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April, 2024

Newsletter
e-Committee, Supreme Court of India
Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
R. Arulmozhiselvi

Editorial Team
Vaishali Sharma
Arti Ruwali
Hitanshu Patil
Shahbaz Akhtar

Publisher
The E-Committee of the Supreme Court of India,
New Delhi - 110001
Website: https://ecommitteesci.gov.in/publication-type/newsletters/

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Table of Contents
Inauguration of 25 Paperless Courts in Phase-XI and e-RTI Service for the District Courts of Orissa……………………….……………………..……..4

E-Sewa Kendra Inaugurated At District & Session Court of High Court of Madhya Pradesh……………………………….………………………..…………5

CIS-Generated Processes for all Criminal Courts in Tripura…………………….………………………….…………………………………….…………………..…………6

Inauguration of Video Conferencing facility at Dharmanagar Bar Association, High Court of Tripura………………………………………..…………7

Go green initiative- Digital Paper book Training for Court staff of the Rajasthan High Court……………………………………………………...…………8

High Court of Meghalaya Conducts a Training Programme on Computer Skill Enhancement for Judicial Officers…………………………..……9

Scanning and Digitization Training for District Judiciary Staff at Madras High Court………………………………..……………………..…………………11

Replacement of Hardware for the Judicial Officers at Madras High Court…………………………………………………….………………………..………………11

e-Office Training Programs at the District Judiciary of Kerala…………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………12

Training for the Staff Members in District Court Manjeri, Kerala……………………………………………………………………………………………..….…………12

Scrutiny Module of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………..….…………13

Training Programme for System Officers and System Assistants of the Judgeships at Bihar Judicial Academy…….…………………...….………14

Best Practices (e-initiatives) of the High Court of Jharkhand……………………………………………………………………………….……………………..……………17

Achievements of Phase I & II of The E-Courts Project in the State of Jharkhand…………………………………………………………………..……….………21

Ongoing E-Court Phase III Activities In the State of Jharkhand……………………………………………………………………….…………………..…………………26

Achievements of Phase I And Phase II High Court of Karnataka……………………………………………………………………..…………………..…………………29

Training For Judges & Administrative Staff In Courts……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………31

Phase – II: System And Application So ware For Court Processes…………………………………………………………………………………………..………………32

ICT e-Initiatives of The High Court of Karnataka…………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..…………36

Number of Cases Dealt With (Virtual Hearings) On VC In High Courts And District Courts As On 30.04.2024……………………………..…..51

Status of Implementation of Rules of VC as on 30.04.2024…………………………………………………………………………………..………………………..………52

Status of Implementation of Rules of e-Filing as on 30.04.2024………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………53

Status of Implementation of e-Sewa Kendras as on 30.04.2024………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….……54

Status of Implementation of e-Payments as on 30.04.2024……………………………………………………………………………….….…………………...……………55

Statistics of Virtual Courts-30.04.2024…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………..…….…………56

Status of Installation of Justice Clock in High Courts………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………..….…………57

Status of Implementation of ICJS as on 30.04.2024………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….……………58

E-Filing Total Count as on 30.04.2024……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………59

e-Committee Outreach/ Training Programmes Conducted During the Month of April 2024……………………………………………..………..…………60

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Inauguration of 25 Paperless Courts in Phase-XI and e-RTI
Service for the District Courts of Orissa

On the 30.04.2024, the Hon’ble Shri Hon’ble Shri Justice K.R. Mohapatra,
Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Chief Chairperson, Information Technology &
Justice, High Court of Orissa, Artificial Intelligence Committee and
inaugurated 25 (Twenty-five) Paperless Hon’ble Companion Judges of the High
Courts in Phase-XI in various Court of Orissa. The district judges and
Judgeships now the number of Paperless state judicial officers joined the event in
Courts in the District Judiciary of the virtual mode. The above said event can
State has reached 341 and launched the be viewed on the Court’s YouTube
e-RTI Service for the District Courts channel by clicking the link below:-
through virtual mode, in presence of https://www.youtube.com/live/jxqZ98nmQF
Q?si=jouYInYAsTEm4

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E-Sewa Kendra Inaugurated At District & Session Court of
High Court of Madhya Pradesh

The e-Sewa Kendras have been set up made available to the litigants. Till
and are functional on 13.04.2024 at 30.04.2024 the e-Sewa Kendra is
the District Court of Dewas to functional at District and Session
facilitate ecourt services to litigants, Court of Barwani, Betul, Bhopal,
lawyers, and all stakeholders Chhatarpur, Damoh, Datia, Dewas,
regarding their cases. The service Dindori, Guna, Gwalior,
that is available through e-Sewa Narmadapuram, Indore, Jabalpur,
Kendra will include Information Jhabua, Katni, Mandleshwar,
related to Case Status, Next Date of Morena, Narsinghpur, Neemuch,
Hearing, Obtaining of Certified Panna, Rajgarh, Sagar, Satna,
Copies, e-filing, e-payment, e-court Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh,
fees, e-Court mobile application, Umaria, Mandsaur, Dhar,
e-mulakat - prison appointment and Ashoknagar, Anuppur, Khandwa,
accessible legal services shall be Seoni.

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CIS-Generated Processes for all Criminal Courts in Tripura

For optimum use and utilisation of repetitive work for the Comply
CIS 3.2 so ware, the High Court of Clerks, whose services may be better
Tripura has been pleased to utilised for other productive
implement the available feature of purposes. The communication to
CIS for auto-generated QR-based this effect was issued on
processes for all the Criminal Courts 30.04.2024.
of Tripura w.e.f 01.05.2024. This
automation would save a lot of

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Inauguration of Video Conferencing facility at Dharmanagar
Bar Association, High Court of Tripura

Virtual Inauguration of the Hon’ble Judges of the High


implementation of the Video Court. The said facility would enable
Conferencing facility at the lawyers, litigants and all other
Dharmanagar Bar Association was stakeholders to appear virtually in
done on 03.04.2023 by the Hon’ble High Court Case Proceedings from
Chief Justice of the High Court of the building of the Dharmanagar Bar
Tripura in the august presence of all Association.

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Go green initiative- Digital Paper book Training for Court staff
of the Rajasthan High Court

Intending to adopt the Go-green to get hands-on experience with the


initiative and improve accessibility so ware to improve accessibility for
for the use of digital paper books in using Digital Paper-books. They have
place of physical paper books, the been imparted extensive online
Rajasthan High Court has procured training on 06.04.2024 by the
special So ware. Thirty-one Technical Team of Rajasthan High
Rajasthan High Court employees Court.
have been selected to work on a tool

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High Court of Meghalaya Conducts a Training Programme on
Computer Skill Enhancement for Judicial Officers

In April 2024, several specialised training started on April 6, 2024,


training and refresher programs were when a session was conducted by
organized in Meghalaya to upgrade Enhira So ware Pvt Ltd at the High
the skills of court staff across Court of Meghalaya. This session
different judicial locations. Each focused on the "Digitisation of case
session was tailored to address records" and was attended by 70
specific court operations and participants from the High Court,
digitization needs. The sequence of district courts, and sub-divisional

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courts, highlighting the push towards Jaintia Hills. The sessions were
digital transformation in NSTEP training (ECT-8-2024) and
record-keeping. On April 10, 2024, refresher programs (ECT-9-2024) for
Smti D. Laishram, a System Officer court staff. The NSTEP training
from the District Court of Shillong, sessions took place in Khliehriat for
led two sessions. The first was East Jaintia Hills and Jowai for West
ECT-8-2024 NSTEP, and the second Jaintia Hills, with 8 participants
was a refresher program designated attending each session. Similarly, the
ECT-9-2024. Both sessions catered to refresher programs on the same day
the staff of the District Court in East involved 8 participants at each
Khasi Hills, Shillong, and each location, tailored specifically to the
session had 23 participants. These staff of the District Courts in East
programs were designed to ensure and West Jaintia Hills. These
that court staff remain updated with sessions focused on reinforcing the
the latest technological and competencies required for optimal
procedural protocols necessary for functioning within the judicial
efficient court administration. system, ensuring that the staff is
Further training was carried out on well-versed in the necessary
April 27, 2024, by Smti D. Laishram, operational updates and legal
extending the reach to East and West protocols.

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Scanning and Digitization Training for District Judiciary Staff
at Madras High Court

The training on scanning and excluding High Court Holidays, was


digitisation processes to 855 staff conducted in coordination with the
from 285 Courts of the District Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy,
Judiciary ( i.e., @ 3 staff each x 285 Chennai
Courts) from 01.04.2024 to 30.04.2024,

Replacement of Hardware for the Judicial Officers at Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has replaced Laptops and Printers to the newly
the 818 Nos. of Laptops and Printers recruited 64 Judicial Officers in the
(more than 5 years old) for the use of State of Tamil Nadu. As of
818 Judicial Officers in the State of 30.04.2024, 99 courts have received a
Tamil Nadu and U.T. of Puducherry. desktop computer, UPS, one ADF
And has also provided 64 Nos. of scanner and LAN connectivity each.

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e-Office Training Programs at the District Judiciary of Kerala
09.04.2024, e-Office training was
conducted for all Ministerial Staff in
the Judicial District of Palakkad. A
total of 297 participants attended the
training programme. On 11.04.2024, a
refresher training on e-Office was
held for all Ministerial Staff in the
Judicial District of Kalpetta, with 161
participants. A training session for
Judicial Officers in the Palakkad
District was also conducted on April

As a part of the implementation of 22, 2024, and around 34 Judicial

e-Office, on 08.04.2024 and Officers attended the programme.

Training for the Staff Members in District Court Manjeri, Kerala

Refresher Training for staff


members of the District
Judiciary was held on
22.04.2024 to 25.04.2024, &
29.04.2024 to 30.04.2024 by
offline mode at Court
Complex, Manjeri and
Court Complex, Tirur.

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Scrutiny Module of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana

A new module has been introduced of all memo parties and their
in IsHiCo so ware in the ‘Scrutiny’ parentage. In the Case status option,
module with the name ‘Scrutiny’ the user can select the ‘Pending’ or
module and the name ‘Memo Party ‘Disposed’ option to ease the search
Search’ option. This option helps query. The screenshots of the same
search for case details with the help are enclosed herewith.

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Training Programme for System Officers and System
Assistants of the Judgeships at Bihar Judicial Academy

A Special Training Programme UBUNTU Desktop/Server, JOAMS,


ECT_9_2024 for the System Officers Online Data Entry, Progress of Old
and System Assistants of the Cases, DPR/MPR of Judicial Officers
Judgeships of Bihar was held on etc. organised by Bihar Judicial
Saturday, i.e. on 20.04.2024 through Academy. The total number of
online mode with respect to Features participants was 74.
with basic commands of CIS,

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Best Practices (e-initiatives) of the High Court of Jharkhand
Data Bank for Case Information such as the Petitioners/Respondents,
System (CIS) in High Court: A separate Advocates, Coram, etc., halting the need
periphery in-house module has been to type these details manually. To save
developed to keep an accumulated time, an editable document file in the
database of ready pending cases for court format is generated with the
centrally listing the cases before details of the Petitioners/Respondents,
respective Benches with provision for Advocates, Coram, etc..
listing the cases bench,
So ware for Vigilance Cell: An
nomenclature-wise, subject-wise, and
application has been developed to
year-wise, as per Benches' direction.
maintain data for the impartial
Judgment/Order Template: A module assessment of the Judicial Officers’
has been integrated into CIS to character, conduct, capabilities and
automatically generate the structure of performance throughout the year.
Order/Judgement by fetching the details Complete privacy has been maintained

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for the Reporting Authority, Reviewing ● Displays Messages and Presence
Authority and Accepting Authority. Required of Learned Counsel in
particular Court Rooms.
So ware for State Judicial Officers:
This application manages the biodata of ● Recently, an e-Call facility has been
the state’s judicial officers and is also implemented to send SMS directly to
available on the High Court of concerned advocates for their presence
Jharkhand’s website. It can generate required in a particular courtroom.
reports under different headings, such as
● Offline and Online Display Boards are
transfer, promotion, training details of
on the High Court website.
Officers cadre-wise, Judicial Officers on
Deputation, Due for retirement, List of The Display Board has been
Master Trainers, etc. customised to view all the
Establishments on a single screen so
Display Board & eCall Facility: that litigants and lawyers can find their
● Implemented at the High Court of cases if called in some other courts.
Jharkhand and all 24 District Courts of
State of Jharkhand.
● Displays live status of hearings of cases
in all the courtrooms.

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e-Pass (Visitor Management System): ● Display a list of defects made by the
Stamp Reporting Section in the cases
● Implemented in the High Court of
filed in the High Court.
Jharkhand on 2nd October 2021.
● Details of cases can be searched by party
● Provision for both Advocates &
names/Token No. And Year.
Litigants to apply for a Gate Pass online
to enter the High Court premises. Online Certified Copy:

● The link is available on the official ● High Court of Jharkhand facilitates the
website of the High Court of Jharkhand. online application for certified copies of
Orders and Judgments from 26th
Live Streaming of Proceedings: It is
November 2020.
implemented in the High Court of
Jharkhand on a trial basis. ● It is integrated with the e-Grass
payment gateway, and certified copies
Online Scrutiny Report:
are delivered electronically.
● Implemented in the High Court of
● Users can apply in two ways.
Jharkhand on 16.06.2020.

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Orders & Judgement copy: Users can ● Institution Register:- Generates reports
apply online for a certified copy of nature-wise/Judicial Branch with
orders/ judgment by following simple institution/ unregistered/ Pending/
steps and making an online payment. Disposal filter.
Applicants receive the proper/certified
● Interlocutory Application Institution
copy of the requested order in their
Register:- Generate reports nature-wise
provided e-mail. (ii) Other copies:
with Pending/Disposal filter.
Documents related to the cases, such as
petitions/annexures/ pleadings, can also ● Case Details:-Enhanced searching of

be applied online. cases by case no/case type and case year.

● Report Periphery version 2.1: Upgraded ● Various reports of Arising Cases/Fixed

version of CIS report periphery version cases/Top Cases and Defects Register,

1.0. etc., can be generated.

● Lower Court Report: The generation of ● The official website of the High Court of

the lower court report is based on Jharkhand has an Android Mobile App

establishment with multiple filters, such for accessing various

as court/district/case type/case applications/modules/menus. Through

status/registration date and subordinate the aforesaid mobile app, one can access

case type. various Applications/Modules/menus,


such as Case Status, Cause List, Order
● Daily Proceeding:- Court users can
/Judgment,Display Board, certified copy,
instantly check the proceedings of cases.
e-Pass, Live streaming, and Calendar.
● Duplicate Checking

● Cause List:-User wise entry/delist cases


log.

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Achievements of Phase I & II of The E-Courts Project in the
State of Jharkhand
E-filing: E-filing Version 3.0 so ware been supplied under the eCourts Project
has been launched and made live in the for Jail-Court VC.
High Court of Jharkhand and District
NSTEP: National Service and Tracking
Courts of Jharkhand. The e-filing
of Electronic Processes (NSTEP) has
system provides for filing plaints,
been implemented in the District Courts
written statements, replies, and various
of Jharkhand. 212 Smartphones with a
applications related to cases online,
2GB data plan have been provided to
which saves advocates’ and clients’ time,
Bailiffs/Process Servers of Jharkhand for
money, and travel and facilitates the
serving processes/ summons
automatic digitisation of case records.
electronically. Several training sessions
Video Conferencing: High Court, as for process servers, administrators, and
well as District and Sub-divisional other stakeholders have been conducted
Courts of Jharkhand, had conducted in district courts.
hearings of the cases through the VC
Inter-operable Criminal Justice
application ‘Google Meet’. In 2019, 213
System (ICJS) between police station,
VC Systems at various District and
court and prison: The inter-operable
Sub-divisional Courts of the State of
Criminal Justice System (ICJS) has been
Jharkhand and 82 VC Systems for Jails
rolled out in all the District Courts of
of Jharkhand were provided by the State
the State of Jharkhand. Meta Data of
Government to enable the e-trail of
FIR, Charge sheet, etc., are being
cases. Also, one Desktop VC System at
fetched successfully through CIS 3.2
all the 24 District and 04 Sub-divisional
from the CCTNS System (Crime and
Courts and corresponding Jails have
Criminal Tracking Network & Systems)

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except for some Hindi data in the e-Sewa kendras: e-Sewa Kendra has
CCTNS system. been set up at the High Court of
Jharkhand and all 24 District Courts of
Virtual Courts: e-Challan, a
State of Jharkhand as a one-stop centre
prerequisite of the virtual court, has
to easily access basic information about
been implemented on a pilot basis at
Judicial functioning, VC facility, access
Ranchi. Virtual Court will help people
to cause-list, daily order sheets, next
pay fines online for petty traffic offences
date of hearing, copy of judgments and
and get their traffic challans disposed of
orders pronounced by the Courts etc.
while sitting at home. Implementation
of Virtual Court in Jharkhand is being Online certified copy facility in High
processed. Court: The facility for applying online
for certified copies of Orders and
Digitisation of judicial records (both
Judgments was launched on 26/11/2020
legacy and pending): Scanning &
in the High Court, with an online
Digitisation of Court Records is
payment facility that is running
underway in the High Court of
successfully.
Jharkhand and will be started in the
District and Sub-divisional Courts of The e-payment facility in the High
Jharkhand. The High Court of Court: E-payment of the Court Fee in
Jharkhand has 5.34 crore pages scanned the High Court of Jharkhand is also
in the old phase, which is being operational through an ONLINE
migrated to the DMS adopted in July E-COURT FEE module/link provided on
2023. Since then, about 20000 cases have the High Court of Jharkhand website
been uploaded in DMS, and it counts to (https://jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in/).
about 49 Lakh fresh pages being
Online view of Defective filing: Given
digitised.
the Covid-19 pandemic situation, to

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avoid physical inspection of the institution and disposal rates in District
Defective Cases which are being pointed Judiciary, is implemented in Jharkhand.
out by the concerned Section of the The Link of Virtual Justice Clock is
High Court, so ware has been available on the official website of the
developed for the convenience of the High Court of Jharkhand and the
Advocates/Litigants and a module for District Court websites of Jharkhand. It
online view of defective filing has been displays the live status of pendency,
provided in High Court of Jharkhand institution, and disposal of cases on a
website to view online the defects of weekly and age-wise basis.
their filed cases. Also, so ware
Electronic gadgets and connectivity
regarding further Stamp Reporting for
provided to Judicial Officers: Judicial
the second time has been developed, and
Officers of Jharkhand have been
a module for this is available on the
provided with Laptops, Laserjet
High Court of Jharkhand website for
Printers, Jio-Fi Routers, and Digital
online viewing.
Voice Recorders along with
Website accessibility for visually microphones and headphones to make
challenged persons: For website them well-versed with technology for
accessibility for visually challenged the speedy delivery of Justice.
persons, audio captcha, PDF creation,
Official email ID creation through
and PDF as searchable and readable by
automated mail creation and request
screen reader have been added to the
processing so ware: Email-ids for the
dashboard of the website of the High
Hon’ble Judges and Judicial Officers of
Court of Jharkhand.
the State of Jharkhand have been
Virtual Justice Clock: Virtual Justice created successfully through automated
Clock, which is an initiative of the mail creation and request processing
e-Committee for the display of case

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so ware provided by the eCommittee, JustIS App: JustIS App has been
Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. installed by the Judicial Officers of the
State of Jharkhand which is a Court
Capacity Building / Training
Management Tool developed by the
programmes: eCourts Capacity
eCommittee, Hon’ble Supreme Court of
Building training programs have been
India through NIC for the District
conducted for all the stakeholders, such
Judiciary, Judicial Officers.
as judicial officers, court staff,
advocates, and advocate clerks of the GIMS: Government Instant Messaging
State of Jharkhand on CIS and various Services app has been installed for the
eCourt services. Judicial Officers of the State of
Jharkhand, which can be used for
Periphery Reports of CIS: A
sharing official communication with
menu-based system has been developed
Judicial Officers quickly
to generate periphery reports (Fees &
Documents, Case No. Wise disposal, SMS facility: The bulk SMS facility is
Judge Wise disposal (Total Count Of available for Lawyers/ litigants,
Cases & IA), Nature wise disposal count, facilitating faster information
Order Sheet, Institution Register, Case dissemination to Lawyers/ litigants. This
Register (Nature wise Count facility provides the following
Pendency/Disposal), IA No wise information: Various types of messages
Disposal, IA Register, Cause list, Daily are sent to the provided mobile no, such
Proceedings, Caveat Filing, Orders & as Listing of cases, Filing related
Judgement, Lower Court Case Search by information, Objection- related
Fir/ Case No., Arising cases from main Information, and Court
case, Defects Register, Subject wise Proceedings/Business.
Report) of CIS of High Court.

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Judicial Service Centres and Computer implemented in Jharkhand for quick
Server Rooms: The sites of the transmission of e-authenticated copies
Computer Server Room (CSR) and of the judgments/orders of the Supreme
Judicial Service Centre (JSC) have been Court of India to the Subordinate
prepared in all the District Courts of the Courts/ Jails for compliance and due
State of Jharkhand under the e-Courts execution through a secured electronic
Project. Facility of UPS and DG Sets communication channel.
provided in the Judicial Service Centres/
Implementation of CIS So ware: CIS
Centralized Filing Centres and Server
3.2 so ware has been implemented and
Rooms.
is currently operational in all the
Supply of Computer Hardware items in District Courts of the State. Also, High
Courts/Court complexes: Hardware Court CIS, i.e. HCNC 1.0 so ware, has
items such as latest Desktop Computers, been implemented and is currently
Duplex Printers, MFD Network operational in the High Court of
Printers, Information Kiosks, UPS, DG Jharkhand.
Sets, Extra Monitor with Splitter
Solar Power Plants: Khunti in the State
Display Board Monitors, Flatbed
of Jharkhand is the first District Court
Scanners, High-speed Scanners,
in India to start running on solar power
Document Visualizers, Camera with
with a total installed solar power plant
Speakers and MIC etc. have been
capacity of 180 KWP. Also, roo op Solar
supplied to Court Rooms/ Court
Power Plants have been installed in the
Complexes of the District &
various District and Sub-divisional
Sub-divisional Courts.
Courts of Jharkhand by JREDA
Implementation of FASTER: FASTER (Jharkhand Renewable Energy
(Fast and Secured Transmission of Development Agency).
Electronic Records) system has been

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Migration of websites to S3WaaS Scalable & Sugamya Website as a
Platform: All the District Court Service) platform.
websites of the State of Jharkhand have
been migrated to the S3WaaS (Secure,

Implementation of Neutral Citation: Currently, while running the latest


Neutral Citation for citing the High patch/script of Neutral Citation
Court’s decisions, which will enhance an provided by eCommittee, Hon’ble
individual’s right to access judgments, Supreme Court of India.
orders and proceedings of the High
Court, is under implementation.

Ongoing E-Court Phase III Activities In the State of Jharkhand

● Provisioning of ICT infrastructure All in ● Porta Cabins, LAN Nodes for eSewa
One Computers, Scanners, Handheld Kendras
Devices (Smartphones), LAN(Existing
Court Rooms, Digital Signature Tokens.

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Achievements of Phase I And Phase II High Court of
Karnataka
The High Court of Karnataka has feasibility studies before infrastructure
completed several tasks to enhance the implementation.
judicial system's efficiency in Phase I Formation of Computer Committee:
and II. These tasks include analyzing The e-Committee Project commenced
existing infrastructure, mapping ICT with the formation of a specialized
needs, preparing hardware committee responsible for its initiation
specifications, and conducting and management, i.e., the High Court

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Computer Committee and District ● Installed data cabling for internal LAN
Court Computer Committee. These connectivity.
committees were formed to provide ● Set up LAN and WAN, including hubs,
strategic direction, oversee the project's modems, and routers.
execution, and ensure alignment with ● Extended broadband to judicial officers'
organizational objectives. home offices.
● Established communication links
Network Planning and Feasibility
between jails and courts for efficient
Study:
data transfer.
● Analyzed existing court infrastructure.
● Mapped ICT needs for judicial ICT Hardware and System So ware:

processes. Installation of ICT hardware, including

● Prepared hardware specifications based computers, servers, scanners, printers,

on requirements. etc., has been completed in the

● Conducted a feasibility study for site computer rooms of all court complexes.

preparation and LAN installation. The operating system chosen, Linux


(Redhat), has been implemented.
Site Preparation: Each court complex
now has a designated "Computer Room" Judicial portal and email services: A
with minimal civil and electrical work, centralized e-mail server has been
ensuring reliable electricity, backup established solely for the Indian
power, and uninterrupted operations. Judiciary domain, guaranteeing secure
communication. All technical aspects,
Communication infrastructure:
including hosting and maintenance, are
Implemented broadband internet (256
internally managed, with robust security
Kbps to 2 Mbps) at court complexes.
measures ensuring data integrity. The
portal is a crucial resource for judiciary

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stakeholders, enabling effective promoting an ICT culture within the
information dissemination and Indian Judiciary.

Training For Judges & Administrative Staff In Courts


● Comprehensive training programs for ● District System Administrators (CIS
judicial officers nationwide to Master Trainers) selected from court
implement change management staff and trained to use the Case
strategies. Information So ware (CIS) proficiently.
● Judicial officers trained as Master
Trainers to oversee ongoing training
programs.
Preparation of a Dedicated Website for exercises involve a comprehensive
District Judiciary: Implementation of a reassessment of processes, procedures,
dedicated website for individual systems, and Court Rules to enhance
Districts using Drupal content efficiency and effectiveness within the
management for the Judicial System was judiciary.
completed. Case Information System: The CIS
Unique Identification Numbers: version 1.0 was implemented in District
Karnataka High Court has started Units. The process involved was
assigning unique identification numbers migration / transferring data from the
to all judicial officers, streamlining existing application LMS [Litigation
identification processes within the Management System] to the new unified
judiciary. platform, focusing on improving case
Process Re-engineering: The Karnataka management and information
High Court has initiated process accessibility.
re-engineering exercises. These

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Data Entry Progress: Significant have the necessary tools to adapt to the
progress was made in data entry for demands of modern legal practice.
pending and legacy CIS cases. This These laptops enable officers to access
ongoing effort ensures that all case digital resources, dra legal documents,
information is accurately recorded and and communicate effectively with
readily accessible for judicial colleagues and stakeholders.
proceedings.
Judicial Officers are provided with a
Laptop: Judicial officers have been
equipped with laptops, ensuring they

Phase – II: System And Application So ware For Court Processes

Case Information So ware: The the Core, while integration guidelines


National Core version of CIS for are jointly cra ed by the eCommittee in
District/Taluka Courts was rolled out collaboration with NIC to maintain
with the latest version, CIS 3.2, consistency across the system.
featuring a browser-based application
with an open-source technology stack. Scanning, Digitization And Digital
The new version promises an improved Preservation Of Case Records: Initially,
user interface, workflow automation, the High Court initiated Scanning and
and compatibility with Cloud Digitization in-house, conducting a
Architecture, fulfilling the needs of Proof of Concept (POC) at all three
ongoing Process Reengineering. Benches through NICSI empaneled
vendors. Additionally, scanning activity
Core-periphery Model of CIS: High has been commenced in three District
Courts delineate peripheral Court Complexes, including the City
specifications to ensure coherence with Civil Court, Bengaluru; Bangalore Rural

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District Courts; and the Court of Small Video-Conferencing For Courts And
Causes, Bengaluru. The target for the Jails: Virtual Courtrooms are being
financial year 2023-24 is to scan and introduced to expedite hearings and
digitize six crore pages of Judicial reduce the need for physical presence,
Records, encompassing records from the with guidelines being developed for
High Court and the aforementioned legal proceedings conducted through
three District Courts. virtual means.

Cloud Infrastructure: Utilize cloud Establishment Of Virtual Courts: In


computing to store judicial data from June 2020, a Virtual Court was
the Case Information System (CIS) established in Bengaluru City for traffic
across all Court Establishments, offenses, covering six traffic court
enhancing accessibility and jurisdictions. Since then, it has received
collaboration within the judicial system. 55,911 challans from Police Traffic IT,
During Phase II of the e-Courts project, resulting in fines totaling Rs.
cloud storage was procured to store 41,71,91,790/-.
metadata and judgments/orders.
E-Sewa Kendra: In Karnataka, 27
Infrastructure in newly set up courts: e-Sewa Kendras cover all three High
Replicating ICT infrastructure and Court Benches and 25 District Judiciary
hardware requirements in the newly court complexes, offering e-court
established courts under Phase III services, including VC cabins and help
ensures seamless compatibility and desk counters. Plans are underway to
standardization with existing courts. establish at least 185 e-Sewa Kendras for
2024-2025.

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Capacity Building: The e-Committee Judicial Process Reengineering: In
initiated Digital Accessibility Training Karnataka, a Judicial Process
for 371 visually challenged employees in Re-engineering report has been
Karnataka. The training, conducted in compiled to streamline workflows and
18 batches over two days starting from standardize components within the Case
11.09.2023, aims to integrate these Information System (CIS) across the
employees into the judiciary's judiciary. Efforts are underway to
accessibility ecosystem. automate processes such as summons
issuance, certified copy distribution, and
Human Resources: Recruiting and case status updates for advocates and
training personnel with technology and litigants, and to provide judgments via
legal administration expertise is email. Additionally, the High Court is
imperative to fortify the management adopting recommendations from the
and support of implemented "Project Report on Model e-Registers"
technologies. In the High Court of by the Justice Rajesh Bindal committee
Karnataka, technical manpower has to standardize court registers in
been strategically deployed at the alignment with CIS fields,
Computer Centre and in each District complementing digitization efforts.
Court under Phase II. This ensures
smooth and efficient utilization of IT Disabled Friendly ICT Enabled
infrastructure. Under Phase III of the Facilities: The High Court's website has
project, additional technical manpower been adapted for disabled individuals,
will be deployed to address with digitally accessible documents such
project-specific needs and challenges, as Judgments and Orders available.
further enhancing the judiciary's Regular accessibility compliance audits
technological capabilities. are conducted on the website and portal.

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Accessibility Committees have been knowledge-sharing among legal
established at both the High Court and professionals.
District levels to foster a
disability-friendly environment in the Integration With Inter-Operable
Courts. Criminal Justice System (ICJS):
Through ICJS, the Court receives FIR
NSTEP (National Service and Tracking and Charge Sheet electronically along
of Electronic Processes): Integrating with its e-signed copies. It aims to
NSTEP in all Civil Courts across integrate associated documents,
Karnataka as part of Phase II of the promoting a paperless environment and
e-Courts Project has greatly improved facilitating a holistic approach to
communication and coordination judicial processes.
among legal entities. By providing 2740
mobile phones to bailiffs and process Telegram Channel: The High Court of
servers, the real-time tracking of Karnataka and each District Judiciary in
summons and notices has significantly the state have launched Telegram
increased efficiency. channels, attracting over 14,600
subscribers for the High Court channel
Knowledge Management System: The and over 31,000 subscribers across 30
High Court of Karnataka, under the district channels. These channels deliver
e-Courts Project, has implemented real-time e-court services, including
KOHA Library so ware to capture and cause lists, case status updates,
share legal knowledge effectively. notifications, and other judiciary
Additionally, the Indian Law Report activities.
(ILR) has been made freely accessible
online, promoting collaboration and

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Paperless Court: Karnataka courts are costs and environmental impact while
transitioning to paperless proceedings, improving accessibility and efficiency.
utilizing digital systems for document Plans include scanning case records and
management. The High Court is implementing e-filing applications to
acquiring integrated hardware for court eliminate physical paper movement.
halls to facilitate this shi , reducing

ICT e-Initiatives of The High Court of Karnataka


S3WaaS websites of all the 30 District all the 30 District Courts websites into
Courts in the Karnataka State S3 SAAS platform in compliance with
Judiciary: Under Phase III of the GIGW.
e-Courts Project, the High Court of
Karnataka completed the migration of

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Revamped websites of the High Court services, which contains the following
of Karnataka: To improve the user services:
interface (UI) and user experience (UE),
● Registration of Copying requests for
the High Court website has been
orders with e-payment of copying
revamped with a new look and feel, with
charges.
additional features making it an
● e-Payment of Court Fee & Process Fee.
accessible website. Advocates dashboard
● Registration for Cause List SMS
is an added feature as a part of online

Online Digital Case Diary android concerning email ids and phone
mobile application for Litigants, numbers as well their identity by cross
Advocates, and Government verifying their uploaded ID proofs. The
Department: The in-house technical Online Digital Case Diary mobile
team of the High Court of Karnataka has application has also been developed in
developed a web-based Online Digital collaboration with the EDCS (Electronic
Case Diary to gather and verify the Delivery of Citizen Services) wing of
access credentials of Advocates, e-Governance, Government of
Litigants, and Government Departments Karnataka, to enable the Litigants,

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Advocates, and Government The credentials are now being used to
Department to keep track of the entire secure access to Court Hall Proceedings
life cycle of cases pending and disposed through VC.
before the Hon’ble High Court of
Karnataka and all Courts in the State.

FASTER (Fast and Secured minimize the physical movement of any


Transmission of Electronic Record) such communication, either through
-Karnataka: FASTER-Karnataka has post or otherwise, and also ensure
been developed in house by the NIC real-time transmission for due
technical team, High Court of compliance and execution.
Karnataka. The same would help

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Dashboard for the Hon’ble Judges of ● Calendar of posted matters,
the High Court of Karnataka: As a part ● Daily disposed of the statement,
of the revamped website, a dedicated ● A briefcase to store the files,
dashboard has been developed for the ● Committee constitution details, and
Hon’ble Judges with login credentials resolution passed therein,
having beneficial features to access ● Access to e-Library,
various services: ● Access to virtual justice clock.

● Cause list,
● Pending/disposed cases dashboard,

e-ILR (bilingual) through ILR online has been developed for the public use
portal: To make available the ILR with several user-friendly search
(Karnataka series) in bilingual for free parameters for gaining knowledge in the
access by the learned Advocates, field. The same would accomplish the
Litigants, Officials of Government vision of Phase III of the e-Courts
Departments, Law Students, and the Project as a part of the knowledge
Public, in General, an online platform management component. Similarly, the

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introduction of bilingual online ILR available translated versions of
would also meet the agenda of the Judgments in vernacular language. The
AI-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory link is available on the official website
Committee of the Hon’ble Supreme of the High Court of Karnataka.
Court of India, i.e., to start digital law
reports accompanied by making

CCTV in High Court & District It also includes Court Halls with AV
Courts: In compliance with directions capturing. CCTV Project has been
from the Hon’ble Supreme Court of taken in the High Court of Karnataka,
India in Pradyuman Bisht v/s. Union of Bengaluru, and Benches at Dharwad and
India and others, the High Court of Kalaburagi and has been implemented
Karnataka has implemented CCTVs as in 12 District Courts, and the project is
security and Administration surveillance in progress in another 18 District Courts
inside and outside the Court Complexes. for the upcoming Year 2024-25.

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e-Pay portal enabled for the High payments for court fees, process fees,
Court and District Judiciary: The e-Pay copying charges, etc.
portal has been enabled for the
Advocates and Litigants to make online

e-Certified Copies platform for Services to enable the Advocates and


District Judiciary: As a Citizen Centric Litigants to make online application for
Service and to make available the getting digitally signed e-copies of the
certified copies of the Orders and Orders and Judgments with facing sheet
Judgments of the District Judiciary, an and QR code to facilitate the verification
online e-facility has been developed in of Judgments online.
the form of District Judiciary Online

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e-Summons through Emails: The High The same is an additional feature
Court of Karnataka, as a part of CIS besides the conventional service mode
module, by generating e-Summons, of summons through process
started transmitting through emails by servers/bailiffs and tracking through the
operationalizing the same in the District NSTEP application/handheld device.
Judiciary, namely wherever the parties
to the litigation provided the emails.

Summons/Notices In Vernacular
Language: The High Court of
Karnataka, as a part of the CIS module,
started generating the summons and
notices in vernacular language.

Scanning, Digitization, and Digital by outsourcing. Similarly, the scanning


Preservation of Case Records: The is taken up in three District court
High Court has taken up Scanning and complexes (City Civil Court including
Digitization work on entrepreneur level Commercial Court, Bengaluru;

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Bangalore Rural District Courts and Establishment of Virtual Courts: In
Court of Small Causes, Bengaluru). An Karnataka, a virtual court has been
in-house application is also available to established in Bengaluru City for traffic
track the records..The target for FY offenses since June 2020, covering six
2023-24 is to scan and digitize six crore traffic court jurisdictions within the city
pages of Judicial Records covering the limit. The Virtual Court has received
High Court and the stated three District 55,911 Challans from Police Traffic IT,
Courts. and a fine of Rs. 41,71,91,790/- has been
collected.
Cloud Infrastructure: During Phase II
of the e-Courts project, cloud storage e-Sewa Kendra: In Karnataka, 27 e-sewa
was procured based on the metadata Kendras have been established, covering
requirements and judgments/orders. all three Benches of the High Court of
Now, cloud storage is required to Karnataka and 25 other Court
digitize court records, live streaming, Complexes of the District Judiciary.
electronic evidence, etc. Cloud storage is These Kendras facilitate e-court
also necessary for establishing paperless services, including VC cabins and help
courts. Accordingly, it is planned to desk counters, as visualized under the
migrate to cloud storage in Phase III. e-Courts project. Now, steps have been
taken to establish not less than 185
Infrastructure in newly set up courts:
e-Sewa Kendras for the year 2024-2025,
Under Phase III, the newly established
spread across the Court Complexes
courts will replicate the same ICT
situated in the State, to bridge the
infrastructure and hardware
digital divide and facilitate Advocates,
requirements to maintain compatibility
Litigants, and Citizens’ access to e-court
and standardization with the existing
Services.
Courts.

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Paperless Court: As a preparation for Halls in FY 2023-24, including the High
establishing Paperless Courts, the High Court and District Judiciary. The
Court of Karnataka is in the process of above-mentioned move will ensure no
procuring completely integrated physical movement of papers, thereby
hardware to cover around 400 Court reducing costs.

System & Application So ware document handling and scale up process


Development: So ware developers are re-engineering to expand use cases on
deployed in the Computer Centre, High AI/Blockchain, ultimately to give
Court to develop requisite so ware to citizen-centric value-added services.
support case management and

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Solar Power Backup: As a part of Video Conferencing Setup: During the
sustainable practice and to promote pandemic, the video conferencing
renewable energy, the High Court of facility was operationalized with the
Karnataka, under e-Courts Phase II, eCourts hardware system to enable the
installed solar panels in 10 Court Advocates and Litigants to participate
Complexes and such solar panels in online in the Court Proceedings. The
another 33 Court Complexes through facility continued throughout the State
State funds. Under Phase III for FY through hybrid mode. To scale up the
2023-24, the High Court proposes video conferencing facility with a robust
expanding solar backup facilities in system, the High Court of Karnataka has
another 40 Court Complexes to ensure floated a tender for procurement of
an uninterrupted power supply to the IT end-to-end AV/VC hardware to cover
infrastructure. about 400 Court Halls under Phase III
for the FY 2024-25.

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e- Filing: e-Filing portal is enabled in Karnataka, AV streaming of Court
the High Court and all the Proceedings has already started through
establishments of the District Judiciary. the YouTube platform. Once the

Connectivity (Primary + Redundancy): complete integration of hardware is in


In Karnataka, the Department of place, the feature will become
e-Governance has provided a wide area permanent. Live streaming rules are
network system (KSWAN) to connect all already in place through notification.
the courts in the State as a primary
Human Resources: In the High Court of
connectivity by using BSNL services.
Karnataka, in addition to technical
Redundant facilities are also made
manpower deployed at the Computer
available in a considerable number of
Centre, technical manpower is deployed
Court complexes. Steps have been
under Phase II in each District Court to
initiated to opt for SD-WAN or leased
ensure hassle-free usage of IT
lines among the Court Complexes for
infrastructure in the Courts. Under
seamless connectivity.
Phase III, project-specific technical
CLASS (Live-Audio Visual Streaming manpower will be deployed.
System): In the High Court of

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Future Technological Advancements: taking note of the introduction of the
The High Court of Karnataka to make Case Information System and
use of AI technology started using an AI digitization of records, is also
tool (SUVAS) for the translation of endeavouring to follow the “Project
Judicial Records, as well as testing tools Report on model e-Registers” to
like Shruti, Saransh, and Panini of NIC standardize the format of registers
to make use of the same for voice-to-text maintained by the Courts in consonance
for summarization of contents and with fields available in CIS.
translation.
Disabled friendly ICT-enabled
Judicial Process Reengineering: In facilities: The website of the High
Karnataka, the Judicial Process Court is made accessible for disabled
re-engineering report already been persons. Similarly, digitally accessible
prepared by the Committee constituted documents are prepared as Judgments
for the same to automate the process and Orders to make them accessible to
and to standardize the various differently-abled persons. Steps also
components and fields of the Case have been taken to subject the website
Information System (CIS); efforts have and portal to audit for accessibility
been made to achieve the uniformity of compliance. To create a
workflow throughout state judiciary, disabled-friendly eco-system in the
and further endeavour is also on to Courts, the High Court formulated a
automate the process like summons, Committee on accessibility both at the
issuance of certified copies, sharing High Court and District Level.
case information inclusive of status to
NSTEP (National Service and Tracking
the Advocates and Litigants, as well to
of Electronic Processes): In Karnataka,
make available the copies of Judgments
the NSTEP project has already been
through email etc., The High Court,
implemented in all the establishments of

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Civil Courts under the e-Courts Project Criminal Cases to the Police Stations for
of Phase II, and 2740 mobile phones service and to keep track of such
have been provided to bailiffs and processes, and the same is under pilot in
process servers to keep track of one of the Court locations at Bengaluru.
summons and notices issued and also to
Capacity Building: Develop
get the real-time status of such process
comprehensive training programs to
back in the Court.Under Phase III of the
equip court personnel with the
e-Courts Project for the current FY
necessary skills. Ensure ongoing
2023-24, the High Court proposes to
training to keep pace with technological
extend to all other bailiffs and process
advancements. The High Court of
servers.To use the said NSTEP
Karnataka has conducted the
mechanism in the Criminal Courts,
eCommittee Digital Accessibility
effort is made to send summons of

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Training for visually challenged court and trained the judiciary staff through
staff working in the High Court of technicians and other staff by making
Karnataka and District Judiciary for two them master trainers. The eCourts
days, divided into 18 batches, starting capacity-building training is ongoing in
from 11.09.2023. The High Court of coordination with the Karnataka
Karnataka, under Phase II of the Judicial Academy.
e-Courts Project, has trained judicial
officers through selected master trainers
Knowledge Management System: platform and digital case registry, the
Under the e-Courts Project, KOHA High Court of Karnataka decided to
Library so ware has been successfully make the bilingual Indian Law Report
implemented in the High Court of (ILR) published online without any cost
Karnataka libraries, which contains barrier and to achieve the objective of
datasets of books with search Phase III to make such repository freely
parameters to search through title, accessible aggregator of case law.
author, edition, and publisher. As a part
of the creation of an online learning

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e-Office for High Courts & District environment in the Criminal Justice
Courts: E-Office has been implemented System.
in a few Branches on a pilot at the High
Telegram Channel: The High Court of
Court of Karnataka, and now efforts are
Karnataka has already launched the
to establish the same for all other
Telegram channel of the High Court of
branches and to streamline the
Karnataka for each district judiciary of
workflow in the administration.
the State of Karnataka. The prime
Integration with Inter-Operable objective of Telegram Channel is for
Criminal Justice System (ICJS): In real-time delivery of e-court services.
Karnataka, the Courts have already been Currently, 14600+ members are
onboarded through ICJS to have subscribed to the High Court channel,
interoperability among the pillars for and across the state, in 30 districts,
data exchange. As such, The courts have about 31000+ members are subscribed to
already started receiving FIR and District Judiciary channels. High Court
Chargesheet in electronic form. Now, an and all District Judiciary telegram
effort has been made to fetch the Channels can be accessed at:
associated FIR and Charge sheet facility https://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/tele
documents. Once complete, the receipt gram_channels.php
of police records is achieved through the
form in the ICJS platform by consuming
the same into CIS. The same would aim
to institutionalize a paperless

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Number of Cases Dealt With (Virtual Hearings) On VC In High
Courts And District Courts As On 30.04.2024
S. No. High Court High Courts District Courts Grand Total
1 Allahabad 244051 5659343 5903394
2 Andhra Pradesh 398355 1427179 1825534
3 Bombay 54187 159571 213758
4 Calcutta 151819 89810 241629
5 Chhattisgarh 103703 202145 305848
6 Delhi 321595 5382850 5704445
7 Gauhati – Arunachal Pradesh 2431 8158 10589
8 Gauhati – Assam 266544 432480 699024
9 Gauhati – Mizoram 3987 13268 17255
10 Gauhati - Nagaland 1029 774 1803
11 Gujarat 403298 206687 609985
12 Himachal Pradesh 184093 184098 368191
13 Jammu & Kashmir 260149 517063 777212
14 Jharkhand 221572 676230 897802
15 Karnataka 1245199 150268 1395467
16 Kerala 164568 599631 764199
17 Madhya Pradesh 672872 947822 1620694
18 Madras 1467816 388923 1856739
19 Manipur 49084 15670 64754
20 Meghalaya 5027 47194 52221
21 Orissa 326137 290469 616606
22 Patna 277203 2546143 2823346
23 Punjab & Haryana 594171 2598297 3192468
24 Rajasthan 238253 200156 438409
25 Sikkim 560 14605 15165
26 Telangana 844476 191903 1036379
27 Tripura 21861 33714 55575
28 Uttarakhand 87385 46136 133521
Total 8611425 23030587 31642012

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Status of Implementation of Rules of VC as on 30.04.2024
Whether the Rules of VC is Whether the Rules of VC is
Sr. No. High Court
implemented in High Court implemented in District Courts
1 Allahabad Yes Yes
2 Andhra Pradesh Yes Yes
3 Bombay Yes Yes
4 Calcutta Yes Yes
5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes
6 Delhi Yes Yes
7 Gauhati – Arunachal Pradesh Yes Yes
8 Gauhati – Assam Yes Yes
9 Gauhati – Mizoram Yes Yes
b Gauhati - Nagaland Yes Yes
11 Gujarat Yes Yes
12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes
13 Jammu & Kashmir Yes Yes
14 Jharkhand Yes Yes
15 Karnataka Yes Yes
16 Kerala Yes Yes
17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Yes
18 Madras Yes Yes
19 Manipur Yes Yes
20 Meghalaya Yes Yes
21 Orissa Yes Yes
22 Patna Yes Yes
23 Punjab & Haryana Yes Yes
24 Rajasthan Yes Yes
25 Sikkim Yes Yes
26 Telangana Yes Yes
27 Tripura Yes Yes
28 Uttarakhand Yes Yes
Implemented 28 28
Not Implemented 0 0

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Status of Implementation of Rules of e-Filing as on 30.04.2024
Sr. No. High Court Whether the Rules of e-Filing is Whether the Rules of e-Filing is
implemented in High Court implemented in District Courts
1 Allahabad Yes Yes
2 Andhra Pradesh Yes No
3 Bombay Yes Yes
4 Calcutta Yes Yes
5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes
6 Delhi Yes Yes
7 Gauhati – Arunachal Pradesh No No
8 Gauhati – Assam Yes Yes
9 Gauhati – Mizoram Yes Yes
10 Gauhati - Nagaland Yes Yes
11 Gujarat No Yes
12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes
13 Jammu & Kashmir Yes Yes
14 Jharkhand Yes Yes
15 Karnataka Yes Yes
16 Kerala Yes Yes
17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Yes
18 Madras Yes Yes
19 Manipur Yes Yes
20 Meghalaya Yes Yes
21 Orissa No No
22 Patna Yes Yes
23 Punjab & Haryana Yes Yes
24 Rajasthan No No
25 Sikkim Yes Yes
26 Telangana Yes Yes
27 Tripura Yes Yes
28 Uttarakhand Yes Yes
Implemented 24 24
Not Implemented 4 4

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Status of Implementation of e-Sewa Kendras as on 30.04.2024
Sr. No. High Court Whether the e-Sewa Kendra Whether the e-Sewa Kendra Functioning e-Sewa
is implemented in HC is implemented in DC Kendras in DC
1 Allahabad Yes Yes 74
2 Andhra Pradesh No No 0
3 Bombay Yes Yes 43
4 Calcutta Yes Yes 7
5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes 23
6 Delhi Yes Yes 13
7 Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh Yes Yes 24
8 Gauhati - Assam Yes Yes 78
9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes Yes 8
10 Gauhati - Nagaland Yes Yes 11
11 Gujarat Yes Yes 93
12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes 11
13 Jammu and Kashmir Yes Yes 9
14 Jharkhand Yes Yes 24
15 Karnataka Yes Yes 24
16 Kerala Yes Yes 162
17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Yes 30
18 Madras Yes Yes 23
19 Manipur Yes Yes 15
20 Meghalaya Yes Yes 14
21 Orissa Yes Yes 131
22 Patna Yes Yes 37
23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Yes 111
24 Rajasthan Yes Yes 1
25 Sikkim Yes Yes 9
26 Telangana Yes Yes 34
27 Tripura Yes Yes 15
28 Uttarakhand Yes Yes 26
Implemented 27 27 1050
Not Implemented 1 1

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Status of Implementation of e-Payments as on 30.04.2024
Sr. No. High Court Whether the Court Fee Act is amended to Whether the e-Payments
enable to receive the e-Payments facility implemented
1 Allahabad Yes Yes
2 Andhra Pradesh No No
3 Bombay Yes Yes
4 Calcutta Yes Yes
5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes
6 Delhi No Yes
7 Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh No No
8 Gauhati - Assam Yes Yes
9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes No
10 Gauhati - Nagaland No No
11 Gujarat Yes Yes
12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes
13 Jammu and Kashmir No No
14 Jharkhand Yes Yes
15 Karnataka Yes Yes
16 Kerala Yes Yes
17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Yes
18 Madras Yes Yes
19 Manipur Yes Yes
20 Meghalaya Yes Yes
21 Orissa Yes Yes
22 Patna Yes Yes
23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Yes
24 Rajasthan Yes Yes
25 Sikkim Yes Yes
26 Telangana Yes No
27 Tripura Yes Yes
28 Uttarakhand Yes Yes
Implemented 23 22
Not Implemented 5 6

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Statistics of Virtual Courts-30.04.2024
S.No. Establishment_Name Received Proceeding Contested Paid Challan
Done Challans Amount
1 Assam Traffic Department 137636 137634 433 26294 17480401
2 Chhattisgarh Traffic Department 698 689 0 69 110300
3 Gujarat Traffic Department 991551 959548 1500 64880 49974050
4 Haryana Traffic Department 1574805 1508656 5107 76755 65511651
5 Himachal Pradesh Traffic Department 308135 230036 381 10006 14392853
6 Jammu Traffic Department 447563 444946 2621 88153 56092644
7 Karnataka Traffic Department 57575 57540 166 49563 435361790
8 Kashmir Traffic Department 728189 728189 75329 139030 76883946
9 Kerala (Police Department) 1450109 1411119 3233 138614 73108991
10 Kerala Transport Department 878799 872646 4601 138728 183996803
11 Madhya Pradesh Traffic Department 224774 203692 254 11028 9995901
12 Maharashtra Transport Department 56569 55108 20 2109 2850305
13 Manipur Virtual Court (Traffic) 0 0 0 0
14 Manipur Virtual Court (Transport) 1 0 0 0
15 Meghalaya Traffic Department 443 438 0 40 30100
16 Notice Branch Delhi Traffic Department 18451595 18264975 90746 1740098 1242956606
17 Odisha Traffic Ctc-Bbsr Commissionerate 532393 481720 931 31063 29491001
18 Pune Traffic Department 6079 6055 21 627 117800
19 Rajasthan Traffic Department 35114 31615 2120 11703 8118170
20 Tamil Nadu Traffic Department 201924 163199 1521 95987 890718290
21 Tripura Traffic Department 2872 2871 5 806 184500
22 Uttar Pradesh Traffic Department 16292386 13419785 66846 854120 485218640
23 Uttarakhand Traffic Department 15872 13342 39 910 997700
24 Uttarakhand Transport Department 0 0 0 0
25 Virtual Court Chandigarh 398995 398934 408 27583 26569510
26 Virtual Court Delhi (Traffic) 6278727 5981729 119023 1802952 1741162552
27 Virtual Court Gujarat (Transport) 149871 144414 714 15674 61948050
28 West Bengal Traffic Department 164756 156379 707 7982 4253452
Total 49387431 45675259 376726 5334774 5477526006

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Status of Installation of Justice Clock in High Courts
Sr. No. High Court No of Items for which funds where No. of Items
released Procured/Purchased

1 Allahabad 2 2
2 Andhra Pradesh 1 1
3 Bombay 4 4
4 Calcutta 1 1
5 Chhattisgarh 1 1
6 Delhi 1 1
7 Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) 1 1
8 Gauhati (Assam) 1 1
9 Gauhati (Mizoram) 1 1
10 Gauhati (Nagaland) 1 1
11 Gujarat 1 1
12 Himachal Pradesh 1 1
13 Jammu & Kashmir 2 2
14 Jharkhand 1 1
15 Karnataka 3 3
16 Kerala 1 1
17 Madhya Pradesh 3 3
18 Madras 2 2
19 Manipur 1 1
20 Meghalaya 1 1
21 Orissa 1 1
22 Patna 1 1
23 Punjab & Haryana 1 1
24 Rajasthan 2 2
25 Sikkim 1 1
26 Telangana 1 1
27 Tripura 1 1
28 Uttarakhand 1 1
Total 39 39

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Status of Implementation of ICJS as on 30.04.2024
Sr. No. High Court Whether ICJS implemented
1 Allahabad Yes
2 Andhra Pradesh Yes
3 Bombay Yes
4 Calcutta Yes
5 Chhattisgarh Yes
6 Delhi Yes
7 Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh No
8 Gauhati - Assam Yes
9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes
10 Gauhati - Nagaland No
11 Gujarat No
12 Himachal Pradesh Yes
13 Jammu and Kashmir Yes

14 Jharkhand Yes
15 Karnataka Yes
16 Kerala Yes
17 Madhya Pradesh Yes
18 Madras Yes
19 Manipur Yes
20 Meghalaya Yes
21 Orissa Yes
22 Patna Yes
23 Punjab and Haryana Yes
24 Rajasthan Yes
25 Sikkim Yes
26 Telangana Yes
27 Tripura Yes
28 Uttarakhand Yes
Implemented 25
Not Implemented 3

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E-Filing Total Count as on 30.04.2024
High Court/ District Total Cases Submitted
S.No. State Name
Court HC DC Total
1 Allahabad District Court * 4750 4750
2 Andhra Pradesh High Court 16087 3 16090
3 Bombay Both Court 254686 807618 1062304
4 Calcutta High Court 5959 953 6912
5 Chhattisgarh Both Court 424 15 439
6 Delhi District Court * 745604 745604
7 Gauhati – Arunachal Pradesh Both Court 0 0 0
8 Gauhati – Assam Both Court 4190 7303 11493
9 Gauhati – Mizoram Both Court 0 0 0
10 Gauhati - Nagaland Both Court 0 0 0
11 Gujarat High Court 59181 15 59196
12 Himachal Pradesh Both Court 1884 73911 75795
13 Jammu & Kashmir Both Court 22735 49235 71970
14 Jharkhand Both Court 5 469 474
15 Karnataka Both Court 1620 65830 67450
16 Kerala District Court * 564846 564846
17 Madhya Pradesh District Court * 196 196
18 Madras Both Court 48715 508983 557698
19 Manipur High Court 1694 0 1694
20 Meghalaya Both Court 1 1 2
21 Odisha Both Court 9422 42127 51549
22 Patna Both Court 487462 151 487613
23 Punjab & Haryana Both Court 20369 20325 40694
24 Rajasthan Both Court 10687 2499 13186
25 Sikkim Both Court 3276 4339 7615
26 Telangana Both Court 5545 102 5647
27 Tripura Both Court 3662 860 4522
28 Uttarakhand Both Court 30 27706 27736
Total 957634 2927841 3885475

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e-Committee Outreach/ Training Programmes Conducted
During the Month of April 2024
S.No. Dates of Programme Conducting Title of Participants No. of
Programmes No. Institute Programme Participants
1 06.04.2024 ECT_6_2024 Training conducted Digitisation of Staff of High Court and 70
by the High Court case records District Courts &
of Meghalaya Sub-divisional courts
2 10.04.2024 ECT_8_2024 High Court of NSTEP Staff of District Court, 23
Meghalaya East Khasi Hills,
Shillong
3 10.04.2024 ECT_9_2024 High Court of Refresher Staff of District Court, 23
Meghalaya programme for East Khasi Hills,
court staff Shillong
4 27.04.2024 ECT_8_2024 High Court of NSTEP Staff of District Court, 8
Meghalaya East Jaintia Hills,
Khliehriat
5 27.04.2024 ECT_8_2024 High Court of NSTEP Staff of District Court, 8
Meghalaya West Jaintia Hills, Jowai
6 27.04.2024 ECT_9_2024 High Court of Refresher Staff of District Court, 8
Meghalaya programme for East Jaintia Hills,
court staff Khliehriat
7 27.04.2024 ECT_9_2024 High Court of Refresher Staff of District Court, 8
Meghalaya programme for West Jaintia Hills, Jowai
court staff
8 01.04.2024 to ECT_6_2024 High Court of Training on District Judiciary Staff 855
30.04.2024 Madras in scanning and
coordination with digitisation
the Tamil Nadu processes
State Judicial
Academy, Chennai

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9 08.04.2024 ECT_16_2024 High Court of e-Office training All Ministerial Staff in 297
and Kerala the Judicial District of
09.04.2024 Palakkad
10 11.04.2024 ECT_16_2024 High Court of Refresher All Ministerial Staff in 161
Kerala training on the Judicial District of
e-Office Kalpetta
11 22.04.2024 ECT_16_2024 High Court of Refresher Judicial Officers in the 34
Kerala training on Palakkad District
e-Office
12 20.04.2024 ECT_9_2024 Bihar Judicial Features with System Officers and 74
Academy basic commands System Assistants of the
of CIS, Judgeships
UBUNTU
Desktop/Server,
JOAMS, Online
Data Entry,
Progress of Old
Cases, DPR/MPR
TOTAL 1569

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