National Conference on E-Courts Project

National Conference on E-Courts Project

Question- Where did the national conference be held regarding the e-courts project during the 2nd-3rd December 2017?
(a) Bangalore
(b) New Delhi
(c) Jaipur
(d) Mumbai
Answer: (b) 
Related Facts:

  • On December 8th, 2017, the eCommittee, of the Supreme Court of India in association with the Department of Justice (DoJ) of the Government of India held a two day National Conference in New Delhi on December 2nd and 3rd.
  • In this conference all the Central Project Coordinators of various High Courts connected with the ongoing National eCourts Project along with eCommittee Members, senior officers from DoJ, NIC and many other senior judicial officers participated.
  • The Conference was chaired by the Hon’ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur the Judge-In-Charge of eCommittee and co-Chaired by Dr. Alok Srivastava, Secretary DoJ.
  • The Conference focused on the progress, sharing of best practices, experiences, important issues and emerging challenges under the Project.
  • The eCourts Mission Mode Project (Phase I 2010-15; Phase II 2015-19) is a national eGovernance project for ICT enablement of district and subordinate courts of the country.
  • It is being implemented by the Government of India with a total outlay of 1670 crores (Phase II).
  • The major objectives of the Project are as follows:
  • To make whole judicial system ICT enabled by putting in place adequate and modern hardware and connectivity; automation of workflow management in all courts;
  • Electronic movement of records from taluka/trial to appeal courts; installation of video conferencing (VC) facility and recording of witness through Video Conferencing;
  • Connecting all courts in the country to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) through WAN and additional redundant connectivity;
  • Citizen centric facilities such as electronic filing, e-payment and use of mobile applications in all courts; touch screen based kiosks in each court complex, full computerisation of State and district level judicial and service academies and centres.
  • Specific targets set under the Project include:
  • Computerization of all the courts (around 20400) and DLSA and TLSC; WAN and cloud connectivity in 3500 court complexes;
  • Full Installation and use of Video Conferencing facility at 3000 Court Complexes and 1150 prisons; and
  • Charting out key identified citizen services like electronic filing, daily orders, delivery of decrees, online case status in all the district courts etc.

Reference:                 
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