The Supreme Court eCommittee, with the Department of Justice, will host a two day conference on judicial process re engineering and digital transformation in New Delhi. The event aims to enhance technology adoption in the justice delivery system.
NEW DELHI: The eCommittee of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Department of Justice, is set to conduct a two-day national conference titled “Judicial Process Re-Engineering and Digital Transformation” in New Delhi on April 11 and 12.
The event will be organised at the Multipurpose Hall of the Additional Buildings Complex of the apex court. It will primarily aim at strengthening the adoption of technology in the justice delivery framework, as stated in an official press note.
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Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant will deliver the inaugural address. Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath, who chairs the eCommittee, along with Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Jitin Prasada, are also scheduled to speak during the opening session.
The conference is being held in the context of the eCourts Mission Mode Project, a national initiative launched under the National Policy and Action Plan to implement information and communication technology in the judiciary. The objective is to enhance efficiency, transparency, and access to justice.
As part of the programme, multiple digital initiatives under Phase III of the eCourts project will be unveiled. These include the Biennial Report for the project phase, the eCourts Single Sign-On (SSO) service portal, electronic delivery of summons through email, integration of eCourts with ePrison systems, and Version 4.0 of the eCourts Services mobile application.
The conference is expected to bring together Supreme Court judges, chief justices and judges from various high courts, officials from the Department of Justice, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Crime Records Bureau, and the National Informatics Centre, among others. They will deliberate on strengthening digital governance within the judiciary.
According to the press note, the initiative seeks to examine strategies for optimising judicial processes through digital innovation, while also improving transparency, productivity, and citizen access to justice.
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