UPGRADATION OF COMPUTER NETWORK OF FOUR METROPOLITAN HIGH COURTS

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The Government in the Department of Justice has taken up a project for upgraration of the computer network of the four metropolitan High Courts of Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta to the level of the Supreme Court during the current financial year 2002-2003. A sum of Rs. 19.26 crores has been earmarked for such upgradation. The High Court of Delhi has been allocated Rs. 4.3 crore, Bombay High Court Rs. 10.23 crore, Madrs High Court Rs. 5 crore and for the Calcutta High Court the allocation is under preparation.

The upgradation of computer network in the four metropolitan High Courts would serve as a model of computerization for other High Courts. It may be mentioned that the effective use of information technology in the Supreme Court helped in bringing down the pendency of cases from about 1.04 lakhs in 1990-91 to about 22000 in 2001.

The Delhi High Court has a pendency of 1.78 lakh cases, the Bombay High Court 2.93 lakh cases, the Calcutta High Court 2.82 lakh cases and the Madras High Court 3.59 lakh cases.

As a sequel to the upgradation of computerization network in the four metro High Courts, it has been decided that the Delhi High Court will introduce an e-court for electronic filing of cases in Intellectual Property Rights related matters from the next financial year 2003-2004.

The Centre has allocated Rs. 40 crore for computerization of courts in the Tenth Five Year Plan.