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New Delhi : E-committee of Supreme court of India was conferred on the Platinum award for Excellence in Digital Governance by the President of India at online Digital India Award presentation ceremony on December 30, 2020.
E-Courts project visioned and implemented by the eCommittee, Supreme court of India, along with Department of Justice, and NIC( National Information Centre), is a Mission Mode Project of Government of India. The project has set an example of a successful e-governance project reaping rich dividends to the Litigants and Citizens of the country recording 2,32,42,83,034 (as on December 14,2020) crore e-transactions with Average e-transactions for 343 days in 2020 being 67.06 lakh per day (as per e-taal website), topping the mission mode project category, according to a PIB release.
Citizens can access Case status, causelist, court orders anywhere, any time through e-courts services website, mobile app, sms email services from the 3,293 court complexes. Moreover, Citizens/litigants/Lawyers, can get the details of 13.79 crore cases, 13.12 crore orders and judgments available online 24 X7 free of cost.
During Pandemic, 55,417,58 cases were heard by courts through video conferencing using the digital infrastructure provided by the ecourts project pan India making Indian courts Global leader in conducting cases through VC.
E-committee of supreme court of India comprises Patron-in-Chief, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Chief Justice of India; Chairperson Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India ; Vice-Chairperson Justice R C Chavan, Former Judge, Bombay High Court, and four members.