Supreme Court Data To Be Available On National Judicial Data Grid On Real Time Basis: CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud announced today that the Supreme Court is officially 'onboard' with the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) now, Livelaw reported.

The NJDG gives real-time data regarding the pendency of cases in District Courts and High Courts across the country.

The CJI described the NJDG as a flagship project of the E-Courts Mission and a 'unique and informative portal' designed to disseminate crucial informa ation from various judicial institutions for public discourse. Developed by the National Informatics Centre in collaboration with the in-house IT team of the Supreme Court, the CJI stated that this platform was set to transform the way legal data was accessed and analyzed.

The Chief Justice stated that data from the Supreme Court will be updated on NJDG on a real time basis. He added that with just a click of a button, users could now access comprehensive information regarding the Supreme Court.

This information is categorized by case type, year, stage, and forum. He said- "So at the click of a button, you can access every single information relating to the institution, disposal, and pendency of cases- type wise, year wise, stage wise, and forum wise."

The CJI also displayed for the courtroom the webpage and added- "At a glance, the webpage give us current year's pendency of civil and criminal cases total pendency of registered and unregistered cases. And registered cases are those which are still defected and defects are not cured by the lawyers yet." The CJI then showed graphs on the NJDG related to the Supreme Court and said-

The CJI then showed graphs on the NJDG related to the Supreme Court and said- "You can see the number of cases in the previous months, number of case instituted and disposed of in the current year, and coram wise pendency of cases- three judges, five judges, seven judges, and nine judges."