The e-Courts Mission Mode Project is being implemented in a phased manner across the country with the objective of strengthening the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the judicial system. Phase I (2011 – 2015) was primarily focused on basic computerization and internal connectivity in courts. As a result, 14,249 Courts were computerized and Local Area Network (LAN) was installed at 13,683 courts.

Phase II (2015 – 2023) focused on ICT facilitation of judicial services to citizens. The components included computer hardware, computerization of District State Legal Authority (DSLAs)/ Taluka Legal Services Committees (TLSCs), Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity, trainings of stakeholders, establishment of eSewa Kendra, etc. An advanced CIS software, National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) and systems for digital filing and payments were developed, which revolutionized the way public accessed the services provided by the judiciary.

The e-Courts Project is currently in Phase III (2023-2027). During the last year, the e-Courts project has seen continued progress through expansion of e-filing, e-payments, increased adoption of virtual and hybrid hearings, digitisation of court records, strengthening of Case Information System, and enhanced public access to case information through the NJDG etc. Some key initiatives and achievements under the eCourts Project as on 31.01.2026 are as under:

1. Over 660.36 crore pages of court records including legacy records have been digitized across Courts to ensure faster retrieval, secure storage and seamless digital workflows.
2. 30 Virtual Courts have been established to enable online adjudication of traffic challans. Virtual Courts have received 10.13 crore challans, out of which 9.05 crore were disposed and 97.72 lakh challans were paid amounting to Rs. 1002.73 crore.
3. Video Conferencing Rules has been implemented in all the High Courts and District Courts.
4. Video Conferencing (VC) facilities have been expanded across 3,240 court complexes and 1,272 jails. Courts have conducted over 3.97 crore hearings through video conferencing, facilitating remote hearings of undertrials, witnesses and lawyers.
5. Live streaming of court proceeding is operational in 11 High Courts.
6. E-filing and e-payments systems have been implemented to allow online filing of cases and digital payment of court fees and fines. Approximately 1.07 crore cases have been filed through the e-filing platform and the e-payments system has processed transactions for court-fee worth Rs. 1,404 crore and fine worth Rs. 75 crore.
7. NJDG provides public access to case data, statistics of courts across the country and has been upgraded with an improved dashboard, functioning as a monitoring tool, to identify, manage & reduce pendency of cases.
8. Case Information System (CIS) 4.0 has been implemented in all courts, with enhanced usability, privacy safeguards and integration with national platforms such as NJDG, e-filing, virtual courts and Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS).
9. The S3WaaS (Secure, Scalable and Sugamya Website as a Service) platform hosts 730 District Court websites, ensuring secure and accessible web infrastructure.
10. Real-time digital services have expanded significantly, with case updates being sent to lawyers and litigants through SMS Push and Pull (over 4 lakh SMS sent daily), email (over 6 lakh sent daily) and the multilingual e-Courts services portal (with 35 lakh hits daily).
11. The e-Courts Services mobile app (3.59 crore downloads) provides the lawyers and litigants relevant information about case status, cause lists etc.
12. The JustIS app (22,133 downloads) is a management tool for the judges assisting them to effectively organise and monitor their judicial business.
13. 48 e-Sewa Kendras are functional across all High Courts and 2,396 e-Sewa Kendras across District Courts.
14. The National Service and Tracking of Electronics Processes (NSTEP) system has been implemented for electronic service and tracking of summons and notices using mobile-based and GPS-enabled delivery mechanisms. Under NSTEP, the courts have processed 7.29 crore e-processes, out of which 2.11 crore e-processes have been successfully delivered.
15. Digital Courts 2.1 is a customized application for paperless Courts with facility of translation and transcription using AI. It enables judges to access all case related documents, pleadings, and evidence digitally, marking a significant leap toward a paperless court ecosystem.

The details of number of operational eCourts in the country, State-wise, is at Annexure-I.

The details of number of operational eCourts in Odisha, Rajasthan and Karnataka, District-wise, is at Annexure-II.

The details of funds released and utilized of Phase II and Phase III under the e-Courts Project, High court-wise and year-wise, are at Annexure-III and Annexure-IV respectively. The implementing agency during Phase I was NIC (National Informatics Centre), therefore funds were not released to the High Courts.

 

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Annexure- I

Details of number of operational eCourts in the country, state-wise:

(Source: eCommittee, SCI)

Annexure- II

 

Details of number of operational eCourts in Odisha, district-wise

(Source: eCommittee, SCI)

 

 

Details of number of operational eCourts in Rajasthan, district-wise

(Source: eCommittee, SCI)

 

Details of number of operational eCourts in Karnataka, district-wise

(Source: eCommittee, SCI)

 

 

 

Annexure- III

Details of funds released under Phase II of the e-Courts project, High court-wise and year-wise:

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.	High Court	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	Total
1	Allahabad	31.14	20.88	20.57	8.07	15.04	13.79	0.00	109.48
2	Andhra Pradesh	1.96	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.96
3	Bombay	30.39	38.25	47.22	0.52	0.00	8.86	0.00	125.24
4	Calcutta	12.14	9.17	10.72	0.13	0.00	4.93	0.00	37.09
5	Chhattisgarh	3.82	6.03	9.34	1.33	4.44	2.34	0.00	27.31
6	Delhi	5.87	5.41	8.97	3.54	0.00	3.00	0.00	26.80
7	Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh)	0.59	4.33	1.37	2.85	0.98	1.52	1.26	12.90
8	Gauhati (Assam)	5.19	25.47	8.13	8.70	13.68	6.11	3.49	70.77
9	Gauhati (Mizoram)	0.71	3.01	2.47	0.15	0.51	0.72	0.30	7.87
10	Gauhati (Nagaland)	0.77	2.31	1.83	0.71	0.70	0.83	0.84	7.99
11	Gujarat*	11.23	18.32	29.06	10.73	0.00	3.48	0.00	72.82
12	Himachal Pradesh	1.79	3.21	4.05	0.13	0.00	2.00	0.00	11.19
13	Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh	1.84	5.29	10.59	0.26	0.00	1.00	0.00	18.98
14	Jharkhand	3.20	5.09	2.92	4.53	5.53	2.98	0.00	24.25
15	Karnataka	11.86	17.43	22.04	0.61	9.15	4.29	0.00	65.38
16	Kerala	5.53	8.32	14.73	4.61	0.00	2.83	1.58	37.61
17	Madhya Pradesh	9.73	23.93	22.51	0.39	11.21	6.28	0.00	74.05
18	Madras	10.24	24.62	25.45	5.11	0.00	4.73	0.00	70.15
19	Manipur	0.53	4.24	1.19	0.65	0.61	1.30	0.76	9.27
20	Meghalaya	0.19	3.26	3.65	0.62	0.92	2.32	2.23	13.17
21	Orissa	7.57	7.71	12.70	1.59	13.46	3.37	0.00	46.41
22	Patna	8.04	26.41	8.72	0.13	7.08	5.44	0.00	55.82
23	Punjab & Haryana	11.63	17.92	11.54	8.49	0.00	4.55	0.00	54.13
24	Rajasthan	9.97	23.04	25.05	3.01	1.29	10.58	1.62	74.56
25	Sikkim	0.18	1.80	1.40	0.80	1.61	1.01	0.77	7.58
26	Telangana & Andhra Pradesh**	13.90	14.31	33.95	8.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	70.29
27	Telangana	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.79	0.00	1.79
28	Tripura	1.20	4.38	2.86	1.77	2.24	4.44	0.96	17.86
29	Uttarakhand	2.98	2.66	4.60	0.13	0.00	1.28	0.00	11.65
Total (in Cr.)		202.23	326.79	347.65	77.71	88.44	107.74	13.81	1164.37

* Gujarat High Court surrendered Rs.13.12 Cr. Total utilization included surrendered funds.
** Funds released to erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Court; shared in the ratio of 58:42 respectively.

Note: In addition to the funds released to High Courts, Rs 180.57 crore were released to NIC for providing technical support, Rs 293.68 crore to BSNL for WAN (Wide Area Network) connectivity, Rs 13.50 crore to eCommittee, SCI under Change Management and Rs 16.31 crore for miscellaneous expenditure (salary, office expenses, publicity, etc).

 

 

Annexure- IV

Details of funds released under Phase III of the e-Courts project, High court-wise and year-wise:

(Rs. in crore)

S. No.	High Court	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
1	Allahabad	95.87	51.78	119.92
2	Andhra Pradesh	25.44	31.74	18
3	Bombay	69.54	83.19	104.32
4	Calcutta	16.73	27.65	9.50
5	Chhattisgarh	16.27	24.17	49.74
6	Delhi	17.89	48.19	17.90
7	Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh)	2.03	9.76	2.26
8	Gauhati (Assam)	24.97	33.85	3.65
9	Gauhati (Mizoram)	3.12	6.22	2.48
10	Gauhati, Kohima (Nagaland)	1.79	3.91	3.41
11	Gujarat	27.72	73.21	48.89
12	Himachal Pradesh	6.06	6.89	7.63
13	Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh	6.52	14.53	14.48
14	Jharkhand	10.59	29.22	7.65
15	Karnataka	32.37	67.40	48.22
16	Kerala	15.40	32.62	51.60
17	Madhya Pradesh	22.90	77.31	59.14
18	Madras	90.69	91.75	113.20
19	Manipur	11.12	7.54	2.16
20	Meghalaya	3.33	8.50	3.83
21	Orissa	6.77	53.24	16.09
22	Patna	32.43	89.55	57.61
23	Punjab And Haryana	14.58	26.01	18.95
24	Rajasthan	19.80	34.72	60.88
25	Sikkim	1.71	8.98	2.51
26	Telangana	22.03	28.57	29.44
27	Tripura	0.53	7.05	8.79
28	Uttarakhand	13.68	19.95	29.57
	Total	611.88	997.49	911.82*

* As on 03.03.2026

Note: In addition to the funds released to High Courts, Rs. 185.06 crore have been released to NIC for providing technical support, Rs 54.79 crore to BSNL for WAN (Wide Area Network) connectivity, Rs 7.51 crore to eCommittee, SCI under Change Management, Rs 0.28 crore to IIT Madras for development of e-Learning platform, and Rs 9.60 crore for miscellaneous expenditure (salary, office expenses, publicity, etc).

 

This information was given by 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 in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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