Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Sunday batted for use of technology by judicial institutions and judges..Justice Chandrachud, who is also the chairperson of the Supreme Court's E-committee, said that judicial institutions should be harbingers of change. "We should shed inhibitions in the use of technology. Judicial institutions has to be harbingers of change," he said..He was speaking at the valedictory function of the All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet organised in New Delhi.The event, the first of its kind, saw the participation of all District and Session Judges, from across the country, in charge of legal services.Justice Chandrachud began his speech by stating that he was invited since he is a "self-confessed geek of technology".In his speech, the judge highlighted the role of technology in legal aid. "Most of the beneficiaries are illiterates. So two end of spectrum is might of the state and the beneficiaries. Technology enables us to do something which wings of State do not have us do - that is talk to each other," he said. With regard the specifics of technology currently employed by the judiciary, he said,"Core of technology in Indian judicial system is case information system. Core is the CIS platform. We are also in the process of alert mechanism for judges to make them aware of the prison term being suffered by undertrials.".He also stressed upon participation of law students to further the cause of legal aid. "There is a deep divide in legal education in the country. There is one end where there are national law schools and the other end is law colleges which barely exist. But one common thread is awareness among the students of what exists on ground. We have to make use of the potent 4th and 5th year law students before they are desanitised by the system. These students will become the torchbearer of our future," he stated.Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul also spoke at the valedictory session.Justices PS Narasimha and Vikram Nath also graced the function.Read about speech of Justice UU Lalit here..[Read our coverage of the event below]
Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Sunday batted for use of technology by judicial institutions and judges..Justice Chandrachud, who is also the chairperson of the Supreme Court's E-committee, said that judicial institutions should be harbingers of change. "We should shed inhibitions in the use of technology. Judicial institutions has to be harbingers of change," he said..He was speaking at the valedictory function of the All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet organised in New Delhi.The event, the first of its kind, saw the participation of all District and Session Judges, from across the country, in charge of legal services.Justice Chandrachud began his speech by stating that he was invited since he is a "self-confessed geek of technology".In his speech, the judge highlighted the role of technology in legal aid. "Most of the beneficiaries are illiterates. So two end of spectrum is might of the state and the beneficiaries. Technology enables us to do something which wings of State do not have us do - that is talk to each other," he said. With regard the specifics of technology currently employed by the judiciary, he said,"Core of technology in Indian judicial system is case information system. Core is the CIS platform. We are also in the process of alert mechanism for judges to make them aware of the prison term being suffered by undertrials.".He also stressed upon participation of law students to further the cause of legal aid. "There is a deep divide in legal education in the country. There is one end where there are national law schools and the other end is law colleges which barely exist. But one common thread is awareness among the students of what exists on ground. We have to make use of the potent 4th and 5th year law students before they are desanitised by the system. These students will become the torchbearer of our future," he stated.Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul also spoke at the valedictory session.Justices PS Narasimha and Vikram Nath also graced the function.Read about speech of Justice UU Lalit here..[Read our coverage of the event below]
