Thank You, Hon Justice Shri D Y Chandrachudji

 Thank You, Hon Justice Shri D Y Chandrachudji ,

 

 

Context :

 

Basic right of citizens to know what goes on in the courts: SC judge   /  HT    /  24  Oct 2021

 

 

Extract :

 

It is a basic right of citizens to know what goes on in the courts of the country, justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said on Saturday, as the Supreme Court judge underlined the importance of live-streaming judicial proceedings in the interest of transparency and accountability.

 

“We have formulated live-streaming rules so that cases can be live-streamed... the hearings before a court can be live-streamed for the rest of the country. Because I do believe that citizens are entitled to know what goes on in the courts. They are entitled to know why cases are adjourned. They are entitled to know whether judges sit from morning till evening in deciding cases. It is the basic right of the citizens to know,” emphasised justice Chandrachud.

 

 

Stressing the need to digitise the court records, including orders, judgments and filings, justice Chandrachud said that the Phase 3 document of e-courts project is going to focus on digitisation of 3,100 crore court documents while simultaneously laying emphasis on e-filing of cases.

 

 

The judge added that the government being the largest litigant in India, he has written to all high court chief justices recently that by January, 2022, all cases of the Centre and state governments must be e-filed in district courts and high courts. “Let the government of India and state governments make the beginning,” appealed justice Chandrachud.

 

 

“ Sitting in the Supreme Court, you are confronted with the extent of justice and the extent of injustice all over the country when citizens come to us. A convict who has been in prison for 35 years has not been released, an under-trial who is in jail for 12 years and against whom charges have not been framed. These are some of the realities of the Indian judiciary which we have to confront,” he pointed out.

 

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Dear Hon Shri Chandrachudji,

 

At the outset, Congratulations on your game-changing initiative, based on :

 

“ Justice Delayed is Justice Denied “

 

 

Of course, in the implementation, there will be many hurdles, which include :

 

Ø Non-availability of resources ( funds ) for installing Video/CCTV Surveillance Systems, in thousands of court-rooms

 

Ø Non-availability of IT experts who can train, not only thousands of judges / court officers / lawyers / solicitors etc but also train / educate millions of litigants

 

 

Ø Changing the “ Attitudes “ of all of the above-mentioned people to embrace the proposed changes whole-heartedly and desist from “ sabotaging “ this reform which might “ expose “ their current / undesirable delaying practices , which serve their personal vested interests but does not serve the interest of speedy / transparent justice

 

In this context, I urge you to look up my following earlier emails :

 

  24x7 e-Courts ?..................................................[14 Apr 2021 ]

 

        Justice at Warp Speed ? ………………………………………[06 Mar 2012 ]

  Supreme improves upon “ AdJourn “ ? ……………………[21 Dec 2017 ]

 Justice delayed is Justice Denied ……………………………..[12 Sept 2018 ]

Congratulations, Hon CJI , Shri S A Bobdeji ……………[ 07 Dec 2019 ]

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  AI come to judgement ? Not for a while ! …………………[ 17 Dec 2019 ]

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  See You Out of Court ………………………………………………….[ 11 Jan 2020 ]

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  Law : Nothing Artificial in Arbitration…………………………[ 16 Feb 2020 ]

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  This is no joke – just acceptance of Inevitable !.........[ 02 Nov 2020 ]

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  Live Streaming of Court Proceedings ………………………….[ 09 Nov 2020 ]

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  Supreme Surveillance Solution ? …………………………………[ 05 Dec 2020 ]

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  Virtual Court Benchmarks ……………………………………………[ 14 Jan 2021 ]

 

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With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 24 Oct 2021