NEW DELHI: The judiciary is using technology to bridge the gap between courts and litigants with SMS and email messages directly being sent to litigants relating to next hearing on a case, adjournments, summons, etc. So far, nearly 40 lakh such mails have been sent to litigants and lawyers.
Like the railways, an SMS push service has also been started by the Union law ministry as part of the second phase of its eCourts project where litigants from rural areas without internet facility can send unique case no (CNR No) to 9766899899 and can obtain case status.
The automated mailing service was recently launched as part of the eCourts services. The government has allocated Rs 1,670 crore for implementation of phase two of the project, which includes complete automation of workflow management in all courts. This comprises electronic movement of records from trial courts to appeal courts, installation of video conferencing facility and recording of witness through video conferencing and connecting all courts in the country to the National Judicial Data Grid.
The plan is also to provide citizen centric facilities such as electronic filing, e-payment and use of mobile applications, touchscreen based kiosks in each court complex and full computerisation of state and district level judicial and service academies and centres. The mobile app launched for the services has already had three lakh downloads, Alok Srivastava, secretary, justice department in the law ministry, said at a meeting of the eCourts committee held last week. The eCourts committee of the Supreme Court is headed by Justice Madan B Lokur.
Srivastava said the specific targets set under the project include computerisation of all the 20,400 courts across the country; WAN and cloud connectivity in 3,500 court complexes; full installation and use of video conferencing facility at 3,000 court complexes and 1,150 prisons; charting out key identified citizen services like electronic filing, daily orders, delivery of decrees, online case status in all the district courts, etc.
Like the railways, an SMS push service has also been started by the Union law ministry as part of the second phase of its eCourts project where litigants from rural areas without internet facility can send unique case no (CNR No) to 9766899899 and can obtain case status.
The automated mailing service was recently launched as part of the eCourts services. The government has allocated Rs 1,670 crore for implementation of phase two of the project, which includes complete automation of workflow management in all courts. This comprises electronic movement of records from trial courts to appeal courts, installation of video conferencing facility and recording of witness through video conferencing and connecting all courts in the country to the National Judicial Data Grid.
The plan is also to provide citizen centric facilities such as electronic filing, e-payment and use of mobile applications, touchscreen based kiosks in each court complex and full computerisation of state and district level judicial and service academies and centres. The mobile app launched for the services has already had three lakh downloads, Alok Srivastava, secretary, justice department in the law ministry, said at a meeting of the eCourts committee held last week. The eCourts committee of the Supreme Court is headed by Justice Madan B Lokur.
Srivastava said the specific targets set under the project include computerisation of all the 20,400 courts across the country; WAN and cloud connectivity in 3,500 court complexes; full installation and use of video conferencing facility at 3,000 court complexes and 1,150 prisons; charting out key identified citizen services like electronic filing, daily orders, delivery of decrees, online case status in all the district courts, etc.
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