Information and Broadcasting Minister
The eCourts mission mode project, is a pan-India project, monitored and funded by department of justice, of the union law ministry.
It aims to provide efficient and time-bound citizen centric services delivery as detailed in
It also aims to develop, install and implement decision support systems in courts.
The scheme also automates the processes to provide transparency in accessibility of information to its stakeholders.
The e-Courts third phase aims to usher in a regime of maximum ease of justice by moving towards digital, online and paperless courts through digitisation of the entire court records including legacy records and by bringing in universalisation of e-filing and e-payments through saturation of all court complexes with e-Sewa Kendras.
It will put in place intelligent smart systems enabling data-based decision making for judges and registries while scheduling or prioritising cases.
The main objective of the third phase is to create a unified technology platform for the judiciary, which will provide a seamless and paperless interface between the courts, the litigants and other stakeholders, official sources said.
Under its first phase in 2007, a large number of court complexes, computer server rooms and judicial service centres were readied for computerisation of the district courts.
The district and taluka court complexes covered in the first phase were computerised with installation of hardware, LAN and Case Information Software (CIS), for providing basic case related services to the litigants and the lawyers.
In the second phase of the scheme, the covered courts were provisioned for additional hardware with (1+3) systems per court room, the uncovered courts of first phase and the newly established courts with (2+6) systems per court room and the court complexes were provisioned for hardware, LAN etc.