Digital Justice Delivery

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 2 (Governance) Context: In popular perception, indian courts aren't associated first with the delivery of justice, but with long delays and difficulties for ordinary litigants. Consistent with data released by the supreme court within the june 2020 newsletter of the e-committee, 3.27 crore cases are pending before indian courts, of which 85,000 are pending for over 30 years. E-courts project: The e-committee of the supreme court of india recently released its draft vision document for phase iii of the e-courts project. Phases i and ii had dealt with digitisation of the judiciary, i.e., e-filing, tracking cases online,....Read More