The first model e-court in the country that will make the judicial process more transparent and justice delivery system speedier, besides removing the bottlenecks was launched by the Gujarat High Court here on Sunday.
Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan inaugurated the first e-court, which started functioning on a pilot basis at the Ahmedabad City Civil and Sessions Court on Monday, providing tamperproof authentic audio-video recording of proceedings with multi-point video conferencing facilities linking the courtroom, central jail, the police commissioner’s office and the Forensic Science Laboratory.
The e-court project would save thousands of man hours the police lose in making security arrangements for bringing under-trials to court and nullify the chances of escape during transit operations.
Speaking on the occasion, Justice Balakrishnan said efforts would be made to open similar e-courts in Mumbai and in other parts of the country at the earliest.
For the judiciary, the advantage would be that the entire proceedings would be video-recorded and available for review in case of any doubt. [Via]
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Shayam | 25-Feb-09 at 9:28 am | Permalink
Good news. The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the extension of the term of E-Committee beyond February, 2009, for a period of one year. The Cabinet has also approved that subsequent extensions of the E-Committee would be made with the approval of the Minister for Law and Justice after consultation with the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure.
The readers of this platform must be aware that Mr. Praveen Dalal, Managing Partner of Perry4Law, protested against the existing e-court progress at http://perry4law.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/do-we-have-e-courts-in-india/ . Perry4Law has also dedicated a web resource on e-courts in India at http://perry4law.googlepages.com/e-courtsinindia and legal enablement of ICT systems in India, including e-courts, at http://legalenablementofictinindia.blogspot.com/ .
The main objection to the union cabinet decision was on account of indefinite period allowed to the committee as well as the progress of e-courts in India. It seems the govt of India once again accepted the recommendations of Mr. Praveen Dalal and Perry4Law.
Jay | 01-Mar-09 at 9:06 am | Permalink
The e-courts project of India is not a matter of interest to India only but international community is also interested in the same. For instance, the Australian View of the same has critically analysed the progress of Indian e-courts projects. The Future of cyber law of India and e-courts is not bright if we analyse the current situation and progress. There are lots of Doubts about the development and success of e-courts in India and in the absence of political will and judicial insight the same may be true one day. There are various lacunas by which the present e-court project of India is ailing. Questions are occasionally raised about the e-courts projects and expectations are rising to shift the same from NEGP to Reality.