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SC refuses to bring tribunals in e-courts project to upgrade digital infra

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to include tribunals in the e-courts project aimed at upgrading the digital infrastructure of courts across the country. The public interest litigation said quasi-judicial panels like the Armed Forces Tribunal and the National Green Tribunal should be made part of the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG). The NJDG falls under the e-courts project that pertains to the formulation of a national policy on the computerisation of the country's judiciary. It is monitored and funded by the Department of Justice of the Law Ministry. The NJDG portal is a national repository of data relating to cases instituted, pending, and disposed of by the courts across the country. "You may approach the Department of Justice regarding this. The NJDG is part of the e-courts project. It looks at district courts, the high courts and the Supreme Court and this does not look at tribunals at all, the CJI said. The bench made clear that it canno

SC refuses to bring tribunals in e-courts project to upgrade digital infra
Updated On : 24 Jul 2024 | 2:55 PM IST

Govt clears eCourts Project phase-III, with financial outlay of Rs 7,210 cr

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the third phase of eCourts Project as a central sector scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 7,210 crore to be implemented over four years. Briefing media after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the eCourts Mission Mode Project is the prime mover for improving access to justice using technology in line with the PM's vision of "Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas". As part of the National eGovernance Plan, the eCourts Project is under implementation since 2007 for ICT enablement of the Indian Judiciary. The Phase II of the project has concluded in 2023. Phase III of the e-Courts Project, beginning 2023, in India is rooted in the philosophy of "access and inclusion", the minister said. The third phase is aimed at ushering in a regime of maximum ease of justice by moving towards digital, online and paperless courts through digitisation of the entire court reco

Govt clears eCourts Project phase-III, with financial outlay of Rs 7,210 cr
Updated On : 13 Sep 2023 | 5:32 PM IST

Million of hits to e-Court services reflect citizen-centric efforts: J&K LG

L-G Sinha was addressing an event organised to mark the foundation stone laying for the new High Court complex of J-K and Ladakh at Raika on Wednesday

Million of hits to e-Court services reflect citizen-centric efforts: J&K LG
Updated On : 29 Jun 2023 | 10:16 AM IST

Govt has launched eCourts project for justice through use of tech: Rijiju

Union Law minister Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply to a member's query in the Rajya Sabha said the govt has launched the eCourts Integrated Mission Mode Project in the country

Govt has launched eCourts project for justice through use of tech: Rijiju
Updated On : 17 Mar 2023 | 7:39 AM IST

Union Budget 2023: Kiren Rijiju hails outlay of Rs 7,000 crore for e-courts

Rijiju has termed the allocation as "unprecedented", which will create paperless courts for faster delivery of justice

Union Budget 2023: Kiren Rijiju hails outlay of Rs 7,000 crore for e-courts
Updated On : 01 Feb 2023 | 9:00 PM IST

PM to attend Constitution Day celebrations, launch initiatives on Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court on Saturday, his office said. Since 2015, November 26 is observed as Constitution Day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly in 1949. Earlier, the day was observed as Law Day. During the programme, the prime minister will launch new initiatives under the e-court project, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said on Friday. The e-court project is an effort to provide services to litigants, lawyers and the judiciary through information and communication technology enabled courts, the statement pointed out. The initiatives being launched by Prime Minister Modi include 'virtual justice clock', 'JustIS' mobile app 2.0, digital court and 'S3WaaS' websites. The virtual justice clock is an initiative to exhibit vital statistics of the justice delivery system at the court level, giving the details of cases instituted, cases disposed

PM to attend Constitution Day celebrations, launch initiatives on Saturday
Updated On : 25 Nov 2022 | 6:45 PM IST

Stimulus package for e-courts

Since the Budget season is coming soon, the central and state governments must consider the new costs of virtual courts

Stimulus package for e-courts
Updated On : 18 Nov 2020 | 10:02 PM IST

Birth pangs of virtual courts

Litigants will gain in the long run as digital justice will be faster and cheaper

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Updated On : 21 Jul 2020 | 11:15 PM IST

Virus stimulus for judiciary

Courts must make up for the time lost in hesitating to adopt modern technology

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Updated On : 26 May 2020 | 10:50 PM IST

AI judges, verdicts via chat app: Brave new world of China's digital courts

China is encouraging digitisation to streamline case-handling within its sprawling court system using cyberspace and technologies like blockchain and cloud computing

AI judges, verdicts via chat app: Brave new world of China's digital courts
Updated On : 06 Dec 2019 | 7:36 PM IST

Letters: Applying IT in judiciary

With reference to M J Antony's column, "Turning a mirror to judiciary" (May 10), one of the important reforms the judiciary should undertake is the application of information and communication technology for speedy disposal of cases and to free innocent undertrials from jail. The establishment of e-courts or virtual courts; computerisation at all levels of the courts, coupled with imparting training in legal e-literacy; video-conferencing are all in line with the spirit of e-governance and represent a major step towards modernisation of the judiciary.C V Krishna Manoj HyderabadLetters can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:The Editor, Business StandardNehru House, 4 Bahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110 002Fax: (011) 23720201E-mail: letters@bsmail.inAll letters must have a postal address and telephone number

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Updated On : 11 May 2016 | 9:36 PM IST