ICT In Delhi District Courts BY TALWANT SINGH

ICT In Delhi District Courts BY TALWANT SINGH ADDL. DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DELHI E-Mail: talwant@yahoo. com Web-Site: www. delhicourts. nic. in

INTRODUCTION n Independent, effective, just and efficient judicial system – a must in Democratic System. n Modernization, streamlining and improved efficiency in court systems are paramount to increase Citizens’ faith and confidence in the Judicial System and State.

Objectives Ø To help the Judicial Administration in streamlining its day-to-day activities Ø To provide web based information and query counter for the benefit of litigants Ø To provide transparency of information Ø To cut short delays in all time critical applications

COURT COMPLEXES IN DELHI

Volume of the Project • The ICT Project covers 300 Courts spread across the four Court Complexes i. e. Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma and Rohini Courts • Ranging from District Judge to Metropolitan Magistrates/Civil Judges • Duel processor Servers and 600 printers

Hardware •

Hardware Utility Courtrooms Computers are used for : Typing orders/judgments Generating Cause lists Maintenance of office records Automatic Notices generation Backlog data entry of cases Keep track of Case Files Send Data to Web-Site • •

Additional Hardware •

View of Nazarat Branch

Computerisation in Library

Computerised Filing Counter

Applications implemented The types of software applications are: Ø Management Information Systems Ø Public Interface Applications Ø Financial & Stores Management Ø Personnel Management Ø Digitization of Record Rooms Ø Video Conferencing Facility

Court with Video Conferencing facility

Application Areas Contd. . . Management Information Systems Ø Case Filing & Monitoring Ø Digitally signed Certified Copies Ø Automatic Notices Ø Statistical Information Ø Automatic Cause Lists Ø Transfer & Disposal of Cases Ø File Movement Monitoring

Public Interface Applications Ø Cause Lists on Internet Ø Judgements/ Daily Orders on Internet Ø On-Line Enquiry Counter Ø Access to High Court’s Judgements Ø Facilitation Centres Ø District Courts User Manual on Net Ø Telephone Help Lines

Case Filing and Monitoring System • Automatically registers fresh cases • Produces receipts to the litigants • Gives Unique Case Number to Litigant • Generates List of cases filed in a • Posts cases to concerned courts • Transfers Data to respective Courts day

Summons / Notices • All routine summons / notices to Parties, Advocates & Witnesses etc. are prepared automatically by the computer system as it has the formats ofvariousnoticesand details required for generation of notices • tracked automatically

Statistical Information • Whenever a new case is filed or a case is disposed or adjourned, etc. , the court clerk updates the database. • accurate statistical information such Institution, Disposal and pendency statements, etc. , are generated instantaneously.

Digitally signed Certified Copies The Facilitation Counter generates hard copies of orders and judgements as certified copies. As soon as the orders are signed by the judges, the same after digitally signing will be made available on LAN. It will help in generating the certified copies without delay. There will be no need to physically move files to copying agency anymore.

Personnel Information System • Through this the Court employees are accessing personal details like Leave position, Loan details, availability of LTC, Notices, Circulars, computer systeminstalledinthe. Courts. • Salary Slips are sent electronically.

Public Interface Applications Facilitation Counter provides : • Status of a pending case • Copies of already pronounced judgements orders / • Copy of Cause List • Complete history of a pending case • Advocate information • File tracing information • Name of the Court where a case is pending by giving only party name

One of the Facilitation Centre in District Courts of Delhi

Public Interface Applications Contd. . . Case Status on Internet: • The entire District Court case status information will be made available on Internet. • Litigant can find out the status of their pending cases along with the latest orders of the court from any computer system connected to Internet.

Public Interface Applications Contd… Orders on Internet • Daily orders of the court areavailable on Internet for information of the litigants. No need to approach the court for getting a copy of an order. • which can be downloaded for information purpose.

District Courts’ web site • created. It contain its history, jurisdiction, rules, judges profile, Location map, types of courts, contact details, Guidelines, Bar associations, etc. • In addition to this the site also has links case-status, judgments, Orders, etc. , applications. The site can be accessed at: www. delhicourts. nic. in to

Advantages gained • Reduces case processing time • Automatic generation of notices • The Judges get precedents instantaneously • Transparency of Information • Implementation of routine activities as per the established procedure • Timely information to the litigant public

Advantages gained contd. . • Generation of accurate statistics • Cause lists, judgments, case status on Internet • • Reduces delay tactics • Access to precedents, court events, points, etc. law Availability of requisite information to judges for expeditious case disposal

Training Full-fledged Training Centers have established in each court complex with: • 15 -20 computers • Printers • Audio-visual Projector • LAN with Internet facility been All the Judges & court officials have been trained in use of computers & software NIC provided regular training on each module to all related employees.

View of the Training Room

FUTURE PLANS n Direct Connectivity with Delhi High Court, Police Stations, Labs and Jails n Interactive Voice Response System n Automated Attendance Marking System n Digitization of Disposed Records

FUTURE PLANS CONTD. . n SMS Enquiry Facility for Lawyers/Litigants n Automatic Staff Posting System n Minute to Minute progress of Cause Lists on Internet, Mobile Phones & Electronic Display Boards n Full- Fledged E-Filing via Internet Digital Signatures for all Judges n

COURTS IT PROGRESS YESTERDAY n n n n Inquiries Tricky Manual Filing Paper Based Trials No IT Infrastructure Manual Data Handling Manual Recording Paper based Orders TODAY n n n n Word Processing Internet & Intranet Video Conferencing Digital Signatures Standard IT Structure E- Data Exchange E-Orders

Miles To Go Before I Sleep…. . THANKS Presented by: TALWANT SINGH ADDL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DELHI talwant@yahoo. com