Overview
- Budget documents set the 2026-27 allocation for the Law Ministry’s Phase III of the e-Courts project at Rs 1,200 crore.
- The amount falls short of the Rs 1,500 crore budget estimate for the year.
- Phase III targets the digitisation of all subordinate courts across India.
- The Union Cabinet approved Phase III in September 2023 as a central sector scheme with a total outlay of Rs 7,210 crore over four years.
- The e-Courts programme has operated under the National e-Governance Plan since 2007, with Phase II concluding in 2023.