Issuance of first instalment of Mother Sanction of Rs 401.50 crore for F.Y. 2026-27 under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for District and Subordinate Courts

  Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law and Justice Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal released first instalment of Mother Sanction for FY 2026-27 to St...

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Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law and Justice Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal released first instalment of Mother Sanction for FY 2026-27 to States / UTs

“Enhancing District and Subordinate Court Infrastructure through financial assistance to the States/UTs”

New Delhi.

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal today virtually issued the first instalment of mother sanction of Rs 401.50 crore for FY 2026-27 through PFMS system to the States/UTs under the “CSS for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for District & Subordinate Courts” Scheme of the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India in a meeting held at Kartavya Bhawan-2, New Delhi. The release of funds to States/UTs under the Scheme is part of the Department’s continuing efforts to strengthen court infrastructure of district and subordinate judiciary across the country by way of augmenting the efforts of State/UT Governments. The representatives of the concerned High Courts and State/UT Governments attended the meeting through Video Conferencing.

Addressing the gathering, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal underscored the need and importance of adequate infrastructure for the judiciary with the vision of ‘ease of justice’. He emphasised the motive and historic background of the Scheme focussing on making justice more accessible and citizen-centric. He also apprised all the High Courts and State/UT Governments that the sunset date for present tenure of Scheme was 31st March, 2026 and extension of the Scheme for a further period of 5 years i.e. from FY 2026-27 to 2030-31 is under process. Considering the need for litigants/citizens, a new component namely ‘Waiting Hall for Litigants’ is also proposed to be introduced in the Scheme. For continuity, the Scheme has already been temporarily extended up to 30th September, 2026 by the Ministry of Finance. He further added that a “Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee” has been constituted by the Chief Justice of India on 12.05.2026 under the chairmanship of Justice Aravind Kumar, Judge, Supreme Court of India to ensure a unified infrastructural ecosystem on pan-India basis.

Delivering the welcome address, Secretary, Department of Justice, highlighted the need for development of infrastructure for district and subordinate courts across the country along with efforts being taken by Department of Justice in this direction since 1993-94.