All 14,290 lower courts in the country will be fully computerized and integrated with the High Courts and the Supreme Court through a national grid for seamless flow of data and information.

The information will be available to the high judiciary as well as public. Addressing the media in New Delhi this afternoon, Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar said this will reduce the pendency of cases and enable monitoring of working of these courts.

For accelerating the pace of implementation of establishment of Gram Nyayalyas in the country, Mr Kumar said that a committee under the chairmanship of a sitting judge of the Supreme Court will be set up to oversee the implementation of the Act and to solicit the support of Chief Justices of the High Courts and the State governments.

With regard to legal education reforms, the minister said that a committee consisting of eminent law professors has been proposed to recommend steps to be taken to improve the quality of legal education in the country.

The Law minister informed that the government will try to introduce the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill in the ongoing session of Parliament.

To ensure transparency in the selection of judges, the Centre is in process of setting up of a National Judicial Commission for appointment of judges without affecting the independence of judiciary .