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NORTH EAST GETS THE FIRST VIRTUAL COURT IN .

The 1st Virtual Court of North-East august presence of Hon’ble Dr India was inaugurated for the State Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Judge – of Assam, on 12th November 2020, cum- Chairperson, e-Committee, by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Supreme Court of India, Hon’ble Mr Sri Sarbananda Sonowal in the Justice , Judge,

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Supreme Court of India, Hon’ble Mr thus freeing up judicial manpower for Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Chief essential judicial functions. Justice (Acting), , In this regard, Gauhati High Court, Hon’ble Chief Justices & Judges of under the aegis of the e-Committee, Various High Courts. Mr Barun Mitra the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Secretary, Department of Justice, Mr has taken up the project of the Justice R.C. Chavan, Vice- setting of Virtual Courts for traffic Chairperson, e-Committee, violations. Gauhati High Court has Supreme Court of India, Dr Neeta taken a proactive role in Verma, Director General, National implementing e-Challan by the State Informatics Centre, Government of Police for enabling the Virtual India, CPCs of Various High Courts, Courts. District Administrations, Police The High Court’s e-Courts Division Officials under the Jurisdiction of the made a presentation on the Gauhati High Court joined the implemented e-Challans for the function virtually. Police Authorities and the ease of Virtual courts provide a convenient services offered by the Virtual Courts option for citizens to pay traffic fines for the Citizens. As of 15th online, resulting in an efficient and December 2020, 197 cases seamless method of dealing with received, and the proceeding traffic challan. With virtual courts, completed for all 197 cases and a one/few officers can handle fine of Rs. 7401.00 collected by the numerous Judicial Officers’ work, new Virtual court of Assam.

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Rajasthan High Court Floats Four Paperless Courts

developed an in-house peripheral On 02.11.2020, module for the paperless Court under taking a giant stride towards the High Court Steering Committee's digitalization and paperless guidance. The periphery software functioning of Courts started four provides separate sub-modules/logins paperless courts at the High Court for Hon'ble Judges, Court Masters, level, i.e., two at Jodhpur & Jaipur for Registry Officers, Section In-charge, hearing bail matters. The Computer dealing clerks, Scanning Agency etc., Cell of the Rajasthan High Court with facilities and functionalities the

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individual requirements for Similarly, Court Masters are provided management and use of the paperless with access to the soft copy of files Module. Under this paperless Module, from their logins. Dealing Clerks can all the newly filed bail matters and insert, append, and bookmark the documents are scanned and digitized newly filed documents or newly at the filing counter. A detailed and generated pages and automatically exhaustive bookmarking is done place them according to index and before uploading the PDF files in pagination through their logins. They DMS. Registry Officers, Section in- can also perform the task of tagging charges and Scanning Agency can similar files. supervise and manage the entire process through specialized sub- modules /logins. Cause-List Programme is linked with the paperless Module, and the files are automatically arranged as per cause list. Hon'ble Judges can access the soft copy of files listed in cause list through their dedicated logins from anywhere, including the courtroom, residence office, and chambers. Facilities to save encrypted notes are also provided for judges. A facility for viewing all the connected/tagged matters alongside the main file is also available.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Digitizes 29 Crore Pages till November 2020.

Digitization of High Court: District Courts in Madhya Pradesh. In the remaining District and Tehsil As a prelude to the Paperless Court Courts, the digitization work is to be of eCourts, the Scanning / Digitization started shortly. Approximately work is going on full swing in Madhya Pradesh High Court. Digitization of 1,26,558 files and 1,01,51,565 pages approximately 39.19 Lakh files have been scanned from 1 November comprising of 15.63 Crore pages has 2020 to 30 November 2020. been completed till November 2020. Digitization for e-library: About 17,931 files and 6,07,816 As part of moving towards e-library, pages have been scanned during the the Digitization of 9,229 Law books period of 1 November 2020 to 30 comprising about 58.04 Lakh pages November 2020 was also completed. Digitization of 34 District Courts.:

Digitization of approximately 14 Crore pages has been completed at 34 Cyber Security Compliance & Etiquettes"-Course Conducted

online mode for capacity building and Madhya Pradesh High Court conducted awareness Training for all Master 90 hours course on "Cyber Security Trainers/ DSA / SA, officials of IT wing of Compliance and Etiquettes" through Madhya Pradesh.

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Madras High Court develops Norms/Units Software.

Magistrate (Civil Judge Division) cadre from October 2020.

Features inbuilt in the Software: The Module comprises three Logins, namely, Norms Court Login, Unit Head Login and High Court Section Login. The Module captures the details of viz., Judge/Court, Judge Period, Norms fixed for that Court, Number of days spent on As part of the periphery software Boycott, Nature and Year wise development for CIS, under the disposal of cases, and the Institution Computer and Actual pendency of the Court. A Committee's guidance, the In-house Report with the above particulars Software Team of the Madras High will facilitate the Unit Head to Court has developed Norms endorse his or her remarks. The Software for auto calculation of work High Court Section could view the done by the Subordinate Judicial Report along with Unit Head Officers from the CIS Software Remarks, and the same could be database. The Software has been placed before the Hon'ble Judges successfully launched initially for the for apprising the Officer's Judicial Magistrate/Metropolitan performance. The User Manual also circulated for easy guidance.

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NAWADA, BIHAR GETS STUDIO BASED VIRTUAL

COURT ROOMS

On 4 November 2020, two studio- come as a boon for the lawyers who based virtual courtrooms were earlier used to participate in VC court inaugurated in Nawada Civil Court, hearings through their mobile phones under 's aegis, by and were dependent on weak internet the District & Sessions Judge. It has connectivity.

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ECT 013-2020- Country Wide Court Staffs Training.

The 4th phase of the e-Committee second batch of 23,250 staff was trained Online Training programme (ECT 013- by 465 TOT DSA (District System 2020) for the court staff on the topic "e- Administrator) Trainer across the Courts Services and CIS 3.2" aims to country. The online feedback received train at least one court staff from each from ECT-13_2020 showed an Court across the country, was held from encouraging 88 % of the staff are feeling 23.11.2020 to 27.11.2020. This training confident after the training programme.

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ECT 015 Workshop for High Court Technical Person Records 100% Confident Feedback

ECT -015 -website workshop for the with 100% were confident to handle High court technical staff on the website after the training, 26.7 % uploading content in the new e- rated the training as Outstanding, Committee website https:// 66.7 % rated the training as Good and ecommitteesci.gov.in held on 6.6 % satisfactory. 04.11.2020 recorded feedback rating

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e-Courts Project Statistics:

Number of cases dealt through Video Conferencing in High Courts/District Courts during the Lock-down as on 30-11-2020

S. No High Court Period High District Total Court Court 1 Allahabad 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 90476 587211 677687 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 2 Andhra Pradesh 26.03.2020 to 01.12.2020 HC 94927 174013 268940 25.03.2020 to 01.12.2020 DC

3 Bombay 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 60038 57907 117945 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

4 Calcutta 01.04.2020 to 15.09.2020 HC 11353 16559 27912 25.03.2020 to 15.09.2020 DC

5 Chhattisgarh 30.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 39883 16617 56500 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

6 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 61131 926616 987747 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 7 Gauhati 24.03.2020 to 20.04.2020 HC 564 1916 2480 (Arunachal 24.03.2020 to 20.04.2020 DC Pradesh) 8 Gauhati 26.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 1542 106040 107582 (Assam) 26.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

9 Gauhati 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 1649 8720 10369 () 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

10 Gauhati 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 1446 1677 3123 () 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 11 Gujarat 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 50213 77593 127806 15.04.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 12 Himachal 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 39995 14509 54504 Pradesh 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 13 Jammu & 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 82112 107115 189227 Kashmir 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

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14 Jharkhand 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 44371 317148 361519 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 15 Karnataka 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 103576 62610 166186 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

16 Kerala 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 30412 36626 67038 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 17 Madhya Pradesh 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 153954 292057 446011 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 18 Madras 26.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 271546 143057 414603 26.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 19 Manipur 15.04.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 5072 1631 6703 15.04.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

20 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 353 5650 6003 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 21 Orissa 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 79931 80703 160634 19.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

22 Patna 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 49948 509351 559299 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

23 Punjab & 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 125314 199312 324626 Haryana 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

24 Rajasthan 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 74115 106175 180290 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

25 30.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 305 1854 2159 30.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

26 Telangana 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 71223 80944 152167 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

27 Tripura 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 3894 3382 7276 24.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC

28 Uttarakhand 15.04.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 41575 19847 61422 15.04.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC Total 1590918 3956840 5547758

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Status of Implementation of Video Conferencing rules as on 30.11.2020

S. High Court VC rules in VC Rules VC Application VC Application used No High Courts In District used in the High in District Courts Courts Court

1 Allahabad No No Jitsi Meet Jitsi Meet 2 Andhra Pradesh No No Blue Jeans Blue Jeans 3 Bombay Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi No No Cisco WebEx Meet, Google Meet, Jio Meet 4 Calcutta Zoom, Microsoft Microsoft Teams, Google No No Teams Meet, WhatsApp 5 Chhattisgarh Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Yes Yes Blue Jeans Meet, Google Meet 6 Delhi Yes Yes Cisco WebEx Cisco WebEx 7 Gauhati - Vidyo or Vidyo Arunachal Connect, Jitsi Pradesh Meet, Google Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Yes Yes Meet Meet, Google Meet 8 Gauhati – Vidyo or Vidyo Assam Connect, Google Meet, Jitsi Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Yes Yes (Intranet) Google Meet, Jitsi (Intranet) 9 Gauhati - Vidyo or Vidyo Mizoram Connect, Jitsi Meet, Microsoft Teams, Google Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Yes Yes Meet Meet, Google Meet 10 Gauhati - Microsoft Teams, Nagaland No No Google Meet Jitsi Meet 11 Gujarat Yes No Zoom Zoom 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes Google Meet Google Meet, WhatsApp 13 Jammu and Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, Kashmir Jitsi Meet, Google WhatsApp No No Meet 14 Jharkhand Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Cisco WebEx, Google Meet, WhatsApp Yes Yes Google Meet 15 Karnataka Yes Yes Zoom, Jitsi Meet Zoom, Jitsi Meet

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16 Kerala Google Meet, WhatsApp, People link application for remand extension provided by the Prison department, Zoom, Google government of Kerala No No Meet 17 Madhya Vidyo or Vidyo Pradesh Connect, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Microsoft Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Teams, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams Yes Yes Meet 18 Madras Yes Yes Microsoft Teams Jitsi Meet, Microsoft Teams 19 Manipur Yes Yes Jitsi Meet Jitsi Meet 20 Meghalaya Vidyo or Vidyo Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Connect, Jitsi Meet, WhatsApp No No Meet 21 Orissa Jitsi Meet, WhatsApp No No Jitsi Meet 22 Patna Microsoft Teams, Google Cisco WebEx, Meet, WhatsApp No No Microsoft Teams 23 Punjab and Haryana No No Cisco WebEx Vidyo or Vidyo Connect 24 Rajasthan

Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi No No Cisco WebEx Meet, WhatsApp, Skype 25 Sikkim Jitsi Meet, Blue Yes Yes Jeans Jitsi Meet, Blue Jeans 26 Telangana Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, WhatsApp No No Cisco WebEx 27 Tripura Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Google Meet Yes Yes Zoom 28 Uttarakhand Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Jitsi Meet, Google Meet No No Meet

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Status of Implementation of e-Seva Kendra at High Courts as on 30.11.2020

Status of e-Seva S.No High Court Kendra in High Implemented Locations (High Court/Bench) Courts 1 Allahabad Yes and its Bench at Lucknow 2 Andhra Pradesh No Yes 3 Bombay Yes bench at Aurangabad 4 Calcutta No N.A 5 Chhattisgarh Yes High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur (C.G.) 6 Delhi No 7 Gauhati – Yes Gauhati High Court, Permanent Bench 8 Gauhati – Assam Yes Gauhati High Court, , Assam 9 Gauhati – Mizoram Yes Gauhati High Court, Bench 10 Gauhati – Nagaland Yes Gauhati High Court Bench 11 Gujarat No N/A 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes High Court of Himachal Pradesh Shimla 13 Jammu and Kashmir No Nil 14 Jharkhand Yes HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND 15 Karnataka No - N/A 16 Kerala Yes HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM 17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Principal seat Jabalpur 18 Madras Principal Seat and Madurai Bench of Madras High Yes Court 19 Manipur No N/A 20 Meghalaya Yes High Court of Meghalaya, 21 Orissa Yes High Court of Orissa, Cuttack 22 Patna No N/A 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh 24 Rajasthan Yes Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur and Jaipur Bench 25 Sikkim Yes High Court of Sikkim, 26 Telangana No N/A 27 Tripura No Does not arise. 28 Uttarakhand No N.A.

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Status of Implementation of e-Seva Kendra at District Judiciary as on 30.11.2020

S. High Court Whether the e-Seva Kendra No implemented in Implemented Locations (District Courts) District Court 1 Allahabad Yes Allahabad District Court 2 Andhra Pradesh No NIL 3 Bombay Yes Nagpur, Dhule, Sangli, Nandurbar, Kolhapur 4 Calcutta No N.A 5 Chhattisgarh Yes District & Sessions Court Rajnandgaon 6 Delhi Yes All District Courts 7 Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh No Na 1. District Court Complex, Baksa 2. District Court Complex, Cachar 3. Family Court Complex, Cachar 4. Industrial Tribunal, Cachar 5. SDJM (M) Court Complex, Lakhipur, Cachar 6. District Court Complex, Dima Hasao 7. District Court Complex, Goalpara 8. District Court Complex, 9. District Court Complex, Hailakandi 10. District Court Complex, Amingaon, Kamrup Gauhati – 11. District Court Complex, Kamrup Metro 8 Assam 12. District Court Complex, Karbi Anglong 13. District Court Complex, Lakhimpur 14. District Court Complex, Nagaon 15. District Court Complex, Nalbari 16. Judicial Magistrate's Court Complex, Tihu, Nalbari 17. District Court Complex, Sivasagar 18. District Court Complex, Sonitpur 19. SDJM (M) Court Complex, Biswanath Chariali, Sonitpur Yes 20. District Court Complex, 9 Gauhati – Mizoram Yes District Court, Aizawl and Lunglei 10 Gauhati – Nagaland No Nil 11 Gujarat No N/A

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12 Himachal Pradesh Yes District Court, Shimla 13 Jammu and Kashmir No Nil BOKARO, CHAIBASA, CHATRA, DALTONGANJ, DEOGHAR, DUMKA, GARHWA, GIRIDIH, GODDA, GUMLA, 14 Jharkhand HAZARIBAG, JAMSHEDPUR, JAMTARA, KHUNTI, KODERMA, LOHARDAGA, PAKUR, RAMGARH, RANCHI, SAHIBGANJ, Yes SARAIKELLA AND SIMDEGA. 15 Karnataka Bengaluru City Civil Courts Yes Bengaluru Rural District Court 16 Kerala Yes 1.ThiruvananthapuramDistrict Court Complex, 56.Court Complex, Ravipuram, Ernakulam Vanchiyoor 57.Court Complex, Panampilly Nagar, Ernakulam 2.Court Complex, Neyyattinkara 58.Court Complex, Kochi 3.Court Complex, Nedumangad 59.Court Complex, North Paravur 4.Court Complex, Varkala 60.JFCM Court, North Paravur 5.Gram Nyayalaya, Parssala 61.Court Complex, Aluva 6.Gram Nyayalaya, Vellanad 62.Court Complex, Perumbavoor 7.Court Complex, Attingal 63.Court Complex, Muvattupuzha 8.Judicial I Class Magistrate Court, Kattakada 64.Court Complex, Kothamangalam 9.KollamDistrict Court Complex, Kollam 65.Court Complex, Kolenchery 10.Court Complex, Sasthamcotta 66.JFCM Court, Piravom 11.Family Court and Wakf Complex, Kollam 67.JFCM Court, Chottanikkara 12.Sub Court, Karunagappally 68.JFCM Court, Angamali 13.Court Complex, Karunagappally 69.JFCM Court,Tripunithura 14.Family Court, Chavara 70.JFCM Court, Njarakkal 15.Court Complex, Paravur 71.JFCM Court, Kakkanad 16.Court Complex, Punalur 72.JFCM Court, Kalamassery 17.Sub Court, Punalur 73.Gram Nyayalaya, Paravur at Chendamangalam 18.MACT, Punalur 74.ThrissurDistrict Court Complex, Thrissur 19.PathanamthittaDistrict Court Complex, 75.MACT Court Complex, Irinjalakuda Pathanamthitta 76.Court Complex, Chavakkad 20.Family Court , Pathanamthitta 77.JFCM Court Complex, Kunnamkulam 21.Court Complex, Adoor 78.PalakkadDistrict Court Complex, Palakkad 22.Court Complex, Thiruvalla 79.Family Court Complex, Olavakkode 23.Family Court Thiruvalla 80.Family Court Complex, Ottappalam 24.Munsiff Court, Ranny 81.MACT Court Complex, Ottappalam 25.Gramm Nyayalaya Pandalam 82.Court Complex, Ottappalam 26.Gramm Nyayalaya Ranni 83.Court Complex, Mannarkkad 27.KottayamDistrict Court Complex, Kottayam 84.Court Complex, Chittur 28.Court Complex, Ettumanoor 85.Court Complex, Alathur 29.Family Court, Ettumanoor 86.Court Complex, Pattambi 30.Court Complex, Pala 87.Gram Nyayalaya, Sreekrishnapuram 31.Court Complex, Kanjirappally 88.Gram Nyayalaya, Pudupariyaram 32.Munsiff – Magistrate's Court, Erattupetta 89.Gram Nyayalaya, Thenkurisi 33.Court Complex, Vaikom 90.MalappuramDistrict Court Complex, Manjeri 34.JFCM Court, Changanacherry 91.Court Complex, Parappanangadi

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35.Munsiff – Magistrate's Court, Changanacherry 92.Family Court, Malappuram 36.Gram Nyayalaya Pampady, Pallikathodu 93.Court Complex, Ponnani 37.AlappuzhaDistrict Court Complex, Alappuzha 94.Court Complex, Nilambur 38.Family Court, Alappuzha 95.Gramanyayalaya, Perinthalmanna 39.Court Complex, Cherthala 96.KozhikodeDistrict Court Complex, Kozhikode 40.JFCM Court, Ambalappuzha 97.Court Complex, Payyoli 41.JFCM Court, Ramankary 98.Court Complex, Vatakara 42.Court Complex, Haripad 99.Court Complex, Perambra 43.Court Complex, Kayamkulam 100.KalpettaDistrict Court, Kalpetta 44.Court Complex, Mavelikara 101.Family Court, Kalpetta 45.Family Court, Mavelikara 102.Court Complex, Mananthavady 46.Court Complex, Chengannur 103.Court Complex,Sulthan Bathery 47.Gramnyayalaya, Ambalappuzha 104.Gramnyayalaya, Kalpetta at Vythiri 48.Gramnyayalaya, Kanjikuzhy 105.ThalasseryDistrict Court Complex, Thalassery. 49.ThodupuzhaDistrict Court Centre, Thodupuzha 106.Court Complex, Kannur 50.Court Complex Kattappana 107.Court Complex, Taliparamba 51.Court Complex Devikulam 108.Court Complex, Payyannur 52.Court Complex Peermade 109.Court Complex, Kuthuparamba 53.Court Complex Idukki 110.JFCM Court, Mattannur. 54.ErnakulamDistrict Court Complex, Ernakulam 111.KasargodeDistrict Court Complex, Kasargode 55.Court Complex, Kaloor, Ernakulam Bhopal, Dewas, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Neemuch, Madhya 17 Rajgarh, Sagar, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, Pradesh Yes Sana, Jabalpur 18 Madras Yes Yercaud taluk of Salem District 19 Manipur No 20 Meghalaya Yes District Court East Khasi Hills District 21 Orissa Yes District Court Complex, Cuttack 22 Patna No 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Moga, kurukshetra and U.T. Chandigarh 24 Rajasthan Yes Udaipur District Court Complex 25 Sikkim Yes 1.District & Sessions Court, Gangtok, East Sikkim

6.Court of Civil Judge-cum- 2.District & Sessions Court, Gyalshing, West Judicial Magistrate, Soreng Sikkim Sub-Division, West Sikkim 3.District & Sessions Court, Mangan, North 7.Court of Civil Judge-cum- Sikkim Judicial Magistrate, Rongli 4.District & Sessions Court, Namchi, South Sub-Division, East Sikkim Sikkim 8.Court of Civil Judge-cum- 5.Court of Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Judicial Magistrate, Rangpo Magistrate, Chungthang Sub-Division, North Sub-Division, East Sikkim Sikkim 26 Telangana No 27 Tripura No Does not arise. 28 Uttarakhand No N.A.

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Status of Amendment of Court Fee Act as on 30.11.2020

S. No High Court Whether the Court Fee Act is

amended enabling the e-Payments

1 Allahabad Yes 2 Andhra Pradesh No 3 Bombay Yes 4 Calcutta No 5 Chhattisgarh Yes 6 Delhi No 7 Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh No 8 Gauhati - Assam Yes 9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes 10 Gauhati - Nagaland No 11 Gujarat Yes 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes 13 Jammu and Kashmir No 14 Jharkhand Yes 15 Karnataka Yes 16 Kerala No 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 No 27 Tripura No 28 Uttarakhand Yes

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Status of Implementation of e-Payments as on 30.11.2020

S. High Court Implementation status of No e-Payments facility 1 Allahabad No 2 Andhra Pradesh No 3 Bombay Yes 4 Calcutta No 5 Chhattisgarh Yes 6 Delhi Yes 7 Gauhati - Arunachal Pradesh No 8 Gauhati - Assam No 9 Gauhati - Mizoram No 10 Gauhati - Nagaland No 11 Gujarat No 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes 13 Jammu and Kashmir No 14 Jharkhand No 15 Karnataka No 16 Kerala Yes 17 Madhya Pradesh Yes 18 Madras No 19 Manipur Yes 20 Meghalaya No 21 Orissa No 22 Patna No 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes 24 Rajasthan Yes 25 Sikkim Yes 26 Telangana No 27 Tripura No 28 Uttarakhand No

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Status of Implementation of ICJS and NSTEP as on 30.11.2020

S.No High Court ICJS NSTEP implementation implementation 1 Allahabad Yes No 2 Andhra Pradesh Yes Yes 3 Bombay Yes Yes 4 Calcutta No No 5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes 6 Delhi Yes Yes 7 Gauhati - Arunachal No No Pradesh 8 Gauhati - Assam Yes Yes 9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes Yes 10 Gauhati - Nagaland No No 11 Gujarat No No 12 Himachal Pradesh No No 13 Jammu and Kashmir Yes No 14 Jharkhand Yes No 15 Karnataka Yes No 16 Kerala Yes No 17 Madhya Pradesh Yes No 18 Madras Yes Yes 19 Manipur No Yes 20 Meghalaya No Yes 21 Orissa Yes No 22 Patna No No 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Yes 24 Rajasthan Yes Yes 25 Sikkim Yes Yes 26 Telangana Yes Yes 27 Tripura Yes Yes 28 Uttarakhand No No

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Newsletter e-Committee, Supreme Court of India

Chief Justice of India Inaugurates e-Sewa Kendra at High Court of Tripura.

Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay, Judge, On 23 December 2020, the Chief High Court of Tripura, and Hon'ble Mr Justice of India, Hon'ble Mr Justice Justice Ajit Singh (Retd.), Lokayukta, Sharad Arvind Bobde, inaugurated the Odisha. The e-Sewa Kendra has been e-Sewa Kendra at the Tripura High established under the guidance of Court Registry in the presence of Hon'ble Dr Justice D Y Chandrachud, Hon'ble Mr Justice Akil Kureshi, Chief Chairperson, e-Committee. The e- Justice of High Court of Tripura, Sewa Kendra shall function as the Hon'ble Mr Justice S. Talapatra, first line of contact between the Chairperson, Computer Committee of litigants and judicial establishment to the High Court of Tripura, Hon'ble Mr e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 2

access eCourts Project-related to the advocates/litigants. Shortly, the services and legal aid. The e-Sewa eSewa Kendra shall be made Kendra is entirely paperless, equipped available virtually on the official with four counters, and each counter website of the High Court to render its has one all-in-one Desktop services to the litigants digitally. The Computers, high-speed scanners, and High Court has also taken up the LAN having access to CIS. The eSewa process to establish similar eSewa Kendra has a dedicated email id Kendras at all the Court Complexes of ([email protected]) for Tripura. sending electronic communications

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"Need to Create Accessible Legal Ecosystem with a Sense of Urgency," Dr Justice D Y Chandrachud writes to All Chief Justices

The Chairperson of the e-Committee the and the right addressed a letter to all the Chief to practice a profession of one's Justices of High Courts on 19 choice under Article 19(1)(g) of the December 2020, highlighting the urgent Constitution of India. need of transforming the court (b) It is imperative to note that Section infrastructure and digital ecosystem to 12 (4)(b) of the Rights of Persons enable lawyers and litigants with with Disabilities Act, 2016 ("2016 disabilities to participate in the legal Act') mandates that "The appropriate profession at an equal footing. The Government shall take steps to (b) Chairperson outlined several steps that ensure that the filing departments, can be taken to this effect and stressed registry or any other office of records the importance of having accessible are supplied with the necessary websites on an immediate basis. The equipment to enable filing, Storing, salient points covered in the letter are and referring to the documents and extracted below: evidence in accessible formats..." (a) The creation of accessible The High Courts can take certain infrastructure, including digital steps to make filings and their infrastructure, and an appropriate websites' more accessible. I request support system in the judiciary for you to undertake these steps with a lawyers and litigants with disabilities sense of urgency. Our work in this is imperative to create a level playing regard must be guided by two field. This obligation is a natural overarching principles. First, the corollary of the right to equality onus to make filings accessible guaranteed to lawyers and litigants cannot be placed on disabled with disabilities under Article 14 of e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 4

lawyers. This would be much like file, but only in Optical Character serving a file to a non-disabled Recognition (OCR) based PDF lawyer in a foreign language and format. After that, all the PDFs can placing the onus on them to translate be aggregated and uploaded. For it into English. Instead, we must documents that do need to be ensure that we institutionalize scanned, it must be ensured that the systems that embed accessibility for scan is of high quality, with 300 dots all times to come. Second, instead of per inch at least, so that all the requiring a disabled lawyer to seek characters can be clearly made out case-by-case intervention or having by the talking software used by the a separate system just for them, we visually challenged. have to ensure that existing filing (iii) Further, stamps and watermarks practices are reconfigured to take should not be placed on the page in account of their needs. I have a way that hampers smooth access. outlined below the specific steps that This is a crucial intervention. The need to be taken: watermarks used by many High (i) Instead of printing and scanning Courts on certified copies of their submissions, lawyers should be judgments make the text difficult to required to file PDF documents. The read even for persons without visual pleadings made in Microsoft word challenges. can easily be saved as PDF files. (iv) We have to devise a practice of The current practice of printing and using digital signatures, or requiring scanning documents is a futile and signatures only on the last page of time-consuming process that does paper-books, in order to ensure that not serve any purpose. lawyers do not feel compelled to (ii) If there are hard copy annexures print and then scan paper-books that need to be made part of the because of the signature paper book, these can be scanned. requirement. They must then be saved as a PDF e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 5

(v) We must also ensure that court be accessible to visually websites become more accessible challenged persons. for disabled lawyers. The following ❖ PDFs are, overall, not user steps can be undertaken to make the friendly for visually challenged High Court websites more users. Therefore, The High accessible: Courts should consider releasing ❖ Wherever entering visual judgements in HTML format on captchas is a requirement to their websites, along with their access any information, audio PDF equivalent. captchas must also be provided. ❖ Court websites must have Such audio must be clear the Clearly labelled buttons, and audio captcha deployed on the calendars to select dates must be Supreme Court website is a good accessible. This can be done by example of a functional audio using a regular edit box for captcha. entering a date, month, and year, ❖ Judgments/orders are instead of using read-only boxes. sometimes inaccessible due to An example of such a regular the placement of watermarks on accessible box is the box that one each page which must be done is presented with for entering the away with. date on http://www.main.sci.gov.in, ❖ Further, judgements in PDF after clicking judgments' and format should be auto tagged to 'judgment date'.

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First High Court Workshop on NJDG conducted by Madhya Pradesh High court

Court of Madhya Pradesh Shri Sanjay On 7 December 2020, the first-ever Yadav and Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. High Court level workshop for High Sharma, Chairman Computer Court Judges on the usage of the Committee, High Court of Madhya NJDG portal as a court and case Pradesh, conducted the workshop. management tool was held by the The workshop commenced with the Madhya Pradesh High court through opening remarks of Hon'ble Justice video conferencing. The Chairperson Sanjay Yadav. Ms R Arulmozhiselvi, of the e-Committee addressed a letter Member (H.R.) of the e-Committee, dated 13 August 2020 to all Chief Supreme Court of India, gave the Justices for getting all the High court presentation on the various features judges and members of Computer of NJDG and how it can be used as a Committees of High Courts court and case management tool. Mr acquainted with the services available Ashish Shiradhonkar, HOD e-Court’s on NJDG. project, NIC, Pune, gave a live demo Based on the said Chairperson's of the various NJDG features. letter, the Acting Chief Justice of High e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 7

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Patna High Court organizes NJDG Workshop for acquainting High Court Judges on NJDG.

On 16 December 2020, Patna High Committee. A live demo followed this Court held the workshop on NJDG for on the NJDG by Mr Ashish J. all High Court Judges. The Patna High Shiradhonkar, HOD e-Court’s project. Court conducted the workshop under The various topics of NJDG on Query the aegis of the e-Committee. It Builder, Delay Reason, Generation commenced with the opening remarks Reports, Pendency data, Judge wise of Hon'ble Chief Justice Sanjay Karol. Disposal, Return Report and An introductory presentation on NJDG Establishment Report were covered in as a court and case management tool the workshop. The queries of the was given by Ms R. ArulmozhiSelvi, judges were addressed at the end of Member, Human Resources, e- the session. e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 9

Orissa's Every District Court Complex gets e-Sewa Kendra

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On 22 December 2020, Hon'ble Mr Judicial Officers and Advocates of the Justice Mohammad Rafiq, the Chief respective District Courts were Justice of , present in the event as well. There are inaugurated e-Sewa Kendra in every 32 e-Sewa Kendras in the State of District Court complex of the State. Odisha after the inauguration, For Cuttack, the second e-Sewa including one e-Sewa Kendra in the Kendra was inaugurated at the Civil Orissa High Court, one in every Court complex, Salipur. All e-Sewa District Court complexes, and two in Kendras were inaugurated Cuttack, i.e. District Court complex, simultaneously in the presence of Cuttack and Civil Court complex, judges of the Orissa High Court and Salipur. the Advocate General Odisha. The

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'PESJO-Performance Evaluation System of Judicial Officers launched by the

On 21 December 2020, Hon'ble Chief Judicial Officers. This software will Justice of the High Court of Tripura now enable the Judicial officers to launched an in-house developed dispense with the manual submission software application, namely 'PESJO' of the Report for their quarterly (Performance Evaluation System of performance appraisal. A video Judicial Officers). The software is an tutorial is also made available on the automated evaluation system of Official YouTube Channel of the High Judicial Officers. The software itself Court of Tripura. The High Court of will calculate the disposal units Tripura's in-house software obtained by the officer concerned and development team developed this award the appropriate grade as per software under its Central Project the benchmark of disposal fixed by Coordinator's guidance. Click to view the High Court. The software is also the video tutorial on PESJO' equipped with an SMS alert facility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4amA and generates quarterly and annual pf90II&t=211s Report of disposal of cases by the e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 12

Odia – the First Non-Hindi Regional Language Version of the e-Committee Website goes live

On 22 December 2020 - the Odia language version of the e-Committee website went live. Consequentially, Orissa High Court became the first High Court to go live with a non-Hindi, regional version of the website. Click to view the e-Committee Website in Odia: https://ecommitteesci.gov.in/od/

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Patna High Court "Rules for Video Conferencing For Courts, 2020" Notified

Based on the Model Constitution of India, the Rules made Video Conferencing Rules by the Patna High Court for Video (https://ecommitteesci.gov.in/docume Conferencing for courts, and nt-category/model-rules/ ) circulated approved by the State Government, by the e-Committee, Patna High court were notified on 16 December 2020, had formulated the Rules for Video in the Bihar Gazette, to consolidate, Conferencing for Courts 2020. In the unify and streamline the procedure exercise of the powers conferred by relating to the use of video Articles 225 and 227 of the conferencing for courts.

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Madras High Court E-filing Rules 2020 Notified in Government Gazette

Based on the model e-filing Rules Click here for the Madras High Court circulated by the e-Committee, e-filing Rules 2020 Madras High court had formulated http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/Madr the Rules for eFiling 2020, which were as%20High%20Court%20e- published in the Government Gazette Filing%20Rules_2020.pdf on 18 November 2020.

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One Person Per Court – e-Committee Training Module Trains 69,750 Court Staff

The e-Committee Training programme which 23,250 persons were trained aimed at covering one person from and which recorded feedback rating of each court of District Judiciary in e- Outstanding 23.4 %; Good 56.7 %, Court services throughout the country Satisfactory 17.9 %. The training was was covered under ECT 12-2020, carried as per the e-Committee training ECT-13-2020, ECT-14-2020, in which TOT module in coordination with the around 69,750 court staffs were CPCs of All High Courts and through trained. The training for the third batch the inhouse DSA master trainers. was concluded in December 2020 in

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Special e-Courts Training Programme through the

National Judicial Academy

As per the directions of the Chairperson e-Committee to reach out to more judges, including the High Court Judges, a special half an hour programme has been introduced in the National Judicial Academy. In December 2020, the following three programmes were held. S. Training Date Participants Category No. of No. Programme Participants

1 P1232_NJA 05.12.2020 District Judges from 36

all over India 2 P1233_NJA 12.12.2020 High Court Judges 29

3 P1234_NJA 13.12.2020 High Court Judges 30

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Entry Of “DELAY REASONS ” In 44,36,927 Cases

Delay reasons entry in CIS has been need to be entered for every case made in 44,36,927 cases as of 30 which is more than two years old. The December 2021 throughout the Chairperson of the e-Committee has country. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh highlighted the importance of and Maharashtra High courts topped entering delay reasons as the delay the list in entering the delay reasons can be pinpointed and tackled quickly in CIS for the maximum number of for disposal. The statewide delay cases. Entering delay reason option is reason entry statistics are provided provided in CIS, and delay reasons herewith .

Status of Delay reasons as on 30.12.2020

Sr No. State Number of cases 1 Rajasthan 987139 2 Madhya Pradesh 932181 3 Maharashtra 733712 4 Uttar Pradesh 421350 5 Orissa 331185 6 Haryana 219392 7 Jharkhand 185864 8 Punjab 140340 9 Chhattisgarh 127330 10 Bihar 122272 11 Karnataka 42415 12 West Bengal 41574 e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 18

13 Telangana 26257 14 Tamil Nadu 24472 15 Assam 23172 16 Gujarat 14387 17 Andhra Pradesh 12936 18 Chandigarh 10473 19 Himachal Pradesh 10277 20 Tripura 5930 21 Meghalaya 5772 22 Kerala 4693 23 Manipur 4293 24 Delhi 3015 25 Goa 2966 26 DNH at Silvasa 1521 27 Jammu & Kashmir 958 28 Diu and Daman 684 29 Uttarakhand 216 30 Sikkim 105 31 Ladakh 20 32 Mizoram 18 33 Nagaland 8 34 Andaman and Nicobar 0 Total 4436927

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e-Courts Project Statistics (As On 31 Dec 2020): Number of Cases Dealt Through Video Conferencing in High Courts/District Courts during the Lock-Down

Number of Cases dealt on Video Conference S. during the lockdown. High Court Period No High District Total Court Court 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 90859 697213 788072 1 Allahabad 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Andhra 25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 126084 222884 348968 2 Pradesh 25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 62016 62493 124509 3 Bombay 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 04.01.2020 to 15.09.2020 HC 11353 16559 27912 4 Calcutta 25.03.2020 to 15.09.2020 DC 30.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 39883 18543 58426 5 Chhattisgarh 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 90857 1138238 1229095 6 Delhi 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Gauhati 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 1981 3984 5965 7 (Arunachal 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Pradesh) Gauhati 26.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 1857 116202 118059 8 (Assam) 26.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Gauhati 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 1649 8720 10369 9 (Mizoram) 23.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC Gauhati 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 HC 1446 1677 3123 10 (Nagaland) 25.03.2020 to 30.11.2020 DC 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 121305 90572 211877 11 Gujarat 15.04.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Himachal 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 43272 16336 59608 12 Pradesh 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Jammu & 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 104338 120310 224648 13 Kashmir 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC

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25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 55285 367673 422958 14 Jharkhand 25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 134411 73333 207744 15 Karnataka 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 46919 45230 92149 16 Kerala 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Madhya 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 192915 348902 541817 17 Pradesh 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 26.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 354792 151654 506446 18 Madras 26.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 15.04.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 6390 2247 8637 19 Manipur 15.04.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC

24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 538 6438 6976 20 Meghalaya 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC

25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 113815 97031 210846 21 Orissa 19.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 58050 562443 620493 22 Patna 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC Punjab & 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 147665 225617 373282 23 Haryana 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 16.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 94903 79835 174738 24 Rajasthan 16.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 30.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 326 2050 2376 25 Sikkim 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 101548 70452 172000 26 Telangana 23.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC

25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 4889 4970 9859 27 Tripura 25.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC

15.04.2020 to 31.12.2020 HC 50972 21553 72525 28 Uttarakhand 15.04.2020 to 31.12.2020 DC

Total 2060318 4555029 6602375

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Status of Implementation of Video Conferencing Rules as on 31 Dec 2020

S. High Court Status in Status in VC Application used in VC Application used High District the High Court No Courts Courts in District Courts 1 Allahabad Yes Yes Jitsi Meet Jitsi Meet Andhra 2 Pradesh No No Blue Jeans Blue Jeans Vidyo/ Vidyo Connect, Cisco Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, 3 Bombay No No Cisco WebEx Jio Meet 4 Calcutta - - - - Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi 5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes Blue Jeans Meet, Google Meet, WhatsApp 6 Delhi Yes Yes Cisco WebEx Cisco WebEx Gauhati - Arunachal Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi 7 Pradesh Yes Yes Jitsi Meet, Google Meet Meet Vidyo/Vidyo Connect, Gauhati - Google Meet, Jitsi via Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Google 8 Assam Yes Yes Intranet Meet, Jitsi via Intranet Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Gauhati - Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi 9 Mizoram Yes Yes Google Meet Meet, Google Meet Gauhati - 10 Nagaland No No Google Meet Jitsi Meet 11 Gujarat - - - - Himachal Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Google 12 Pradesh Yes Yes Google Meet Meet Jammu and Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, 13 Kashmir No No Jitsi Meet, WhatsApp WhatsApp Vidyo/Vidyo Connect, Cisco Cisco WebEx, Google WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Google Meet, 14 Jharkhand Yes Yes Meet WhatsApp

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15 Karnataka Yes Yes Zoom, Jitsi Meet Zoom, Jitsi Meet People link application for remand extension provided by the Prisons Department, Government of Kerala, Google Duo, 16 Kerala No No Zoom, Google Meet WhatsApp Vidyo/ Vidyo Connect, Vidyo/Vidyo Connect, Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Cisco WebEx, Jitsi Meet, Madhya Microsoft Teams, Google Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, 17 Pradesh Yes Yes Meet Jio Meet, WhatsApp, Skype Cisco WebEx, Microsoft 18 Madras Yes Yes Teams Jitsi Meet, Microsoft Teams 19 Manipur Yes Yes Jitsi Meet Jitsi Meet Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, 20 Meghalaya Yes Yes Jitsi Meet, BharatVC Jitsi Meet 21 Orissa No No Jitsi Meet Jitsi Meet Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Teams, 22 Patna Yes Yes Teams Google Meet, WhatsApp Punjab and 23 Haryana No No Cisco WebEx Vidyo or Vidyo Connect Vidyo/Vidyo Connect, Jitsi Meet, 24 Rajasthan No No Cisco WebEx WhatsApp, Skype. 25 Sikkim Yes Yes Jitsi Meet, Blue Jeans Jitsi Meet Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Cisco 26 Telangana Yes Yes Cisco WebEx WebEx, Jitsi Meet Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Zoom, Google Meet, Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Zoom, 27 Tripura Yes Yes WhatsApp Google Meet, WhatsApp Vidyo or Vidyo Connect, Jitsi 28 Uttarakhand Yes Yes Jitsi Meet, Google Meet Meet

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Status of Implementation of e-Sewa Kendra at

High Courts as on 31 Dec 2020

S. Status in High Court Implemented Locations (High Court/Bench) No High Court 1 Allahabad Yes Allahabad High Court and Lucknow Bench 2 Andhra Pradesh Yes High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati 3 Bombay Yes Aurangabad 4 Calcutta No NA 5 Chhattisgarh Yes Principal Bench, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur 6 Delhi No Under Process 7 Gauhati – Yes Gauhati High Court, Itanagar Permanent Bench, Arunachal Pradesh Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh. 8 Gauhati – Assam Yes Gauhati High Court, Principal Seat at Guwahati 9 Gauhati – Mizoram Yes Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench 10 Gauhati – Nagaland Yes Kohima Bench 11 Gujarat No N/A 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes High Court of Himachal Pradesh Shimla 13 Jammu and Kashmir No NA 14 Jharkhand Yes High Court of Jharkhand 15 Karnataka No NA 16 Kerala Yes High Court of Kerala Ernakulam. 17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Principal Seat Jabalpur 18 Madras Yes Principal Seat at Chennai and Madurai Bench 19 Manipur No NA 20 Meghalaya Yes High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong 21 Orissa Yes Orissa High Court, Cuttack 22 Patna No NA 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh 24 Rajasthan Yes Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur and Jaipur Bench 25 Sikkim Yes High Court of Sikkim Gangtok 26 Telangana No Under process 27 Tripura No NA 28 Uttarakhand No NA. e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 24

Status of Implementation of e-Sewa Kendra at District Judiciary as on 31 Dec 2020

S. High Court Implementa- No tion Status in Implemented Locations (District Courts) District Court 1 Allahabad Yes Allahabad District Court 2 Andhra Pradesh No At present, Judicial Services Centres in multi–Court Complexes 3 Bombay Yes Dhule, Nagpur, Sangli 4 Calcutta No NA. 5 Chhattisgarh Yes District & Sessions Court Rajnandgaon 6 Delhi Yes All District Court Complexes 7 Gauhati No Nil Arunachal Pradesh 1.Baksa District Court Complex, 2. Court Complex, 3.Cachar Industrial Tribunal, 4.Cachar Family Court 5.Cachar SDJM (M) Court Complex, Lakhipur 6. Court Complex 7. Court Complex, 8. Court Complex, 9. Court Complex, 10. Judge's Court Complex, Amingaon, 11.Kamrup Metro 8 Gauhati – Assam Yes District Judge's Court Complex,12. Court Complex,13. Court Complex 14. Court Complex, 15. Court Complex,16. Court Complex, 17.Nalbari District Judge's Court Complex 18. Judge's Court 19. Judge's Court,20.Sonitpur SDJM (M) Court Complex, Biswanath Chariali, 21. Court Complex 9 Gauhati – Yes 1. District Court, Aizawl; 2. District Court, Lunglei Mizoram 10 Gauhati – No Nagaland 11 Gujarat No N/A 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Civil and Sessions Division Shimla. 13 Jammu & No NA Kashmir

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District Court Complexes of Bokaro, Chaibasa, Chatra, De- oghar, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazari- 14 Jharkhand Yes bagh, Khunti, Koderma, Jamshedpur, Jamtara, Pakur, Pala- mau at Daltonganj, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Se- raikella-Kharsawan and Simdega 15 Karnataka Yes Bengaluru City civil courts and Bengaluru Rural Courts 16 Kerala Yes Alappuzha District Palakkad District District Court Complex, Alappuzha District Court Complex, Palakkad Family Court Complex, Family Court, Alappuzha, Olavakkode, Family Court Complex, Ottappalam MACT Court Complex, Cherthala; Court Complex, Ottappalam, Court Complex, Ottappalam, JFCM Court, Ambalappuzha Court Complex, Mannarkkad, Court Complex, Chittur; JFCM Court, Ramankary Court Complex, Alathur, Court Complex, Pattambi, Gram Court Complex, Haripad , Nyayalaya, Sreekrishnapuram, Gram Nyayalaya, Pudupari- Court Complex, Kayamkulam yaram Gram Nyayalaya, Thenkurisi Court Complex, Mavelikara, Family Court, Mavelikara, Kollam District Court Complex, Chengannur District Court Complex, Kollam, Court Complex, Gramnyayalaya, Ambalappuzha Sasthamcotta Family Court and Wakf Complex, Kollam, Gramnyayalaya, Kanjikuzhy Sub Court, Karunagappally, Court Complex, Karunagap- Thiruvananthapuram District pally Family Court, Chavara; Court Complex, Paravur District Court Complex, Vanchiyoor Court Complex, Punalur, Sub Court, Punalur; MACT, Court Complex, Neyyattinkara; Punalur Court Complex, Nedumangad; Court Complex, Varkala; Pathanamthitta District Gram Nyayalaya, Parssala; District Court Complex, Pathanamthitta Family Court, Gram Nyayalaya, Vellanad; Pathanamthitta Court Complex, Adoor; Court Complex, Court Complex, Attingal; Thiruvalla Family Court, Thiruvalla; Munsiff Court, Ranny Judicial I Class Magistrate Court, Gramm Nyayalaya Pandalam; Gramm Nyayalaya Ranni Kattakada Malappuram District Kottayam District District Court Complex, Malappuram. District Court Complex, Kottayam Court Complex, Ettu- Manjeri Court Complex, Parappanangadi manoor; Family Court, Ettumanoor Court Complex, Pala; Family Court, Malappuram Court Com- Court Complex, Kanjirappally Munsiff – Magistrate's plex, Ponnani; Court Complex, Nilambur, Court, Erattupetta Court Complex, Vaikom JFCM Court, Gramanyayalaya, Perinthalmanna Changanacherry, Munsiff – Magistrate's Court, Kozhikode District Changanacherry Gram Nyayalaya Pampady, Pallikathodu District Court Complex, Kozhikode Court Complex, Payyoli Ernakulam District Court Complex, Vatakara District Court Complex, Ernakulam Court Complex, Ka- Court Complex, Perambra loor, Ernakulam, Court Complex, Ravipuram, Ernakulam Kalpetta District Court Complex, Panampilly Nagar, Ernakulam Court Com- District Court, Kalpetta, Family Court, plex, Kochi; Court Complex, North Paravur; JFCM Court, Kalpetta,Court Complex, Mananthavady North Paravur Court Complex, Aluva; Court Complex, Pe- Court Complex, Sulthan Bathery rumbavoor Court Complex, Muvattupuzha Court Complex, Gramnyayalaya, Kalpetta at Vythiri Kothamangalam Court Complex, Kolenchery e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 26

Thalassery District JFCM Court, Piravom; JFCM Court, Chottanikkara JFCM District Court Complex, Thalassery. Court, Angamali; JFCM Court,Tripunithura Court Complex, Kannur; Taliparamba , JFCM Court, Njarakkal; JFCM Court, Kakkanad Payyannur,Kuthuparamba JFCM Court, JFCM Court, Kalamassery Mattannur. Gram Nyayalaya Paravur at Chendamangalam

Thrissur District Thodupuzha District District Court Complex, Thrissur District Court Centre, Thodupuzha MACT Court Complex, Irinjalakuda Court Complex Kattappana; Court Complex Devikulam; Court Complex, Chavakkad Court Complex Peermade; Court Complex Idukki JFCM Court Complex, Kunnamkulam Kasargode District District Court Complex, Kasargode Bhopal, Dewas, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Satna, 17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Neemuch, Rajgarh, Sagar, Shajapur, Tikamgarh. 18 Madras Yes Yercaud Taluk of Salem District 19 Manipur No 20 Meghalaya Yes District Court, Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya 21 Orissa Yes District Court Complex, Cuttack 22 Patna No NA 23 Punjab and Yes Moga, Kurukshetra, UT Chandigarh Haryana 24 Rajasthan Yes Udaipur 25 Sikkim Yes District Court Complex Gangtok, East Sikkim, District Court Complex Namchi, South Sikkim, District Court Complex Gyalshing, West Sikkim, District Court Complex Mangan, North Sikkim, Court of Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate, Rangpo Sub-Division, Court of Civil Judge-cum-Judi- cial Magistrate, Chungthang Sub-Division Court of Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate, Soreng Sub-Division, Court of Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate, Yanganag Sub-Division, Court of Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate, Jorethang Sub-Division 26 Telangana No Not Applicable 27 Tripura No NA 28 Uttarakhand No NA.

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Status of Amendment of Court Fee Act and

e-Payments as on 31 Dec 2020

S. Status of amendment of the Court Fee Act e-Payments facility No High Court enabling the e-Payments implementation 1 Allahabad Yes No 2 Andhra Pradesh No No 3 Bombay Yes Yes 4 Calcutta - - 5 Chhattisgarh Yes Yes 6 Delhi No Yes Gauhati - Arunachal 7 Pradesh No No 8 Gauhati – Assam Yes No 9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes No 10 Gauhati - Nagaland No No 11 Gujarat - - 12 Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes 13 Jammu and Kashmir No No 14 Jharkhand Yes No 15 Karnataka Yes No 16 Kerala No No 17 Madhya Pradesh Yes Yes 18 Madras Yes No 19 Manipur Yes Yes 20 Meghalaya Yes No 21 Orissa Yes No 22 Patna Yes No 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Yes 24 Rajasthan Yes Yes 25 Sikkim Yes Yes 26 Telangana Yes No 27 Tripura Yes No 28 Uttarakhand Yes No

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Status of Virtual Courts, ICJS, N-STEP as on

31 Dec 2020

Implementation of Implementation of Implementation of S. No High Court Virtual Courts ICJS NSTEP 1 Allahabad No Yes No 2 Andhra Pradesh Yes Yes Yes 3 Bombay Yes Yes Yes 4 Calcutta No - No 5 Chhattisgarh No Yes Yes 6 Delhi Yes Yes Yes Gauhati - Arunachal 7 Pradesh No No No 8 Gauhati - Assam Yes Yes Yes 9 Gauhati - Mizoram Yes Yes Yes 10 Gauhati - Nagaland Yes No No 11 Gujarat No - No 12 Himachal Pradesh No No No 13 Jammu and Kashmir No Yes No 14 Jharkhand No Yes No 15 Karnataka Yes Yes No 16 Kerala Yes Yes No 17 Madhya Pradesh No Yes No 18 Madras Yes Yes Yes 19 Manipur No No Yes 20 Meghalaya No No Yes 21 Orissa No Yes No 22 Patna No No No 23 Punjab and Haryana Yes Yes Yes 24 Rajasthan No Yes Yes 25 Sikkim No Yes Yes 26 Telangana No Yes Yes 27 Tripura No Yes Yes 28 Uttarakhand No No No

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e-Committee Training & Awareness Programmes

During the Pandemic Period May 2020 - Dec 2020

S. Training No. of No. Programme Date Trained Participants Category persons

1 ECT 001 23.05.2020 Judicial Officer (Master Trainers) 12

Advocates of Tamil Nadu through Webinar 2 ECT 002 04.06.2020 ( 3173 views)Click to watch the webinar 3173 https://youtu.be/rpnHh_fxPWE

Advocates of Maharashtra and 3 ECT 003 13.06.2020 Goa.( 15,627 views) Click to watch the 15627 webinar https://youtu.be/Pt0SzNacEcE

4 ECT 004 20.06.2020 Judicial Officer (Master Trainers) 28

5 ECT 005 27.06.2020 Judicial Officer (Master Trainers) 425

Advocates-Through Direct VC-20,101; Through live streaming link- 51,896 6 ECT 007 25.07.2020 (Inaugural Programme got 40,000 views.) 71997 Click to watch the webinar https://youtu.be/6TLgCVteVW8

7 ECT 008 29.08.2020 Court Staff (Master Trainers) 22

8 ECT 010 26.09.2020 Court Staff (Master Trainers) 465

9 ECT 011 30.09.2020 Technical Staff of High Court 56

26.10.2020 Court Staff (District Judiciary)- 10 ECT 012 to 23250 One Court Staff from each Court 29.10.2020

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23.11.2020 Court Staff (District Judiciary)- 23250 11 ECT 013 to One Court Staff from each Court 27.11.2020 07.12.2020 Court Staff (District Judiciary)- 12 ECT 014 to 23250 One Court Staff from each Court 12.12.2020

Technical Staff (High Court)- 13 ECT 015 04.11.2020 56 S3waas workshop

Advocates of Delhi (Webinar reached 5,978 14 ECMT Tool 27.06.2020 views)Click to watch the webinar 5978 https://youtu.be/UN9bCSsQ76U Awareness programme on NJDG for High Court Judges of Madhya Pradesh (in 15 NJDG_HC 07.12.2020 30 coordination with the Madhya Pradesh High Court)

District Judges from all over India (through 16 P 1232_NJA 05.12.2020 36 the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal)

High Court Judges (Through the National 17 P 1233_NJA 12.12.2020 29 Judicial Academy, Bhopal)

High Court Judges (through National 18 P 1234_NJA 13.12.2020 30 Judicial Academy, Bhopal)

Awareness programme on NJDG for High 19 NJDG_HC 16.12.2020 Court Judges of Patna (in coordination with 21 the Patna High Court)

Total Number of persons covered by E-Committee Training & 167735 awareness programme from May 2020 to December 2020

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e-Transactions of the e-Courts Services as per e-Taal Website (1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020) S. No. of e- e-Services No Transactions 1 Caveat Status 4,278

2 Caveat Status (Mobile App) 20,486

3 CSC Service Cases Accessed 19,616

4 Case Status Accessed (UMANG) 2,77,507

5 Causelist Accessed (UMANG) 84,648

6 Caveat Status (UMANG) 75

7 No of Orders Accessed (UMANG) 25,305

8 No. of Cases Filed 37,30,704

9 No. of Cases Registered 35,86,097

10 No. of Cases Decided 26,22,828

11 No. of Orders Accessed 19,60,72,816

12 Causelist Accessed 10,26,03,939

13 Case Status Accessed 62,50,06,023

14 SMS sent to Advocates and Litigants 1,72,71,884

15 Case Status Accessed (Mobile App) 69,03,15,740

16 No. of Orders Accessed (Mobile APP) 26,91,17,038

17 Updating Current Status (Mobile App) 3,60,82,996

18 Causelist Accessed (Mobile App) 26,11,59,385

Number of emails sent to Parties Advocates 19 6,06,46,236 and Police station

Total e-Transactions 2,26,86,47,601 ************** e-Committee Newsletter, December 2020 32