Parliament Question: Poor Digital Infrastructure of Judicial Portals

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 971 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25th JULY, 2025 POOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF JUDICIAL PORTALS 971. Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary: Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware of the delayed or inconsistent uploading of judgments, orders, cause lists and daily proceedings on websites of various courts and tribunals, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether issues such as frequent downtime, outdated user interfaces, non-standardized formats and broken links are affecting public access to judicial information, if so, the details thereof; (c) whether any technical audit or performance review of court websites, especially in the lower judiciary and tribunals, has been conducted, if so, the outcome thereof; (d) the measures taken or proposed to ensure real-time uploading, standardization of content, and improvement of digital infrastructure under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project; and (e) whether a centralized monitoring mechanism or dashboard is being developed to track the performance and accessibility of court websites across the Country? 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): As part of the efforts being made under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project, the e- Committee, Supreme Court of India is sensitive to the need for timely and consistent uploading of judgments and orders for the benefit of the stakeholders. The Case Information System (CIS) software developed under the e-Courts Project provides facility for publication of judgments, courts orders, cause lists and daily proceedings for information of litigants and citizens, who can access these documents through various service delivery channels of the e-Courts project. Further, the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), which was launched under the e-Courts Project, hosts data regarding 25.60 crore court cases and 31.78 crore interim orders and judgments. Various facilities such as SMS alerts, mobile applications and dedicated portals have been created to ensure real-time availability of cause lists and court orders. In addition, the details of court cases, for which next date of hearing has not yet been given, are available on NJDG. Further, 1the facility for efficient monitoring of the cases has been provided to judges and judicial officers through the JustIs App developed under e-Courts Project. (b): All e-Courts portals are hosted on cloud facility (Meghraj 2.0) of National Informatics Centre. In order to ensure seamless access to users, these portals are security audited by agency empaneled by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in). Further, the Centre of Excellence of e-Courts Project, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Pune uses an automated monitoring portal for continuous monitoring of the health of network and important applications. In case of any unexpected downtime or outage, the team swiftly takes remedial measures. However, at occasions, planned downtimes are undertaken for important maintenance related activities. (c) to (e): As part of Phase-III of e-Courts Project, websites of District Courts have been migrated to S3WAAS (Secure, Scalable and Sugamya Website as a Service) platform. As per S3WAAS protocol, periodic audits of all the websites are carried out in accordance with the guidelines of NIC and CERT-in. Other websites developed under e-Courts project are hosted on National Government Cloud platform. As a result, the websites remain secure and accessible. Under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project, several measures have been taken to enhance accessibility and reliability of judicial information. The data including order, judgments and cause lists from the Case Information System is replicated on to the National Data Centre in near real-time. A dedicated team at each court complex monitors these activities. In addition, a standardized National Core Case Information System has been deployed across all courts in the country. As regards the digital infrastructure in the Courts, the same is being upgraded in a phased manner as part of the e-Courts Project. At District and High Court levels, dedicated teams are in place to track performance, uptime and data accuracy of the courts. As on date, digital infrastructure has been provided to 18,735 courts, as per details at Annexure-I. **** 2Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 971 for 25.07.2025 regarding Poor Digital Infrastructure of Judicial Portals S. No High Court State Number of Number of Court Courts Complexes 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 Union Territory of Jammu 86 218 and Ladakh & Kashmir and Ladakh 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 3Punjab 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 4