- Recently, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based portal ‘SUPACE’ in the judicial system aimed at assisting judges with legal research.
- SUPACE is short for Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency.
- Earlier, the E-Courts Project was conceptualised on the basis of “National Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Indian Judiciary – 2005” submitted by the e-Committee of the Supreme Court.
About SUPACE:
- It is a tool that collects relevant facts and laws and makes them available to a judge.
- It is not designed to take decisions, but only to process facts and to make them available to judges looking for an input for a decision.
- Initially, it will be used on an experimental basis by the judges of Bombay and Delhi High Courts who deal with criminal matters.
Importance:
- It will produce results customized to the need of the case and the way the judge thinks.
- This will be time saving. It will help the judiciary and the court in reducing delays and pendency of cases.
- AI will present a more streamlined, cost effective and time bound means to the fundamental right of access to justice.
- It will make the service delivery mechanism transparent and cost-efficient.
Challenge:
- Redundancy of certain posts after introduction of SUPACE.
- Since it is intended to do what the human mind can do, but much more efficiently and methodically, there is apprehension in the generation of unemployment.
E-Courts Project
- It was conceptualized with a vision to transform the Indian Judiciary by ICT (Information and Communication Technology) enablement of Courts.
- It is a pan-India Project, monitored and funded by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, for the District Courts across the country.
Objectives of the Project:
- To provide efficient & time-bound citizen-centric services delivery.
- To develop, install & implement decision support systems in courts.
- To automate the processes to provide transparency and accessibility of information to its stakeholders.
- To enhance judicial productivity, both qualitatively & quantitatively, to make the justice delivery system affordable, accessible, cost-effective, predictable, reliable and transparent.
SOURCE:THE HINDU,MINT