Ministry of Law & Justice

Government of India

Initiatives and Achievement in last Four Years

e-Courts

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Appointment of Judges in the Supreme Court &

High Courts / Status in Subordinate Courts

Working Strength of JudgesSanctioned Strength of Judges

Status of Judicial Officers in Subordinate Courts

906

1079

800

900

1000

1100

May, 2014 May, 2018

Increase in Sanctioned Strength of

Judges in High Courts

173 (19%) increase

Calendar year Number of appointments made

Supreme

Court

High Courts

Fresh

appointments

Additional

Judges made

Permanent

2014 ( May,2014 to Dec.2014)

07 39 47

2015 01 35 * 38

2016 04 126 131

2017 05 115 31

Total 17 315 247

* Less fresh appointment of Judges made during pendency of

NJAC case (2015).

Strengthening Judicial Infrastructure

• CSS for Judicial Infrastructureimplemented since 1993-94.

• On directions of Union Cabinet, improvedgovernance system developed:• New norms and specifications

formulated• Online monitoring mechanism.

• Availability on 31st March, 2018 - 18,444courts halls (2730 under construction)and 15,552 residential units (1486 underconstruction).

Year 1993-2014 2014-2019 Total

Funds

released

Rs. 3,444

crore

Rs. 3285.94

crore

Rs. 6729.94

crore

% of total

funds

51.17% 48.83% 100.00%

Years 21 years 5 years 26 years

Infrastructure Status

Total requirement : 22545

21174

Judicial Infrastructure Created

Court Building,

North Sikkim (Sikkim)

Court Building, Gajapati

(Odisha)Court Building,

Vadodara (Gujarat)

Court Building,

Baska (Assam)

Court Building, Solapur

(Maharashtra)Judicial Residential Quarter,

Erode (Tamil Nadu)

Family Court, Jashpur

(Chhattisgarh)

Court Building, Mohali

(Punjab)

Online Monitoring Mechanism through Nyaya Vikas Mobile

App and Web Portal Launched on 11th June, 2018

Nyaya Vikas

Surveyors to

capture & upload

geo tagged

photographs

Nyaya Vikas App

linked with web

portal

Web URL : http://bhuvan-

rcc.nrsc.gov.in:8081/molj/login.php

Availability of assets state-wise, under construction details

State-wise details on financial progress, year-wise funds

release, status of submitted and pending UCs.

Reports Generated through Web Portal :

Fast Track Courts & Special Courts

Fast Track Courts for cases concerning

women, SC/STs, marginalized people,

children, senior citizens.

Increase in number of FTCs from281 (on 31.03.2014) to 717 (on31.03.2018).

12 Special Courts in 11 states setup in

January 2018 for criminal cases concerning

MPs/ MLAs

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• Total 791 cases transferred to special courts in 11

states.

• In states with less than 65 cases – trial in existing

courts in fast track mode (780 cases).

281

727

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

31.03.2014 31.03.2018

Increase of Fast Track Courts

(FTC)

446 (158%) increase

Other Initiatives to Reduce Pendency

• Data from NJDG being used by HC Judges & DJs for follow-up.

• Justice Clock being installed in SC and all HCs to giveinformation on pendency and efficiently working courts.

• NJDG & Justice Clock

Url : www.njdg.ecourts.gov.in Details of

Pending and disposed

cases

9.6 crore

as on June 2018

Orders / Judgements

6.57 crore

as on June 2018

e-Courts Project

13277

16089

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

2014 2018

Computerised District & Subordinate Courts

2812 (21%) increase

eCourts Services

Case information available to litigants,

advocates and judges through web and email.

Mobile App for eCourts

launched on 22.07.2017.

SMS delivery (Push): 8.59

crore auto-generated SMSs.

SMS delivery (Pull): Case

information can be obtained

by sending unique CNR

number (Case Number

Record)

Total no. of app download

6.70 lakh(as on June 2018)

Web Portal Mobile app

YearNumber of Court Orders

accessed on eCourts Portal

Up to April 2014 64

Up to March 2018 6.23 crore

New Initiative of Pro-Bono Lawyering

and Nyaya Mitra launched in April 2017

Tele Law Services“Mainstreaming Legal Aid to the Marginalised Sections”

Launched in April 2017.

Objective: Legal advice through

Panel Lawyers.

Coverage: 1800 GPs in UP, Bihar, 8

States of North East and State of J&K.

Legal advice provided to 18,892

persons

5926 women,

7961 SCs / STs / OBCs

Web Portal : www.tele-law.in

National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

Financial Assistance provided by Department of

JusticeDisposal of Cases in Lok Adalats

Negotiable instrument Act (Cheque bounce)

Bank recovery

Electricity / water bills

Criminal compoundable offences

Motor Accident Claims (MACT)

Service matters

Types of pre-litigative and pending cases disposed;

Ease of Doing Business Commercial Courts, Commercial Division, Commercial Appellate

Division of High Courts (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on

03.05.2018 to:

Reduce minimum value of dispute from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 lakh.

Constitute Commercial Courts at district level where High Courts have ordinary original

civil jurisdiction.

Introduce pre-institution mediation through authorities under Legal Services Authorities

Act, 1987.

Proposal to establish 210 Mediation Centres at identified DLSAs and 5

Charter High Courts, being taken up with 15th Finance Commission.

Bombay High Court has designated 12 City Civil Courts as Commercial

Courts where 10,426 cases of commercial nature being adjudicated.

Delhi High Court is in the process of identifying courts in each district

to designate them as Commercial Courts.

Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed by Lok Sabha and

pending in Rajya Sabha : To provide for specific performance of

contracts.

IMPROVING ITAT SERVICES

Faster disposal of appeals by ITAT

Improving Efficiency, Transparency and Accountability by Digitization

Pendency of appeals reduced from 1,03,238(in 2014) to 91,954 (till March 2018).

New Benches established at Cuttak, Surat and Varanasi

Alternative Dispute Redressal Mechanism

Amendment to The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2015 to expedite the speedy resolution of disputes by prescribing timelines.

A High-Level Committee (HLC) set up by the Central Government has recommended setting up of an independent body namely, Arbitration Council of India (ACI) to inter-alia grade arbitral institutions, accredit arbitrators and impart training and award certificate in the ADR field.

The HLC has also recommended a proposal to set up Institute of National importance namely, New Delhi International Arbitration Centre, by taking over the undertakings of International Centre for Alternate Dispute Resolution (ICDR)

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ADR Centre

Sonepat

Making India a Global Hub for institutional Arbitration

Establish India as a prominent player in the field of

Institutional Arbitration and emerge as a preferred seat of

arbitration at international level

HLC recommended for setting up of Arbitral Institute of

national importance

Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha to set up institute of National importance namely New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC)

NDIAC to be headed by a judge or an eminent person

Rationalization of Tribunals and Notary Functions

36 identified Tribunals have been rationalized to 18

•Structure of 15 Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and other authorities rationalized

•Uniform conditions of service of Tribunals and other authorities notified through Tribunal Act & other authorities (Qualifications, Experiences and other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 2017

Online system for receipt of applications from Advocates for appointment of notary created

•Since January, 2014, 2714 new Notary Certificates have been issued and

6316 Notary Certificates have been renewed

•Online system for renewal of Notary Certificates to be introduced soon

Improving Litigation

Litigant Legal Information Management & Briefing System (LIMBS)

• LIMBS brings transparency and sense of ownership in all stakeholders during the entire life cycle of a court case

• More than 260861 court cases in 2095 courts on the platform. 7451 registered users. Presence of 15296 advocates

• 1068 Arbitration cases on the portal

• Critical legal advice being provided to prevent any legal infirmity in the steps taken by the Government

Fee of Law Officers, Arbitration Panel Counsels and other Government Legal Counsels has been upwardly revised to the extent of by 50% from October 2015 from earlier prescribed rates of 2011.

Repeal of Obsolete and Redundant Laws

1824 redundant Central Acts have been identified for repealing

1428 Acts have been repealed

229 Acts pertaining to State Governments have been sent to State Governments for repealing

Action for repeal of remaining 167 Acts is under process

1428 OLD ACTS

REPEALED

Legislative proposals and subordinate Legislation

Details of various legislative proposals and subordinate

legislations of various Department examined by the

Legislative Department

2014-2018

(31st May, 2018)

New Legislative proposals examined 454

Numbers of Bills introduced in Parliament 190

Number of Bills enacted including three

Constitutional Amendment Acts

156

Number of subordinate legislation proposals

examined

13300

Removal of Gender Disparities

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 was passed by LokSabha on 28th December, 2017 and is pending in Rajya Sabha

Bill protects the rights of married Muslim women and prohibits divorce by pronouncing talaq having the effect of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce by their husbands.

Pronouncement of such talaq shall be void and illegal with a punishment of up to 3 years.

Such offence cognizable and non-bailable.

Enables the married Muslim Women to such subsistence allowance for her and her children and also the custody of children as may be determined by Magistrate.

E-POSTAL BALLOT SYSTEM FOR SERVICE VOTERS

Notification issued on 21st October, 2016 enabling service voters including armed forces personnel to cast votes through e –postal ballot

Blank e-postal ballot would be transmitted to the voter entitled to postal ballot

After marking vote in the postal ballot, it would be returned to concerned Returning Officer by post

This would drastically reduce the delay in postal transit

Armed forces personnel serving in remote and border areas would be greatly benefitted

PROXY VOTING FOR OVERSEAS ELECTORS

As per the extant Rules, overseas Electors are required to be present in person to cast their votes at the time of elections

In order to mitigate the hardship faced by them, the Representation of People(Amendment) Bill, 2017 has been introduced in the Lok

Sabha providing for proxy voting by overseas Electors

When enacted, overseas Electors would be able to cast their votes in elections by appointing their proxies

UPDATION AND DIGITIZATION OF CENTRAL ACTS

English version of Central Acts from the year 1939 to 2018 (numbering 760) have been updated and uploaded on the website.

Hindi version to Central Acts from the year 1927 to 2016 (numbering 764) have been updated and uploaded on the website.

These acts are available on Department’s website http://legislative.gov.in under Documents – Legislative References.

Legislative Department has developed a new India Code Web Portal for providing a one stop repository of all the Acts and their respective subordinate Legislations

• Ministry is also coordinating with the State Governments and UT Administrations for uploading of their Acts and Subordinate legislations on the new India code Portal.

International Cooperation

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) signed with Afghanistan and Oman

Apart from MLATs, MoUs have been signed with five countries Turkey, China, Russia, Qatar and Morocco.

MoU with Morocco was signed in April, 2018

MoU with UK is under negotiation

Department of Legal Affairs is the Central Authority under Hague Convention of 1965 for service abroad of judicial and extra judicial documents in civil and commercial matters. Under this obligation, more than 3000 requests have been processed during the last four years.

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