In Indian Legal Research, 'NJDG' (National Judicial Data Grid) refers …

Question

In Indian Legal Research, 'NJDG' (National Judicial Data Grid) refers to:

Accepted Answer

D.

1. The NATIONAL JUDICIAL DATA GRID (NJDG) is an online database (https://njdg.ecourts.gov.in/) that provides PUBLIC ACCESS to information on cases pending and disposed across India's courts.
2. PART OF the e-COURTS PROJECT (launched 2007) — modernising Indian judiciary.
3. INFORMATION AVAILABLE:
4. (i) Total pending cases (over 4 crore in 2024) — by court level, State, age;
5. (ii) Disposal patterns;
6. (iii) Case categories;
7. (iv) Court statistics;
8. (v) HISTORICAL trends.
9. USEFUL for:
10. (i) Empirical legal research;
11. (ii) Judicial reform advocacy;
12. (iii) Policy formulation;
13. (iv) Pending case analysis.
14. INSTITUTIONS USING NJDG: Daksh India, Vidhi Centre, academic researchers.
15. The TAREEK PE TAREEK problem (long pendency) is studied through NJDG data.
16. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG); e-Courts Project_