Ministry of Law and Justice
DEMAND NO.64
Law and Justice
A. The Budget allocations, net of recoveries and receipts, are given below:á
(Cost Rs. Crore)
Sr. No.	Group/Sub Group/Sub Sub Group/Scheme/Sub Scheme/Programme/Sub Programme	Actual 2011-2012			Budget 2012-2013			Revised 2012-2013			Budget 2013-2014
Sr. No.		Plan	Non-Plan	Total	Plan	Non-Plan	Total	Plan	Non-Plan	Total	Plan	Non-Plan	Total
1	Secretariat-General Services
1.01	Department of Legal Affairs[1]	0.00	30.50	30.50	0.00	34.00	34.00	0.00	33.16	33.16	0.00	37.57	37.57
1.02	Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange (ATFE)	0.00	0.52	0.52	0.00	1.19	1.19	0.00	1.03	1.03	0.00	1.23	1.23
1.03	Legislative Department	0.00	11.94	11.94	0.00	15.10	15.10	0.00	13.37	13.37	0.00	15.04	15.04
1.04	Department of Justice	0.00	2.81	2.81	0.00	3.93	3.93	0.00	3.66	3.66	0.00	5.09	5.09
1.05	Others[2]	0.00	24.56	24.56	0.00	38.19	38.19	0.00	32.05	32.05	0.00	35.78	35.78
Total-Secretariat-General Services		0.00	70.33	70.33	0.00	92.41	92.41	0.00	83.27	83.27	0.00	94.71	94.71
2	Organs of State Elections
2.01	Elections[3]	0.00	79.12	79.12	0.00	91.50	91.50	0.00	72.48	72.48	0.00	230.20	230.20
2.02	Normal Election Expenses[4]	0.00	61.08	61.08	0.00	105.57	105.57	0.00	102.57	102.57	0.00	132.25	132.25
2.03	Issue of Identity Cards to Voters[5]	0.00	13.73	13.73	0.00	30.00	30.00	0.00	30.00	30.00	0.00	38.05	38.05
Total-Organs of State Elections		0.00	153.93	153.93	0.00	227.07	227.07	0.00	205.05	205.05	0.00	400.50	400.50
3	Fiscal Services
3.01	Income Tax Appellate Tribunal[6]	0.00	45.25	45.25	0.00	48.19	48.19	0.00	47.94	47.94	0.00	50.35	50.35
3.02	National Tax Tribunal[7]	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.05
Total-Fiscal Services		0.00	45.25	45.25	0.00	48.25	48.25	0.00	47.99	47.99	0.00	50.40	50.40
4	Administration ofá Justice
4.01	National Judicial Academy[8]	0.00	6.78	6.78	0.00	10.74	10.74	0.00	9.66	9.66	0.00	10.74	10.74
4.02	Computerisation of Districtá and Subordinate Courts[9]	86.41	0.00	86.41	213.66	0.00	213.66	90.00	0.00	90.00	108.00	0.00	108.00
4.03	Special Courts[10]	0.00	1.40	1.40	0.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	4.50	4.50	0.00	5.00	5.00
4.04	Fast Track Courts	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4.05	Grants-in-aid to UTs without Legislature for infrastructural facility for Judiciary[11]	5.00	0.00	5.00	35.00	0.00	35.00	5.00	0.00	5.00	20.00	0.00	20.00
4.06	Other Expenditure[12]	0.00	61.84	61.84	0.00	71.93	71.93	0.00	62.60	62.60	0.00	130.03	130.03
4.07	Strengthening of Access to Justice-India (SAJI)
4.07.01	áGeneral Component[13]	0.04	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00
4.07.02á	EAP Component	1.26	0.00	1.26	4.84	0.00	4.84	4.84	0.00	4.84	4.00	0.00	4.00
áTotal-Strengthening of Access to Justice-India (SAJI)		1.30	0.00	1.30	4.84	0.00	4.84	4.84	0.00	4.84	5.00	0.00	5.00
4.08	National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms[14]	0.00	0.00	0.00	37.50	0.00	37.50	0.50	0.00	0.50	44.00	0.00	44.00
4.09	Study of Judicial Reforms and Assessment Status[15]	0.11	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4.1	International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR)[16]	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01
4.11	Assistance to State Governments for establishing and operating Gram Nyayalayas[17]	4.46	0.00	4.46	109.00	0.00	109.00	6.00	0.00	6.00	20.00	0.00	20.00
Total-Administration ofá Justice		97.28	70.02	167.30	400.00	87.68	487.68	106.34	76.77	183.11	197.00	145.78	342.78
5	Other Administrative Services
5.01	Infrastructural Facilities for Judiciary[18]	545.74	0.00	545.74	510.00	0.00	510.00	601.16	0.00	601.16	756.00	0.00	756.00
5.02	Grants-in-aid to UT Governments	35.00	0.00	35.00	35.00	0.00	35.00	35.00	0.00	35.00	40.00	0.00	40.00
5.03	Other Programmes[19]	0.00	8.10	8.10	0.00	10.19	10.19	0.00	10.71	10.71	0.00	11.06	11.06
5.04	Capital Outlay on other Administrative Services[20]	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.02	20.02	0.00	1.02	1.02	0.00	10.02	10.02
Total-Other Administrative Services		580.74	8.10	588.84	545.00	30.21	575.21	636.16	11.73	647.89	796.00	21.08	817.08
6	Lumpsum provision for projects/schemes for the benefit of the North Eastern Region and Sikkim[21]	0.00	0.00	0.00	105.00	0.00	105.00	82.50	0.00	82.50	110.00	0.00	110.00
7	Actual Recoveries	-2.22	0.00	-2.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Grand Totalá		675.80	347.63	1,023.43	1,050.00	485.62	1,535.62	825.00	424.81	1,249.81	1,103.00	712.47	1,815.47

C.Plan Outlay		Budget Support	IEBR	Total	Budget Support	IEBR	Total	Budget Support	IEBR	Total	Budget Support	IEBR	Total
1	Administration of Justice	675.80	0.00	675.80	945.00	0.00	945.00	742.50	0.00	742.50	993.00	0.00	993.00
2	North Eastern Areas	0.00	0.00	0.00	105.00	0.00	105.00	82.50	0.00	82.50	110.00	0.00	110.00
Total		675.80	0.00	675.80	1,050.00	0.00	1,050.00	825.00	0.00	825.00	1,103.00	0.00	1,103.00
Source: Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

[1]

1.01-04. Secretariat-General Service:..The provisions are for Secretariat expenditure of Department of Legal Affairs, Legislative Department and Department of Justice and also for the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange.

[2]

Other:..The provision is for Secretariat expenditure in respect of Official Languages Wing which is responsible for translation and printing of Central Acts into Hindi and other Regional languages as well as for the Unified Litigation Agency which is responsible for conduct of cases in the Supreme Court on behalf of Central and State Governments participating in the Scheme of the Agency.

[3]

Elections:..The provision is for meeting the carry forward liability in respect of charges for conduct of General Lok Sabha Elections

[4]

Normal Election:..The provision is for reimbursement of Central Government's share on normal election expenditure to the State/ UT Governments. It also includes cost of preparation and printing of electoral rolls, etc.

[5]

Issuance of Photo Identity Cards:..The provision is for reimbursement of Central Government's share to State/UT Governments on issuance of Photo Identity Cards to voters.

[6]

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal:..The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has been set up under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to hear appeals against the decisions and orders of the Chief Commissioners of Income Tax, Directors General of Income Tax, Commissioners of Income Tax, Commissioners of Income Tax (Appeals) and Deputy Commissioners of Income Tax (Appeals).

[7]

National Tax Tribunal:..The National Tax Tribunal has been set up for the adjudication of disputes with respect of levy, assessment, collection and enforcement of direct taxes and also to provide for adjudication of disputes with respect to the rates of duties of Customs and Central Excise on goods and the valuation of goods for the purposes of assessment of such duties as well in matters relating to levy of tax on service.

[8]

National Judicial Academy:..The National Judicial Academy was set up as a registered society with effect from August 17,1993. The provision is for meeting recurring expenditure of the academy.

[9]

Computerization of District and Subordinate Courts:..The provision is for expenditure on computerization of District and Subordinate Courts

[10]

Family Courts:..The provision is made for the running expenditure of Family Courts in States/Union Territories.

[11]

Grants-In Aid to UTs Without Legislature:..The provision is for providing assistance to Union Territories without Legislatures for infrastructure facilities for Judiciary

[12]

Other Expenditure:..Provision is for Law Officers, Legal Advisers and Counsels and also for Legal aid to the poor through National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

[13]

Strengthening of Access to Justice-India (SAJI):..The provision is mainly for implementation of UNDP projects by the Department of Justice regarding Strengthening of Access to Justice-India(SAJI).

[14]

Nation Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms:..The Government has approved in principal, the setting up a National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms in June 2011, to ensure a well coordinated response of the executive and the judiciary for speeding up delivery of justice in the country.

[15]

Studies of Judicial Reforms and Assessment Status:..The provision is for undertaking systematic studies as regards the Judicial Reforms.

[16]

International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution:..The provision is for providing grants-in-aid to International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) for construction of a Convention Centre, Business Centre and future block in New Delhi to promote, organize and propogate alternative dispute resolution methods to facilitate early resolution of dispute and to reduce the burden of arrears in court.

[17]

Assistance to State Government for establishing and operating Gram Nyayalayas:..Assistance to State Governments for establishing and operating Gram Nyayalayas.

[18]

Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary.:..The provision is Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of infrastructural facilities for the Judiciary and for providing grant/assistance to Union Territories with Legislature for Infrastructure facilities for Judiciary.

[19]

Other Programmes:..The provision is for Law Commission, International Law Associations and for publication of Law Books and Journals in Hindi by Vidhi Sahitya Prakashan.

[20]

Capital Outlay on other Administrative Services:..The provision is for acquisition of land and construction of building for Institute of Legislative Drafting and Research. It is also for various Benches of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, and the National Tax Tribunals.

[21]

Projects/schemes for the benefit of the North Eastern Region and Sikkim:..The provision is for projects/schemes for the benefit of the North Eastern Region and Sikkim.