NCMS e-filing is the flagship electronic filing application developed by Judicial Information Technology Policy Committee (JITPO-COM) of National Judicial Council to address the technology gap in filing of court processes in all three tiers of court in Nigeria.
The application aims at enabling the legal practitioners to file their processes conveniently from the comfort of their homes, business address or anywhere in the world through internet connectivity. The processes are thereafter efficiently costed within the application by applying specific court rules in determining the fee payable after which payment can be made.
Once payment is made the NCMS e-filing automatically generates the next case / appeal number in case of new filings or pushes the data into associated case or appeal number as part of its legally filed process.
The NCMS e-filing application is an integral part of Nigeria Case Management System (NCMS) such that filed processes are automatically uploaded into the corresponding Case / Appeal Number. The processes can be filed into any Nigerian Court that have been enrolled into the NCMS.
Features of the NCMS e-filing includes
• Filing of processes to any Nigerian Court and Divisions
• Instant generation of New Case / Appeal Number
• Upload of processes to their constituent folders
• Filing of Motions
• Real-time payment using payment gateway
• Efficient costing of filed processes
• Waivers of Payment by Government Entities
• Case Access Requests by Lawyers
• Seamless Integration with NCMS
• Efficient Search of Case and Appeal Numbers
• Ability to view case / appeal history
• Filtering of Cases / Appeal by Court Name / Division
• Creation of Chambers
• Document Review by the Court Registrars
• Full Integration with Nigeria Legal Mail System
• Real time legal identities of all lawyers enrolled into the system
• Registering of Parties
• Compendium of all court document types


*This refers to courts that have been enrolled unto the Nigeria Case Management System (NCMS)

Embracing the NCMS e-filing by Courts and Legal Practitioners is a step that is sure to revolutionize the operations of Nigerian Judicial System by ensuring Realtime access to court documents and processes. This will spontaneously enhance the administration of Justice thereby promoting quick and efficient dispensation of justice.