Law Ministry Writes To High Court Chiefs Seeking Implementation Of E-Courts Project [Read Letter]

Union Minister of State for Law and Justice PP Chaudhary has written to Chief justices of all High Courts urging them to establish a mechanism in order to send feedback on the e-Courts system on a regular basis, in order to improve the system further.Chaudhary has sought to know the challenges faced by judges and judicial officers in using the current e-Courts system so that necessary changes. Union Minister of State for Law and Justice PP Chaudhary has written to Chief justices of all High Courts urging them to establish a mechanism in order to send feedback on the e-Courts system on a regular basis, in order to improve the system further. Chaudhary has sought to know the challenges faced by judges and judicial officers in using the current e-Courts system so that necessary changes can be made to make it more responsive. The objective of this project is to provide designated services to litigants, lawyers and the judiciary by computerization of district and subordinate courts in the country through ICT.” In the letter, Chaudhary has said that with the creation of National e-Courts portal and National Judicial Data Grid, more than 10,000 courts connected with NJDG are providing information like case status, causelist, daily orders, final judgements etc.