Question : e-Services in the Judiciary

(a) whether the Government has introduced or proposes to introduce e-services in High Courts and Supreme Court for the litigants and if so, the details and the present status thereof, court-wise;
(b) the time by which such e-services are likely to be provided at all the High Courts in the country;
(c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to bring uniformity in court procedures in the country;
(d) the details of Courts/Jails which have implemented Video Conferencing (VC) facility in the country; and
(e) the details of Courts/Jails which are proposed to implement VC facility along with the time by which the said facility is likely to be made operational?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE
(Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda)

(a) and (b): The Supreme Court and High Courts of the country are already providing eServices such as causelists, case status, daily orders, judgments etc. Further, as informed by the eCommittee of the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & Haryana and Bombay are providing eFiling also.
(c): The National Court Management System (NCMS) of the Supreme Court and the eCourts project of the Government has undertaken the process re-engineering exercise in order to facilitate uniformity of court procedures. Also, the Government is working with the eCommittee of Supreme Court on the uniformity of nomenclature of case types, which would help in standardising case types. Further, Government is developing Common Application Software with the help of the eCommittee for all High Courts and District Courts to integrate using same software with uniform data structures across the country.

(d) and (e): Video Conferencing (VC) facility between courts and jails has been piloted in five districts and the facility has been extended to 493 Court complexes and 347 jails out of which equipment has been delivered at more than 800 locations. Phase II extends the facility to 2500 court complexes and 800 jails. Apart from VC facilities being provided under the eCourts Project, some States have implemented VC in courts from their own resources also. Details of the locations is placed at Annex.

Annexure
Annexure as referred to in reply to parts (d) and (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.804 for reply on 28.4.2016
Sr. No. High Court VC Implementation at Courts VC Implemented at Jails as part of Phase I of eCourts Project
Implemented
by HighCourts / State Governments Implemented as part of Phase I of eCourts Project Total for Courts
1. ALLAHABAD 40 0 40 0
2. TELENGANA & ANDHRA PRADESH 14 23 37 17
3. BOMBAY 68 40 108 36
4. CALCUTTA 1 20 21 19
5. CHHATTISGARH 17 87 104 28
6. DELHI 6 0 6 0
7. GAUHATI 1 61 62 52
8. GUJARAT 24 0 24 0
9. HIMACHAL PRADESH 11 16 27 0
10. JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 12 12 14
11. JHARKHAND 22 10 32 10
12. KARNATAKA 32 0 32 0
13. KERALA 20 9 29 7
14. MADHYA PRADESH 50 50 100 46
15. MADRAS 70 23 93 8
16. MANIPUR 0 12 12 2
17. MEGHALAYA 0 5 5 3
18. ORISSA 12 43 55 42
19. PATNA 43 0 43 0
20. PUNJAB & HARYANA 98 19 117 15
21. RAJASTHAN 0 35 35 33
22. SIKKIM 0 4 4 2
23. TRIPURA 3 2 5 2
24. UTTARAKHAND 1 22 23 11
Total 533 493 1026 347

Note:
Information about implementation of VC at Jails other than through Phase I of the eCourts Project is not available with the office of the eCommittee.