Budget 2026: Law Ministry’s e-Courts project gets ₹1,200 crore

The Law Ministry’s ambitious phase-III of the e-Courts project, aimed at digitising all subordinate courts of the country, has been allocated ₹1,200 crore in the Union Budget for 2026-27.

According to the budget document, the project has received ₹1,200 crore as against ₹1,500 crore in the budget estimate.

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In September 2023, the Union Cabinet approved phase-III of the project as a central sector scheme with a financial outlay of ₹7,210 crore, to be implemented over four years.

As part of the National e-Governance Plan, the e-Courts project has been under implementation since 2007 for the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) enablement of the Indian Judiciary. Phase II of the project concluded in 2023.