Supreme Court’s ICMIS to be launched tomorrow, online court fee payment among features

The Supreme Court will launch its Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS), what is described as “a next generation hybrid database”, to better enable litigants to access and retrieve information online..Though most of the following features are already available on the existing website, the ICMIS will provide information on:.Next tentative date of listing generated through e-process.Categories and Acts & SectionObjections in Defective mattersInterlocutory Application/DocumentsOffice ReportsListing datesStatus of the notice issuedCaveat Information, if anyEarlier Court InformationJudgement/OrdersAppearance information of accused.Tracking of file movement.Online office reports shall be accessible and available to Advocates on Record and other stakeholders. Other interesting features include an online court fee calculator and an online limitation calculator, along with an online court fee payment gateway. This will make things easier for both the litigant as well as the Registry..Access to case records from the High Courts will also be facilitated through the new software. This will reduce the repetition of case data entries in the Supreme Court, and will provide for access of digitally signed PDF documents relating to paperbooks/case files. Notices will be generated through the system..The system will also be integrated with the jail/police department, so that in future the requirement of surrender/custody certificates may be dispensed with..The ICMIS also proposes to make things easier for AORs. They will be allowed to create a login-id and password on the website to check the following:.Pending and disposed cases.To access the scanned document through OTP.To access the cause list (cases listed within next week or next month or the entire list in chronological order).Similarly, central and state government departments will also be given login ids and passwords to monitor their cases and to get the scanned copy of the petitions and documents after approval from higher authorities..The process of computerisation of the Indian courts was kicked off nearly three decades ago, a process Justice GC Bharuka said has fallen short of implementation thus far.