Delhi High Court gets the first E-court in India
Delhi High Court Justice Shri S Ravindra Bhat now has a court embedded with the latest of Technology. The gadgets like LCD and touch-screen notebooks replaced the bulky files with an assurance of speedy justice for all. The E-court was launched on 15 December 2009 and with the 33 matters listed, went on smoothly. The court has already digitalized approx 5.5 crore papers pertaining to various cases upto 2007. And more is expected to be digitalized soon…
The Technology involved use of Digital Signatures by Judges, Touch Screen for making corrections, USB Devices for carrying data into the court and soon to be implemented - Video-conferencing for witnesses, Summons & various others Documents through emails, SMS alerts, E-stamps instead of stamp paper, Webcasts of Court proceedings, etc.
After the successful launch and testing of the E-court system in High Court, it would soon be implemented in various district courts.
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