Move To Complete Digitisation of Courts

Context: The pandemic has confirmed the notion that “Justice delayed is justice denied”. 

Ways to Accelerate Judicial Functioning

• Digital functioning of courts: will eliminate the need for physical presence
• Video conferencing for conducting judicial hearings. 

• Digital examination of evidence and witnesses. 

• The National judicial data grid: for digitisation of old records and electronic creation of new records.
•  It calls for standards shared by the police forces and jail systems of the different states. 
• E-Committee of SC for monitoring the use of information technology and administrative reforms in the Indian judiciary: must chalk out a plan for reducing judicial backlogs.

Conclusion: India cannot continue to deny its citizens a functional judicial system and yet hope to emerge a global economic power.