BRIEF WRITEUP ON E-COURTS MISSION MODE PROJECT
The Government is implementing a project for computerization of District &
Subordinate Courts in the country and for upgradation of ICT infrastructure of the
Supreme Court and the High Courts.
Under the project, 12000 courts in 2100 court complexes are expected to
be computerised by 31.3.2012 and 2249 courts in 969 court complexes are
expected to be computerized by 31.3.2014. The total estimated cost of phase I
of the project is ` 935.00 crore. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is the
implementing agency of the project.
An E-Committee of the Supreme Court was constituted which is chaired by
the Chief Justice of India to give overall policy directions to fulfilment of e-court
programme. An Empowered Committee has been constituted in the Department
of Justice to provide strategic direction and guidance to the e-courts Mission
Mode Project. This Committee also has representative from the E-Committee of
the Supreme Court.
Implementation of the project would result into online access to legal and
judicial resources and trends, access to cause lists to litigants, advocates,
prosecution and law enforcement agencies, availability of digitally signed court
orders, issue of certified copies of orders & judgements within 24 hours, status of
pending as well as disposed of cases, services through Information kiosks at
court complexes, e-filing of cases, Video Conferencing facilities at Courts and
prisons, etc.
Till March 2011, an amount of ` 397.85 crore has been given to NIC for
implementation of the project. The Budget provisions for the current year is `
297 crore.
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Allahabad High Court
Allahabad
Target
Status
Status %
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
2053
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1928
1741
1928
1413
1351
851
1928
1928
1344
0
0
1483
100%
85%
94%
69%
66%
41%
94%
94%
65%
0%
0%
72%
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Andhra Pradesh High Court
AP
Target
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
951
937
782
497
497
497
497
497
497
497
497
497
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Status
Status %
910
529
491
479
398
494
401
306
517
375
281
100%
96%
56%
52%
50%
42%
52%
42%
32%
54%
39%
30%
Bombay High Court
Bombay
Target
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
2010
1727
1727
1211
1211
1211
1211
1211
1211
1211
1211
1211
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Status
Status %
1973
1528
1102
1044
763
1170
1168
1168
1116
1107
2010
100%
98%
76%
55%
52%
38%
58%
58%
58%
56%
55%
100%
Calcutta High Court
Calcutta
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
785
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
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Status
775
775
756
756
372
770
618
619
763
263
346
Status %
100%
99%
99%
96%
96%
47%
98%
79%
79%
97%
34%
44%
Chhattisgarh High Court
Chhattisgarh
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
306
269
269
183
183
183
183
183
183
183
183
183
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Status
272
191
183
183
183
183
183
173
190
0
173
Status %
100%
89%
62%
60%
60%
60%
60%
60%
57%
62%
0%
57%
Gujarat High Court
Gujarat
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
862
810
771
771
771
771
771
771
771
771
771
771
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Status
862
824
637
391
391
637
391
391
719
0
386
Status %
100%
100%
96%
74%
45%
45%
74%
45%
45%
83%
0%
45%
Gauhati High court
Gauhati
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
405
389
389
316
316
316
316
316
316
316
316
316
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Status
407
342
307
178
161
302
76
76
209
74
94
Status %
100%
100%
84%
76%
44%
40%
75%
19%
19%
52%
18%
23%
Madhya Pradesh High Court
MP
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
1187
1018
1018
670
670
670
670
670
670
670
670
670
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Status
1166
1130
785
730
730
731
731
731
504
504
656
Status %
100%
98%
95%
66%
61%
61%
62%
62%
62%
42%
42%
55%
Jammu & Kashmir High Court
J&K
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
180
180
180
180
180
180
180
180
180
180
180
180
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Status
180
180
129
115
115
103
89
94
119
107
82
Status %
100%
100%
100%
72%
64%
64%
57%
49%
52%
66%
59%
46%
Jharkhand High court
Jharkhand
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
540
503
503
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
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Status
486
473
344
189
53
344
82
82
0
0
0
Status %
100%
90%
88%
64%
35%
10%
64%
15%
15%
0%
0%
0%
Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
797
796
552
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
211
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Status
797
796
404
305
125
405
157
94
666
0
0
Status %
100%
100%
100%
51%
38%
16%
51%
20%
12%
84%
0%
0%
Karnataka High Court
Karnataka
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
825
724
724
632
632
632
632
632
632
632
632
632
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Status
757
625
397
218
17
407
85
17
422
61
0
Status %
100%
92%
76%
48%
26%
2%
49%
10%
2%
51%
7%
0%
Kerala High Court
Kerala
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
408
404
404
404
404
404
404
404
404
404
404
404
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Status
403
405
393
358
230
384
209
209
348
0
205
Status %
100%
99%
99%
96%
88%
56%
94%
51%
51%
85%
0%
50%
Madras High Court
Madras
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
799
799
788
406
406
406
406
406
406
406
406
406
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Status
780
611
472
325
325
470
323
323
326
140
322
Status %
100%
98%
76%
59%
41%
41%
59%
40%
40%
41%
18%
40%
Orissa High court
Orissa
Total Courts
Courts funded
Courts ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
412
426
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
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Status
412
341
154
57
32
105
32
32
263
0
0
Status %
100%
100%
83%
37%
14%
8%
25%
8%
8%
64%
0%
0%
Patna High Court
Patna
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
1054
635
305
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Status
635
165
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Status %
100%
60%
16%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Punjab & Haryana High Court
Punjab & Haryana
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
695
676
676
676
676
676
676
676
676
676
676
676
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Status
695
695
663
514
493
637
514
440
586
514
399
Status %
100%
100%
100%
95%
74%
71%
92%
74%
63%
84%
74%
57%
Shimla High Court
Shimla
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
115
106
115
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
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Status
94
115
100
42
0
102
29
16
73
0
8
Status %
100%
82%
100%
87%
37%
0%
89%
25%
14%
63%
0%
7%
Sikkim High Court
Sikkim
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
10
10
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Status
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Status %
100%
90%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Uttrakhand High Court
UK
Total Courts
Sites funded
Sites ready
LAN Ordered
LAN Delivery
LAN installation
HW Ordered
HW Delivery
HW installation
DG set fund sent
DG Set Procured
S/W Deployment
Target
231
231
231
152
152
152
152
152
152
152
152
152
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Status
207
209
172
96
96
152
96
96
96
0
96
Status %
100%
90%
90%
74%
42%
42%
66%
42%
42%
42%
0%
42%