E-Courts Project

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• The E-Courts Initiative has been incorporated as part of the National E-Governance Programme since 2007. The project is focused on the National Strategy and Action Plan on the Introduction of Information and Communication Technology in the Judiciary.

• The key goal of the project is to exploit ICT and offer designated services to lawyers, litigants and the judiciary.

Key Points:

• The E-Courts initiative is currently under two stages. Step I was completed between 2010 and 2015. Phase II is being introduced between 2015 and 2020 at a rate of Rs 1670 crores. The core goals of the project are as follows:

• Provide time-bound citizen-centric programmes.

• Installation, production and application of decision support services in the courts

• Automate procedures to offer accountability to stakeholders.

• To enhance judicial productivity and to make the justice delivery accessible, predictable, transparent and reliable.

• The project is funded by the Ministry of Law and Justice.

Note:

• E-Courts are electronic courts where legal matters are resolved in the presence of a competent judge.

• They're different from a computerised court. In E-courts, litigants can file their pleadings remotely, display their case status online, pay court costs and online fines.