About 14,000 courts have been computerized: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law minister says the growing digitization of the legal system in India is a step towards better democracy
New Delhi: Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday stated that the growing digitization of the legal system in India was a step towards better democracy.
Speaking at the second annual convocation held at National Law University, Delhi, Prasad spoke about the increasing need to digitize the legal system and the change that it has brought.
“We’re very keen to ensure a digital India, also empower access to justice." he said, emphasizing that access to justice was very important in a democracy.
“Today even a villager thinks I can go to high court or Supreme Court. I see that is a great statement of empowerment. In the destiny of india, in a constitutional set-up, I think we’ve established a rule of law." he added.
Prasad, who is also the information technology and communications minister, mentioned how e-portals had made access to different courts and their cases very easy.
“About 14,000 courts have been computerized, e-portals have ensured almost 7 crore plus exchanges in terms of orders, etc.," he said, mentioning a national judicial data grid that was being created in this manner.
“India is sitting at the cusp of a great IT revolution. Broadband must go to all universities, all schools," Prasad said, referring to a national optical-fibre network for access to gram panchayats (village councils).
Mentioning the huge pendency in courts, including 2.2 million cases of cheque bouncing and 1.8 million cases of traffic challans, he stated that the infrastructure to expedite these hearings had to be addressed.
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