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Technology powerful tool for efficiency, accessibility in legal system: CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Tuesday technology has become a powerful tool in the legal system for improving efficiency, accessibility and accuracy in the administration of justice. He said the success of any initiative and innovation depends on the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and incorporate critical feedback of those who will be using it. Justice Chandrachud, who was speaking at the inauguration of Online e-Inspection Software' of the Delhi High Court, said the Delhi High Court has been at the forefront of modernising courts across the country with information technology. He said even the first paperless court in the country was established in Delhi HC in 2009. Today's inauguration completes the digitisation loop. The Delhi High Court has been at the forefront on e-filing, digitisation, virtual courts and now to provide for inspection of the digitised records completes the entire circle. In many ways I believe that we (at the Supreme Court) lay down

PM Modi lauds CJI's pitch to provide SC judgments in local languages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud's emphasis on making Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. "At a recent function, the Hon'ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC judgments available in regional languages. He also suggested the use of technology for it. This is a laudatory thought, which will help many people, particularly youngsters," Modi wrote on Twitter and shared on the site the relevant clip of the CJI's speech delivered at an event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in Mumbai. The prime minister has in the past often pitched for making judicial verdicts more accessible to the common man by making those available in regional languages. "India has several languages, which add to our cultural vibrancy. The central government is undertaking numerous efforts to encourage Indian languages including giving the option of studying subjects like engineering an

Board formed to fix tariff at major ports, PPP dispute resolution

New Board to take over functions of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP)

Delhi HC bench nixes plea against order dismissing PIL on CJI's appointment

A Delhi HC bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan, dismissed a review petition filed against an order quashing a PIL challenging the appointment of Justice D Y Chandrachud as CJI

Justice B V Nagarathna: Stickler for law who will break a glass ceiling

The lone dissenting voice in the demonetisation judgment, Nagarathna will be India's first woman CJI in 2027

Basic rights in India have become luxuries, entitlements: Mehbooba to CJI

Basic rights in the country have now become luxuries" and "entitlements bestowed upon only those who toe the government's line on political, social and religious matters, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday. In a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, she also alleged that the trust deficit and growing alienation has only widened in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. I write to you with a deep sense of concern and worry about the prevailing situation in the country especially J-K. Your recent observations on the inability of lower judiciary to grant bail in ordinary cases in a functioning democracy as ours should have been adopted as a directive rather than just being consigned to a single column story churned out in newspapers, Mufti said in the letter posted on her Twitter handle. Speaking at the inauguration of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy on Friday, CJI Chandrachud had said that over 63 lakh cases

6.3 mn cases considered delayed due to non-availability of counsel: CJI

Over 63 lakh cases across the country have been considered to be delayed due to non-availability of counsel and over 14 lakh cases are delayed as they await some kind of document or record, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Friday here. Speaking at the inauguration of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy, Justice Chandrachud said people must get rid of the colonial mindset of referring to and treating the district courts as subordinate judiciary in hierarchy and in practice. They are not only the backbone of the judiciary but also the first interaction with the judicial institution for many. Bail, but not jail, is one of the most fundamental rules of the criminal justice system. Yet in practice the number of undertrials languishing in prisons in India reflects a paradoxical situation, deprivation of liberty, even for a single day is a day too many, he further said. "Across the country according to the NJDG (National Judicial Data Grid) data, almost 14 lakh cases have b

CJI constitutes committee to conduct accessibility audit of SC premises

In a bid to remove the barriers to access, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has constituted a committee headed by apex court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat to conduct an audit of "physical and functional access" of the top court premises to make them disabled friendly. The 'Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility' has been given a broad mandate to prepare and release a questionnaire for persons with disabilities, including the apex court employees, advocates, litigants and interns, who visit the top court premises to assess the nature and extent of problems they face. According to a notice uploaded on the apex court website, the committee will prepare a report on the accessibility audit, result of the survey of persons with disability and recommendations/proposals geared towards removing the barriers to access. "The Chief Justice of India has been pleased to constitute a committee namely the 'Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility' to conduct accessibility audit of physical

Criminal justice system sometimes compounds victim's trauma, says CJI

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said it is "unfortunate" that the manner in which the criminal justice system functions sometimes compounds the victim's trauma

Must create multitude of equitable ways for different groups: CJI

'In order to make sure that we are providing equal access to justice, attention must be paid to the design and administration of the judicial set-up'

Decent judicial infra vital for actualising right to access to justice: CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Tuesday said "India also survives much beyond" the national capital and there is need to focus on district judiciary as the country "goes forward". He said an important component of actualising the right to access to justice is ensuring that there is adequate judicial infrastructure which shall begin from the district judiciary. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration function of Delhi High Court's 'S' Block building, the CJI said he always believes that "much as we would like to have the best infrastructure in the capital city. I think India also survives much beyond the capital. It is there (district judiciary) that we need to focus our attention as we go forward". He said the court complexes built during the colonial times were used to create an imposing effect over the public, restricting the access to an exclusive few. "The architecture of our buildings was intended to produce a sense of fear and awe in the consumers of justice and the

DMK files review petition against top court order upholding 10% EWS quota

Plea seeks an open court hearing in the matter on the ground that it affects a lot of citizens in the country

CJI seeks visually impaired lawyer's help to make SC site disabled-friendly

In a bid to make the software used by the Supreme Court accessible to those visually impaired, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud sought assistance of senior lawyer S K Rungta and asked him how he follows written arguments of lawyers and gets them converted into a braille document. Rungta, who lost his vision at a very young age, was responding to the written submissions of eminent senior lawyers in a case related to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission before a bench which comprised the CJI and Justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala. I wanted to ask you a personal question. I hope you do not mind. The other counsel is citing a compilation, how do you follow it, the CJI asked, adding I am chairing the e-committee as you know, and this (making software accessible to all) is one of my missions." The senior lawyer said he was more than willing to assist the top court in its noble cause and explained how he responds to written arguments in courts instantly. The ..

Delhi HC rejects Future Group's plea to terminate arbitration before SIAC

On November 17, the Supreme Court had said that it would not allow stalling of arbitrary proceedings between Future Group and Amazon before the SIAC

Constitutional offices not open to denigration by activists: Delhi HC

Dismissing a PIL challenging the appointment of Justice D Y Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India, the Delhi High Court has said offices held by the constitutional functionaries in public trust are not open to denigration by self-styled warriors of public interest on the basis of superficial allegations. The court said the instant petition is "full of surmises, conjectures and wishful thinking", and revolted against the dignity of the constitutional office and has to be "crushed at the threshold in the strongest terms". The PIL was dismissed on November 11 and the detailed order was made public on Tuesday. "It has now become fashion to approach the court by making scandalous allegations against the judges," the court has observed in the order. It said Article 124 (Establishment and constitution of Supreme Court) of the Constitution has been followed in the matter of the appointment of the CJI and On November 11, a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma had dismisse

Need to change the face of district judiciary 'first and foremost': CJI

Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud says there is a need to change the face of the district judiciary

Compassion, empathy sustains judicial institutions: CJI Chandrachud

Citing colonial era, he said sometimes law and justice don't necessarily follow the same linear trajectory

A fresh beginning

Justice Chandrachud's term will be closely followed

'I will take care of citizens in every aspect', says CJI D Y Chandrachud

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday administered the oath of office to Justice Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India

Enjoyed journey of 37 years in Supreme Court, says outgoing CJI U U Lalit

Outgoing Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit turned nostalgic on Monday as he recalled his journey of nearly 37 years in the Supreme Court, saying he enjoyed his stint both as a lawyer and a judge. CJI Lalit, who is set to retire on November 8, was speaking as he sat on the ceremonial bench in the apex court for the last time with his designated successor Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Bela M Trivedi this afternoon. He said it was a great feeling to pass on the baton to the senior-most judge, Justice Chandrachud, as he began his stint in the top court by appearing before his father and16th Chief Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud. "I have spent something like 37 years in this court. My journey in this court began through Court Number 1. I was practising in Bombay and then I came here to mention a case before CJI Y V Chandrachud. "My journey began from this court and today it ends in the same court. The person before whom I mentioned the matter, he passed on the baton to .