Executive Summary:
This document presents information on IT infrastructure in courtrooms in India, as of August 1, 2025. It details the percentage of courtrooms equipped with IT infrastructure, the budget allocated for IT development under the eCourts Project Phase III (2023-27), the integration of district and lower courts into the eCourts project, and expenditure incurred over the last five years.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms:**
* Annexure I provides High Court-wise percentages of courtrooms equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure, including electronic display facilities and video conferencing systems.
* **eCourts Project Phase III Budget:**
* A budget of Rs. 7210 crore has been earmarked for end-to-end digitization of court infrastructure under the eCourts Project Phase III (2023-27).
* Annexure II details the component-wise budget outlay. Key components include:
* Scanning, Digitization and Digital Preservation of Case Records (Rs. 2038.40 crore)
* Cloud Infrastructure (Rs. 1205.23 crore)
* Additional hardware to existing courts (Rs. 643.66 crore)
* Infrastructure in newly set up courts (Rs. 426.25 crore)
* Virtual Courts (Rs. 413.08 crore)
* eSewa Kendra (Rs. 394.48 crore)
* **eCourts Project Integration:**
* 23007 District and Subordinate courts have been successfully integrated into the eCourts project to date, as per the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) portal.
* **Expenditure:**
* Annexure III provides state-wise and High Court-wise expenditure incurred over the last five years under the eCourts project.
Impact Analysis:
* **High Courts:**
* Impact: The document provides data on the current status of IT infrastructure in courtrooms under each High Court's jurisdiction and outlines future investments for further development.
* Action Required: Review the provided data, utilize allocated funds effectively, and continue integrating courtrooms into the eCourts project.
* **District and Subordinate Courts:**
* Impact: The document highlights the progress of integration into the eCourts project and provides information on available resources for IT infrastructure development.
* Action Required: Continue to integrate into the eCourts project and utilize available IT infrastructure to enhance court operations.
* **eCommittee, Supreme Court of India:**
* Impact: The eCommittee provided the data for the report.
* Action Required: Continue to oversee and manage the eCourts project, monitor progress, and ensure effective utilization of funds.
Key Entities Referenced
eCourts Project: A project to integrate District and lower Courts, with Phase III having a budget for digitization.
Supreme Court of India: The apex court of India, which provided information via the eCommittee regarding IT infrastructure.
National Judicial Data Grid NJDG: A portal where data regarding the integration of District and Subordinate courts into the eCourts project is available.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the question regarding IT infrastructure in courtrooms was raised.
eSewa Kendra: A scheme component under eCourts Project Phase III with an outlay of Rs. 394.48 Crore
Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh: One of the High Courts in India with 87% of its courtrooms equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure.
eCourts Project Phase III 202327: A phase of the eCourts project with a budget of Rs.7210 crore earmarked for digitization of court infrastructure.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The government ministry responsible for the administration of law and justice in India.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2249
ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 01st AUGUST, 2025
IT INFRASTRUCTURE IN COURTROOMS
2249. Shri Anto Antony:
Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:
(a) the percentage of courtrooms in the Country that are currently equipped with fully
functional IT infrastructure including electronic display facilities and video conferencing
systems;
(b) the total budget allocated for IT infrastructure development in courts;
(c) the percentage of District and lower Courts that have been successfully integrated into
the e-Courts project; and
(d) the details including expenditure incurred thereon during the last five years, year-wise
and State-wise?
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 (d): As per information provided by eCommitttee, Supreme Court of India, the details of
High Court wise percentage of courtrooms presently equipped with fully functional IT
infrastructure including electronic display facilities and video conferencing systems are at
Annexure I. Under eCourts Project Phase III (2023-27), a budget of Rs.7210 crore has been
earmarked for end-to-end digitization of the court infrastructure. The details of component-wise
budget outlay are at Annexure II. As per National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) portal, 23007
District and Subordinate courts have been successfully integrated into the e-Courts project till
date. The details of the State-wise and High Court-wise expenditure incurred over the last five
years under the eCourts project are at Annexure III.
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1Annexure I
Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2249 for 01/08/2025
regarding IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms
Percentage of courtrooms presently equipped with fully functional IT infrastructure
IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms
S. High Courts [A] [B] [C]
No. Total number of Total number of % of courtrooms that
Courtroom under Courtrooms, out of are currently equipped with
the jurisdiction of [A] that are currently fully functional IT
the High Court equipped with fully infrastructure including
(including High functional IT electronic display facilities and
Court) infrastructure Video Conferencing
including electronic Systems.(B/A*100)
display facilities and
Video Conferencing
Systems.
3045 2648 87%
1 Allahabad
656 Courts with IT 70%
Andhra infrastructure: 649 (461/656*100%)
2
Pradesh Courtrooms with VC
facility: 461
243 9 23 83 97.7 0 %
3 Bombay
91 1 89 7 98.46%
4 Calcutta
5 Chhattisgarh 530 504 95.09%
6 Delhi 794 7 9 4 100%
33 33 100%
Gauhati
7
(Arunachal
(a)
Pradesh)
7 Gauhati 436 436 100%
(b) (Assam)
7 Gauhati 54 34 62.90%
(c) (Mizoram)
7 Gauhati 29 27 93.00%
(d) (Nagaland)
8 Gujarat 1115 1115 100%
201 2 0 1 100%
Himachal
9
Pradesh
Jammu & 257 2 4 8 9 6 . 4 0 %
10 Kashmir and
Ladakh
11 Jharkhand 575 512 89.04%
12 Karnataka 1307 349 26.70%
2IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms
S. High Courts [A] [B] [C]
No. Total number of Total number of % of courtrooms that
Courtroom under Courtrooms, out of are currently equipped with
the jurisdiction of [A] that are currently fully functional IT
the High Court equipped with fully infrastructure including
(including High functional IT electronic display facilities and
Court) infrastructure Video Conferencing
including electronic Systems.(B/A*100)
display facilities and
Video Conferencing
Systems.
609 Court Rooms Equipped % of Court Rooms Equipped
With VC Systems With VC Systems = 99.01 %
= 603
13 Kerala % of Court Rooms Equipped
Court Rooms Equipped With Electronic Display facilities
With Electronic = 22.33 %
Display facilities = 136
Madhya 1706 1 7 0 6 100%
14
Pradesh
15 Madras 1405 1372 97.65%
16 Manipur 48 48 100%
81 8 1 100%
17 Meghalaya
18 Orissa 862 831 96.40%
1712 High Court with IT High Courts - 100%
High Court: 36 infrastructure: 36
District Courts: 1676 District Courts with District Courts: Video
Video Conferencing Conferencing
19 Patna Systems:1413 Systems- (1413/1676*100)= 84%
District Courts with approx.
Electronic Display Electronic Display Board for 331
Boards for new Court New Court rooms-
rooms: 331 (331/1676*100)= 20 % approx
1220 High Court with IT High Court: 100%
High Court: 49 infrastructure: 49 District Courts with Video
functional District Courts with Conferencing Systems: 90.43%
courtrooms Video Conferencing
Punjab & District Courts with Electronic
20 District Courts: 1171 Systems: 1059
Haryana Display Boards for new Court
District Courts with
rooms : 100%
Electronic Display
Boards for new Court
rooms : 1171
21 Rajasthan 151 7 14 22 93.74%
22 Sikkim 35 35 100%
23 Telangana 550 537 97.63%
24 Tripura 91 91 100%
25 Uttarakhand 291 101 35.00%
3Annexure II
Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2249 for 01/08/2025
regarding IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms
S.No. Scheme Component Outlay (Rs. Crore)
Scanning, Digitization and Digital Preservation of Case
1 Records 2038.40
2 Cloud Infrastructure 1205.23
3 Additional hardware to existing courts 643.66
4 Infrastructure in newly set up courts 426.25
5 Virtual Courts 413.08
6 eSewa Kendra 394.48
7 Paperless Court 359.20
8 System and Application Software Development 243.52
9 Solar Power Backup 229.50
10 Video Conferencing set-up 228.48
11 e- filing 215.97
12 Connectivity (Primary + Redundancy) 208.72
13 Capacity Building 208.52
14 CLASS (Courtroom Live-Audio Visual Streaming System) 112.26
15 Project Management Unit 56.67
16 Future Technological Advancements 53.57
17 Judicial process re-engineering 33.00
18 Disabled friendly ICT enabled facilities 27.54
19 NSTEP 25.75
20 Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) 23.72
21 Knowledge Management System 23.30
22 e-Office for High Courts & District Courts 21.10
Integration with Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System
23 (ICJS) 11.78
24 S3WAAS platform 6.35
TOTAL 7210
4Annexure III
Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2249 for 01/08/2025
regarding IT Infrastructure in Courtrooms
Year-wise details of expenditure incurred (Amount in Rs. crore)
Sr.
High Court FY 20 20-21 FY 20 21-22 FY 2022- FY 20 23-24 FY 20 24-25
No.
23 *
1 Allahabad 13.79 0.00 - 95.87 51.78
2 Andhra Pradesh 1.96 0.00 - 25.44 31.74
3 Bombay 8.86 0.00 - 69.54 83.19
4 Calcutta 4.93 0.00 - 16.73 27.65
5 Chhattisgarh 2.34 0.00 - 16.27 24.17
6 Delhi 3.00 0.00 - 17.89 48.19
Gauhati (Arunachal
7 (a) Pradesh) 1.52 1.26 - 2.03 9.76
7 (b) Gauhati (Assam) 6.11 3.49 - 24.97 33.85
7 (c) Gauhati (Mizoram) 0.72 0.30 - 3.12 6.22
7 (d) Gauhati (Nagaland) 0.83 0.84 - 1.79 3.91
8 Gujarat 3.48 0.00 - 27.72 73.21
9 Himachal Pradesh 2.00 0.00 - 6.06 6.89
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1.00 0.00 - 6.52 14.53
11 Jharkhand 2.98 0.00 - 10.59 29.22
12 Karnataka 4.29 0.00 - 32.37 67.40
13 Kerala 2.83 1.58 - 15.40 32.62
14 Madhya Pradesh 6.28 0.00 - 22.90 77.31
15 Madras 4.73 0.00 - 90.69 91.75
16 Manipur 1.30 0.76 - 11.12 7.54
17 Meghalaya 2.32 2.23 - 3.33 8.50
18 Orissa 3.37 0.00 - 6.77 53.24
19 Patna 5.44 0.00 - 32.43 89.55
20 Punjab & Haryana 4.55 0.00 - 14.58 26.01
21 Rajasthan 10.58 1.62 - 19.80 34.72
22 Sikkim 1.01 0.77 - 1.71 8.98
23 Telangana 1.79 0.00 - 22.03 28.57
24 Tripura 4.44 0.96 - 0.53 7.05
25 Uttarakhand 1.28 0.00 - 13.68 19.95
Total 107.73 13.81 - 611.88 997.49
* Funds under Phase-II were released to High Courts only till 31st March, 2022. Though the
Phase-II continued till the project targets were achieved (i.e. March 2023), no budget outlay was
made for F.Y. 2022-23.
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