approval for phase ii of ecourts mission mode project
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16-July-2015 13:57 IST
Press Information BureauGovernment of India
Cabinet
Approval for Phase II of eCourts Mission Mode Project
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approvalfor the second phase of eCourts Mission Mode Project at an estimated cost of Rs.1670 crore. Itenvisages enhanced ICT enablement of courts through universal computerisation, use of cloudcomputing, digitization of case records and enhanced availability of e-services through e-filing,e-payment gateways and mobile applications etc.
Background:
The eCourts project of the Government is aimed at providing necessary hardware and softwareapplications to enable courts to deliver e-services to citizens, and to enable the judiciary to bettermonitor and manage the functioning of courts. In Phase I of the project more than 13000 Districtand Subordinate courts have been computerised and case information linked to the respectiveDistrict court websites. These courts are now providing online eServices such as cause lists, casestatus and judgments, to litigants and public through the eCourts portal(http://www.ecourts.gov.in) also. Case status information in respect of over 5 crore pending anddecided cases and more than one crore orders/ judgments are available online. Litigants andlawyers are also provided services through Judicial Service Centre at the court complexes. Morethan 24 crore transactions have already been recorded regarding online access of courtinformation.
The Phase II of the eCourts project would also help in the automation of workflow management incourts thereby contributing to better court and case management. Touch screen based Kiosks andVideo Conferencing facility will be installed at all Court Complexes and corresponding jails. Handheld process service devices will be provided to process servers to ensure transparent and timebound delivery of court notices and summons. Also, the use of solar energy has been proposed at5 percent of the court complexes on a pilot basis.
In line with the Digital India Programme of the Government of India which emphasises on Citizencentric services, this project would also focus on Digital Infrastructure as a core utility to everycitizen providing Governance and Services on demand eventually making the citizens digitallyempowered.
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