All HCs in the country to be digitised by year end, says Lokur

Inaugurating the digitisation centre of the Madras High Court, built to scan as many as 6 lakh pages per day, Justice Lokur said, “NJDG would create a robust court management system, where all relevant details pertaining to judgments and pendency of cases across the courts in the country can be obtained at the click of a button.”

He said as a pilot project already four high courts have been brought under NJDG and in a week another 10 high courts will be roped into the ‘live courts project’ followed by the rest. Noting that the digitisation is a huge thing in terms of storage of space, he said now that the Madras High Court has taken up the digitisation process, the migration to NJDG would be swift.

Stating that the process of e-filing and e-stamps is also fast taking shape, he said the e-filing system is being tested, with an NIC audit to test its security. He also expressed the hope the whole process would be a game changer in justice delivery. Justice Lokur also spoke extensively about the mobile technology being employed to increase access to information and already as many as two lakh advocates and litigants have downloaded the app.

Similarly, email services were launched and within 24 hours of the launch as many as 3 lakh emails were received, the Supreme Court judge said and pointed out that efforts to revise the Case Information System (CIS) are also under way to address the difficulties arising out of different nomenclature being used for case types in different courts. 

Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee presided. Earlier, Justice Rajiv Shakdher welcomed and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana proposed a vote of thanks.