Chandrachud: E-courts will bridge citizen-system hole, use tech as enabler: CJI DY Chandrachud | India Information

NEW DELHI: Underlining the significance of use of know-how in making justice accessible to all and to supply judicial service on the doorsteps of residents, CJI DY Chandrachud on Saturday stated that e-Courts are futuristic judiciary the place there could be paperless court docket proceedings by digitisation, e-filing, digital courts, e-payments and likewise audio and visible communication between folks at numerous places for hearings.
Addressing a convention of Chief Justices/Chairmen of Supreme Courts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states on ‘Sensible Courts and Way forward for Judiciary’, Justice Chandrachud stated that in a various nation like India, the judicial system additionally wanted to make sure that well timed and efficient justice is delivered to everybody. “With that goal in thoughts, it has turn out to be crucial that we use know-how to bridge the hole between residents and the justice system by reaching out to them. Moreover, there’s now a world consensus that justice will not be merely a ‘sovereign operate’ however an ‘important service’. Accordingly, our design of Sensible Courts should replicate this shift, and know-how be used as an essential enabler to achieve out to the residents,” he stated.
The CJI stated that two phases of e-Courts tasks are over and the third section has begun to develop a strong nationwide monitoring mechanism, and to maneuver in direction of paperless courts, and to enhance “transparency, accessibility and accountability by reside streaming”.
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul stated it’s the poor and disadvantaged sections of society that are on the receiving finish of the system and they need to be given safety and authorized entry.