The government is implementing e-court mission mode to computerize 14,249 district and subordinate courts and upgrade the Information and Communication Technology, ICT, infrastructure of the Supreme Court and the State High Courts in the country. The Law and Justice minister Salman Khurshid gave this information in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

The project is part of the national e-governance plan. Mr Khurshid said the ICT infrastructure existing in the Supreme Court and 20 High Courts has been upgraded through provision of computers, printers, scanners, servers, networking equipments, network cabling and uninterrupted power supply. Mr Khurshid also informed the House that out of the total amount of 46 crore rupees allocated, about 42 crore have been spent on the project.