ALLOCATION OF ₹7,000 CR. FOR PHASE 3 OF E-COURT

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated ₹7,000 crore for the introduction of Phase III of the eCourts Project that aims at efficient administration of justice.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a series of tweets, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Finance Minister as well as Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, who headed the eCommittee of the Supreme Court.
The Minister said Phase III of eCourts Project would build on the gains made by the earlier two phases that proved crucial in the delivery of justice during the COVID-19 pandemic when courts were under lockdown protocol.
“The project envisages various path-breaking initiatives like: Digital & Paperless Courts that aim to bring court proceedings under a digital format in a court, thereby limiting the use of paper and speeding up the disposal of cases, Online Court that focus on eliminating the presence of litigants or lawyers in the court, Expansion of scope of Virtual Courts beyond adjudication of Traffic Violations,” he tweeted.
The Minister said the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning would allow for data analysis to work towards reducing pendency and understanding litigation patterns.

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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