eFiling 3.0 workshop for Government officers on 4 November

The Department of Justice will train Government officials on the eFiling 3.0 platform at Vigyan Bhawan, under eCourts Phase III, which provides for universal eFiling across all courts; the release says Government bodies account for a substantial share of litigation.

What happened

• The Department of Justice is organising the workshop 'eFiling 3.0: From Process to Practice' on 4 November 2026 at Hall No. 5, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, under the eCourts Mission Mode Project.
• It aims to familiarise Government officials with the eFiling 3.0 platform; MoS (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal is to attend and members of the Supreme Court's eCommittee are expected.
• The National Informatics Centre will run sessions on eCourts applications, eCourts Single Sign-On and the mobile app, and on eFiling 3.0, including facilities for Government Pleaders and Government Departments, with an open discussion.
• Phase III of eCourts aims at end-to-end digital and paperless courts and provides for universal adoption of eFiling across all courts.
• The release says Ministries, Departments, PSUs and regulators account for a substantial share of litigation, so their wider adoption should raise efficiency and reduce reliance on physical court processes.

For Prelims

• eCourts Mission Mode Project: a Mission Mode Project under the National eGovernance Plan, run by the Department of Justice with the Supreme Court's eCommittee; it grew out of the 2005 National Policy and Action Plan for ICT in the judiciary.
• Phase III: approved by the Cabinet in September 2023 with an outlay of about Rs 7,210 crore over four years; the release describes its aim as end-to-end digital, paperless courts.
• eFiling and SSO: eFiling is online filing of petitions and documents through a registered login; Single Sign-On lets one set of credentials open several eCourts applications.
• eCommittee: the Supreme Court's committee, headed by a sitting Supreme Court judge, that guides ICT roll-out in courts; its members are expected at the workshop.
• NIC: the National Informatics Centre, under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, builds and runs eCourts software and the National Judicial Data Grid that publishes case-pendency data.
• Government as litigant: the National Litigation Policy, 2010, sought to make the Government an 'efficient and responsible litigant' and reduce avoidable cases.
• Government Pleaders: law officers who appear for the State Government in civil courts; access to eFiling for them is one of the facilities the workshop covers.
• Constitutional anchor: Article 39A directs the State to secure equal justice, and speedy trial is part of the Article 21 right to life and personal liberty; digitisation is one route to both.

For Mains

Syllabus: GS2.15 · GS2.6 · Linkage L1