What happened: Government rollout indicators under eCourts Phase III

The Ministry of Law and Justice presented implementation progress for eCourts Phase III (2023–2027), a digital transformation programme for Indian courts under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project. The stated objective is faster case processing and reduced case pendency through digital, paperless court processes.

The Government reported the following implementation status indicators and system capabilities:

Digital infrastructure and court digitisation:

• 2977 court complexes are equipped with bandwidth speed ranging from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps. • 1.21 crore cases were filed through the e-filing platform. • The e-payments system processed court-fee worth Rs. 1,594 crore and fine worth Rs. 97 crore. • Case Information System (CIS) 4.0 has been implemented in all courts, with enhanced privacy safeguards and integration with national platforms such as NJDG, e-filing, virtual courts, and Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS). • Courts received more than 35.57 lakh FIRs and 38.36 lakh chargesheets digitally from CCTNS through CIS 4.0. • eSummons was introduced for electronic delivery of summons through email. • Through NJDG, litigants can access case information for over 32.46 crore cases and over 39.79 crore orders/judgments. • Courts conducted over 4.15 crore hearings through video conferencing. • Over 734 crore pages of court records (including legacy records) were digitised across courts. • A digital vault called Judicial Digital Trustworthy Repository was developed to safely and permanently store court records.

Tools for judges and citizen-facing services:

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