E-COURTS SERVICES THROUGH CSCs

About: 

• The eCourts Mission Mode Project (Phase I 2010-15; Phase II 2015-19) is a national e-Governance project for ICT enablement of district and subordinate courts of the country. 
  
  
• It is being implemented by the Department of Justice, Union Ministry of Law and Justice, with a total outlay of 1670 crores (Phase II). 
  
  
• The project would function in line with the Digital India program of the Government of India. 
  
  
• The major objectives of the Project are: 
  • to make whole judicial system ICT enabled by putting in place adequate and modern hardware and connectivity; 
    
    
  • electronic movement of records from taluka/trial to appeal courts; 
    
    
  • installation of video conferencing (VC) facility and recording of witness through Video Conferencing; 
    
    
  • connecting all courts in the country to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) through WAN and additional redundant connectivity; 
    
    
  
  
  
• Specific targets set under the Project include: 
  • computerization of all the courts (around 20400) and DLSA and TLSC; 
    
    
  • WAN and cloud connectivity in 3500 court complexes; 
    
    
  • full Installation and use of Video Conferencing facility at 3000 Court Complexes and 1150 prisons; 
    
    
  • charting out key identified citizen services like electronic filing, daily orders, delivery of decrees, online case status in all the district courts etc. 
    
    
  
  
  

Recent decision: 

• Court case information such as judicial proceedings/decisions, case registration, cause list, case status, daily orders, and final judgments of all computerized district and subordinate courts of the country will now be available across all CSCs in the country. 
  
  
• The rural reach of the CSC's is extensive, envisaging a minimum of one CSC in each Gram Panchayat, thus enabling eCourts services to reach all corners of the country. 
  
  
• To ensure affordability, Department of Justice has decided not to charge any fee from the customers for eCourts related services delivered through CSC's.