Previous Year Question
Which of the following provides a comprehensive database of orders, judgments and case details of District and Subordinate Courts and High Courts?
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is a national online database containing information and statistics relating to cases in the Indian judiciary. It has been developed under the e-Courts Project. According to the e-Committee of the Supreme Court, NJDG is a national repository of data relating to pending and disposed cases in District and Taluka Courts across the country.
NJDG provides access to information relating to pending and disposed cases as well as case status, orders and judgments. Official information on the e-Courts Project records that data relating to crores of pending and disposed cases and a large number of orders and judgments of District Courts have been made available through NJDG.
The NJDG framework is not confined to District and Subordinate Courts; an NJDG for High Courts has also been developed, and the High Courts NJDG was launched in 2020.
Its broader purpose is to improve case management, monitoring of pendency, judicial administration and transparency through accessible judicial data.