aiding courts to function in paperless mode.
(c) A sum of Rs. 228.48 crore has been earmarked for enhancing and upgrading the available
infrastructure of Video Conferencing in various establishments, including jails, courts and district
hospitals. As per information provided by the eCommittee, Supreme Court of India, the details of
VC facilities provided to courts and jails are at Annexure-II.
(d) A sum of Rs.394.48 crore has been earmarked for setting up of eSewa Kendras across court
complexes, under the eCourts Project Phase III. As per information provided by the eCommittee,
Supreme Court of India, 1814 eSewa Kendras are operational in 24 High Courts and the District
Courts under their jurisdiction, as per the details at Annexure- III. Additionally, there are 5
functional eSewa Kendras in the Supreme Court.
(e) Yes. A sum of Rs. 53.57 crore has been earmarked for the implementation of future
technological advancements such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, etc. As per the information
provided by the Supreme Court of India, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
based tools are being used in case management and transcription of oral arguments in
Constitutional Bench matters. AI/ML based tools are used by Supreme Court of India in
coordination with National Informatics Centre (NIC) to translate English judgments into 18 Indian
languages. Prototypes of AI and ML tools are being tested by the Supreme Court of India in
collaboration with IIT Madras for curing defects, data, meta data extraction and the same is
envisaged to be integrated with the electronic filing module and the Integrated Case Management
& Information System (ICMIS).
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2Annexure I
Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 88 for 25/07/2025
regarding e-courts Mission Mode Project Phase III.
Details of digitization are as under:
District Courts(including
Taluka Courts) under the
concerned High Court
Number of Total No. of
Number of Total No. of
pages digitized pages digitized
# Name of High pages digitized pages digitized
in the High in High Court
in District in District
Court Court in the up to current
Courts in the Courts up to
current month month
current month current month
1 Allahabad
29,57,532 55,00,37,986 6,99,98,747 1,26,30,50,913
2 Andhra Pradesh
17,50,450 2,02,81,917 30,62,018 6,45,96,742
3 Bombay
48,08,004 5,84,86,329 58,758 18,14,777
4 Calcutta
10,41,766 5,27,75,761 - -
5 Chhattisgarh
2,70,681 13,49,920 6,94,957 24,04,904
6 Delhi 5,82,532 23,15,93,708 4,02,446 9,11,13,986
7 Gauhati
94,917 3,12,51,154 1,23,696 15,74,91,856
8 Gujarat
91,675 7,43,051 1,21,440 6,02,173
9 Himachal Pradesh
- 71,42,331 - -
21,46,472
10 Jammu & Kashmir
1,10,278 3,98,69,492 1,24,96,788
11 Jharkhand
17,43,187 1,95,65,535 1,95,655 86,08,416
12 Karnataka
33,08,850 3,63,81,003 7,01,094 3,87,17,734
13 Kerala
19,29,589 6,69,47,293 6,98,440 1,08,70,987
14 Madhya Pradesh
16,49,364 23,12,22,106 1,30,00,000 58,76,95,995
15 Madras
74,39,073 16,67,83,534 53,27,906 10,39,82,590
16 Manipur
51,577 55,93,992 78,527 52,94,272
17 Meghalaya
18,844 9,98,123 9,221 35,63,523
18 Orissa
6,46,588 4,77,94,951 58,36,296 13,75,57,843
19 Patna
1,13,025 2,31,83,083 9,62,483 95,41,218
20 Punjab & Haryana 12,25,655 28,18,05,829 29,36,852 51,27,43,212
21 Rajasthan
31,66,277 11,67,82,238 21,27,017 1,01,79,759
22 Sikkim
2,264 11,67,321 80,785 46,59,148
23 Telangana
12,68,241 11,41,58,358 41,43,556 4,70,29,641
24 Tripura
92,538 73,84,185 - 6,19,005
25 Uttarakhand
7,29,338 1,96,26,919 15,58,660 42,82,851
Total 3,50,92,245 2,13,29,26,119 11,42,65,026 3,07,89,18,333
3Annexure II
Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 88 for 25/07/2025
regarding e-courts Mission Mode Project Phase III.
The details of VC facilities provided to courts and jails are as under:
Video Conferencing Facility provided under eCourts Project
S. Number of
High Courts Number of courts (including High Court)
No. jails
District Court: 2532 court rooms and 147 court complexes
1 Allahabad 70
High Court: 2 PTZ Camera have been provided
District Court: 652 courtrooms
2 Andhra Pradesh 13
High Court: Four (4) Benches
District Court: 372 court complexes and 964 courts have been
provided with complete hybrid video conferencing system.
(Phase I and Phase II)
Under Phase - III of the eCourts Project, additional court
complexes have been provided with 102 video conferencing
system.
3 Bombay 96
Apart from this, 381 court rooms which were not covered under
Phase II, including 129 district judges court establishment at the
district and taluka level have been provided with video
conferencing system.
High Court: 60 Courtrooms
4 Chhattisgarh 532 33
61
5 Calcutta 884 Correctional
Homes
35 VC units
have been
provided to
District Court: 07 video conferencing
the District
6 Delhi Jails in
However, as on date, video conferencing is functional in all the
Delhi under
c ourts of Delhi from the funds provided by the State Government.
Phase-II of
the eCourts
Project.
8 Nos. of
District Court: 31 courts Jails/ Sub
Gauhati
High Court: 2 courtrooms Jails (02
7 (a) (Arunachal
District
Pradesh)
Jails and 06
Sub Jails)
7 (b) Gauhati (Assam) 417 31
Gauhati
7 (c) 39 courts (including High Court) 10
(Mizoram)
Gauhati
7 (d) 29 12
(Nagaland)
District Court: 1076 courts
8 Gujarat 27
High Court: 39 Courts (partially from State Government funds and
eCommittee Funds)
District Court: 63 VC equipment’s provided to district judiciary
9 Himachal Pradesh under Phase-III. In addition, 22 All-in-One (AIO) VC equipment’s Nil
p rovided to State hospitals.
4Video Conferencing Facility provided under eCourts Project
S. Number of
High Courts Number of courts (including High Court)
No. jails
District Court: Out of 246 courts across the UT of J&K and
Jammu & Ladakh, 80 courts have VC facility.
10 Kashmir and Under Phase III, VC hardware has been provided to 153 courts. 14
Ladakh
High Court: Equipped with VC facilities.
11 Jharkhand 278 28
12 Karnataka 349 4
District Courts: The Prisons Department, Govt of Kerala, has
provided dedicated VC units in Courts and Jails under the scheme
'VC between Courts and Jails', for remand extension in 370 Courts
in the District Judiciary, utilising their own fund as well as fund
allotted under eCourts Project Phase II.
13 Kerala NIL
In addition, 27 District Courts have been provided with VC
facilities under Phase II.
Further, 106 courts and 94 Court Complexes in the District
Judiciary have been provided with dedicated VC units under Phase
III.
14 Madras 1297 119
15 Orissa 803 Courts 53
16 Patna 1293 (District Courts of Bihar) 59
17 Punjab & Haryana 618 44
District Courts: 1376 Courts
High Court: 46 Court Rooms
18 Rajasthan 105
In addition, VC Facility is being provided for 45 newly created
courts under Phase III.
19 Telangana 537 37
20 Madhya Pradesh 1858 405
21 Manipur 45 Courts (including 4 in the HC) 2
Court complexes-19
22 Meghalaya
Court rooms -78
23 Sikkim 35
24 Tripura 91 13
25 Uttarakhand 241 11
5Annexure III
Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 88 for 25/07/2025
regarding e-courts Mission Mode Project Phase III.
Details are as under:
Status of implementation of e-Sewa Kendras as on 30.06.2025
Whether the Whether the Functioning
Functioning
e-Sewa e-Sewa e-Sewa
e-Sewa
Sr. Kendra is Kendra is Kendras in Total
High Court Kendras in
No. implemented implemented District (A+B)
High Courts
in High in District Courts
(A)
Court Courts (B)
1 Allahabad Yes 2 Yes 74 76
2 Andhra Pradesh No 0 No 0 0
3 Bombay Yes 3 Yes 40 43
4 Calcutta Yes 1 Yes 14 15
5 Chhattisgarh Yes 1 Yes 23 24
6 Delhi Yes 1 Yes 13 14
7 Gauhati Yes 5 Yes 126 131
8 Gujarat Yes 1 Yes 192 193
9 Himachal Pradesh Yes 1 Yes 22 23
Jammu and
10 Yes 1 Yes 26 27
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand Yes 2 Yes 62 64
12 Karnataka Yes 3 Yes 25 28
13 Kerala Yes 1 Yes 161 162
14 Madhya Pradesh Yes 1 Yes 185 186
15 Madras Yes 7 Yes 310 317
16 Manipur Yes 1 Yes 20 21
17 Meghalaya Yes 1 Yes 16 17
18 Orissa Yes 1 Yes 160 161
19 Patna Yes 1 Yes 37 38
Punjab and
20 Yes 1 Yes 113 114
Haryana
21 Rajasthan Yes 2 Yes 1 3
22 Sikkim Yes 1 Yes 10 11
23 Telangana Yes 1 Yes 98 99
24 Tripura Yes 1 Yes 15 16
25 Uttarakhand Yes 1 Yes 30 31
Implemented 24 41 24 1773 1814
Not Implemented 1 1
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