Nod for eCourts 3rd phase, 7.5 mn free gas connections
NEW DELHI : The union cabinet on Wednesday cleared the third phase of the eCourts project with an outlay of ₹7,210 crore and allocated ₹1,650 crore for providing 7.5 million additional free cooking gas connections. In another meeting the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared a proposal for foreign direct investment of up to ₹9,589 crore by Cyprus-based Berhyanda Ltd in Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Briefing the media, information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur said the e-Courts project is a central scheme that will run for four years starting 2023. An official statement said the e-Courts project is aimed at improving access to justice using technology.
As part of the national e-governance plan, the e-courts project has been under implementation since 2007 for information and communications technology enablement of the Indian judiciary. Phase II concluded this year.
“Phase III of the e-courts project is rooted in the philosophy of ‘access and inclusion’," the statement said, Phase-III aims at bringing “ease of justice" by moving toward digital, online and paperless courts through digitization of the entire court records including legacy records and by bringing in universalization of e-filing and e-payments. “It will put in place intelligent smart systems enabling data-based decision-making for judges and registries while scheduling or prioritizing cases.
The main objective of Phase-III 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," the government said. The centrally sponsored scheme is being implemented under a joint partnership of the department of justice, the ministry of law and
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