ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) : Under the eCourts Mission Mode Project, video conferencing facility has been enabled between 3240 court complexes and 1272 corresponding jails. State/UT wise information is placed in the Annexure.
(b) and (c): An amendment was made in section 167 (2) (b) of Code of Criminal Procedure to extend further detention of the accused in judicial custody through the medium of electronic video linkage.
As per the said section, no Magistrate shall authorise detention of the accused in custody of the police under this section unless the accused is produced before him in person for the first time and subsequently every time till the accused remains in the custody of the police, but the Magistrate may extend further detention in judicial custody on production of the accused either in person or through the medium of electronic video linkage.
(d) and ((e) : The nodal agency in charge of monitoring and documenting the use of video conferencing varies from State to State. In some States, the documentation is recorded in the proceedings of case records. In some States, Nodal Officers under eCourts project at District Level and Central Project Coordinator (CPC) of High Court at State Level do the monitoring and documenting of use of video conferencing. In some other States, the remote end District Jails are also maintaining the records of such under trial prisoners in which judicial proceedings are conducted through video conferencing. Therefore, the details of number of prisoners being produced via video conferencing for remand hearing and trial hearings across the country are not maintained centrally but by the respective nodal agency.
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ANNEXURE
S.
No
High Court
State/UT Total Court Complexes Total Jails
1 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 150 65
2 Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh 212 111
3 Bombay D & N Haveli 1 1
Daman & Diu 2 2
Goa 17 2
Maharashtra 466 138
4 Calcutta A & N Islands 4 4
West Bengal 84 53
5 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh 90 28
6 Delhi Delhi 6 10
7 Gauhati Arunachal Pradesh 14 2
Assam 68 29
Mizoram 8 7
Nagaland 11 11
8 Gujarat Gujarat 327 23
9 Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh 43 12
10 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir 86 14
11 Jharkhand Jharkhand 28 27
12 Karnataka Karnataka 200 97
13 Kerala Kerala 156 33
Lakshadweep 3 4
14 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh 203 122
15 Madras Puducherry 4 2
Tamil Nadu 263 117
16 Manipur Manipur 17 2
17 Meghalaya Meghalaya 6 4
18 Orissa Odisha 141 88
19 Patna Bihar 76 56
20 Punjab & Haryana Chandigarh 1 1
Haryana 53 19
Punjab 64 24
21 Rajasthan Rajasthan 238 95
22 Sikkim Sikkim 4 2
23 Telangana Telangana 129 44
24 Tripura Tripura 13 13
25 Uttarakhand Uttarakhand 52 10
TOTAL 3240 1272
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