The eCourts Mission Mode Project is the Government of India's flagship judicial-computerization initiative, jointly implemented by the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court's eCommittee. Launched in phases since 2005, eCourts has computerized over 26,000 district and taluka courts across the country and integrated many High Courts into a unified case-information infrastructure.
Key user-facing components: — **eCourts Services portal** (services.ecourts.gov.in) — the primary public-facing case-status, cause-list, and order-download system. Covers all participating subordinate courts and many HCs. — **National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG)** — real-time statistical dashboard of pending and disposed cases across participating courts. Primarily a research and policy tool. — **eFiling portal** — online filing of cases, documents, and applications. Rollout varies by court. — **Mobile apps** — "eCourts Services" app for iOS and Android, providing the same case-status and cause-list access as the website.
The CNR (Case Number Record) is the universal identifier generated by eCourts for every case in a participating court. The CNR travels with the case across transfers and appeals, making eCourts the only reliable cross-court tracking infrastructure for Indian litigation.
Coverage is not uniform. The Supreme Court maintains its own portal (main.sci.gov.in) separately from eCourts Services. Some HCs mirror their data on eCourts Services; others maintain primary systems of their own (Delhi HC, Bombay HC). Tribunals (DRT, NCLT, consumer forums) are outside the eCourts project entirely.