FROM PAPER TO PLATFORM: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF E-COURTS AND DIGITAL REFORMS IN TACKLING JUDICIAL DELAY IN INDIA

Lallan  Ojha; Arunanshu  Dubey

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i5s.2026.7662

Authors

Lallan Ojha Research Scholar, Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University, Mathura, India
Dr. Arunanshu Dubey Assistant Professor, Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University, Mathura, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i5s.2026.7662

Keywords:

Judicial Delay, E-Courts Mission Mode Project, Digital Judicial Reform, Procedural Efficiency, National Judicial Data Grid, Judicial Governance, India

Abstract [English]

The study explore an institutional development and effect of the E-Courts Mission Mode Project in India of digital judicial reforms whose major objective is to evaluate their performance in case of reducing long-term judicial delay and enhancing procedural efficiency. It has a mixed-method research design and mostly takes the qualitative and analytical assessment of the secondary data, namely reports of the e-Committee of the Supreme Court of India, reports of the Ministry of Law and Justice, statistics of the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), policy documents, and peer-reviewed literature. The study uses both institutional analysis and trend based comparisons to assess the progress of the various stages of digital reform and to analyse the tendencies of case management, rate of disposal and transparency of administrative processes. The results suggest that a gradual digitalization process empowers governing systems, improves information-driven surveillance, simplifies filing and hearing processes by means of e-filing and virtual courts, and increases transparency due to the integration of NJDG. The study concludes that digital reform is a vital enabling process to judicial efficiency but it demands concomitant institutional and capacity-building reforms to generate long-term and sustainable judicial delay reduction.

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