{"id":14686,"date":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/06-04-2021\/3rd-phase-of-e-courts-project\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:00:00","slug":"3rd-phase-of-e-courts-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/06-04-2021\/3rd-phase-of-e-courts-project","title":{"rendered":"3rd Phase of e-Courts Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The eCommittee Supreme Court of India released the <strong>Draft Vision document for<\/strong> <strong>Phase III of the e-Courts Project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase III of the eCourts Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phase III of the eCourts Project in India is rooted in two central facets\u2014<strong>access and inclusion. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>envisions a judicial system<\/strong> that is more easily accessible irrespective of<strong> geographical distances, efficient and equitable <\/strong>for every individual who seeks justice, makes more efficient use of human and other resources, and absorbs the latest technology for a positive environmental impact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vision <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This vision for Phase III is sought to be built on the following four building blocks:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Core Values: <\/strong>Phase III must strive for a <strong>modern judicial system<\/strong>, governed by core values of trust, empathy, sustainability and transparency which, while simplifying procedures, will maximise the positives of technology and minimise its risks and challenges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Whole-of-system approach:<\/strong> Phase III must aim to make processes more efficient across all three components of dispute management i.e. <strong>dispute avoidance, containment and resolution<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adoption frameworks: <\/strong>Phase III must focus on building strong adoption frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Such frameworks must include behavioural nudges, adequate training and skill set development, feedback loops, along the requisite mandate of law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Governance framework:<\/strong> From a governance perspective, while numerous <strong>judicial decisions <\/strong>have validated the use of technology in judicial processes, Phase III must address the accompanying administrative structures.\n<ul>\n<li>The strategy of <strong>Phase III prioritises<\/strong> the creation of a <strong>core digital infrastructure<\/strong> that can enable the development of services for<strong> dispute resolution <\/strong>by the <strong>judiciary and services<\/strong> of solutions for dispute containment and resolution by the ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Successful operationalization<\/strong> of the goals of Phase III will require <strong>careful planning <\/strong>around sequencing, budgeting, procurement, contract management, adoption and change management, and a robust monitoring and evaluation framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Earlier Phases of Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phase I-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0In Phase-I of the <strong>eCourts Project beginning from 2007<\/strong>, a large number of Court Complexes, Computer Server Rooms and Judicial Service Centres were readied for <strong>computerization of the District Courts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The District and Taluka Court Complexes covered in Phase-I were computerized with <strong>installation of hardware, LAN and Case Information Software (CIS)<\/strong>, for providing basic case related services to the <strong>litigants and the lawyers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Phase II-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It received approval of Hon&#8217;ble the Chief Justice of India on 8th January 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0In Phase-II, the covered courts are provisioned for additional hardware with (1+3) systems per Courtroom, the uncovered Courts of Phase-I and the newly established Courts with (2+6) systems per Court Room and the Court Complexes are provisioned for hardware, LAN etc.<\/li>\n<li>The dynamic implementation structure provides for <strong>greater participation and cooperation <\/strong>between the <strong>eCommittee, the Department of Justice (Government of<\/strong> <strong>India), NIC, DietY<\/strong> and <strong>Ministry of finance<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0It provides for High Courts as Implementing Agency, of the project under its jurisdiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Phase-II of the project lays great emphasis on<strong> service delivery to the litigants<\/strong>, l<strong>awyers and other stakeholders.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:735px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#fff2cc; width:468.0pt\">\n<p><strong>About eCourts Mission Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a Pan-India Project that is monitored and funded by the<strong> Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice<\/strong> for the District Courts across the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objectives-<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide <strong>efficient &#038; time-bound citizen-centric<\/strong> services delivery as detailed in <strong>eCourt Project Litigant&#8217;s Charter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To <strong>develop, install &#038; implement<\/strong> decision support systems in courts.<\/li>\n<li>To automate the processes to <strong>provide transparency<\/strong> in the accessibility of information to its stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>To <strong>enhance judicial productivity<\/strong>, both<strong> qualitatively &#038; quantitatively,<\/strong> to make the justice delivery system affordable, accessible, cost-effective, predictable, reliable and transparent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>eCommittee<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The eCommittee of the Supreme Court has been overseeing the implementation of the eCourts Project, conceptualized under the &#8220;<strong>National Policy and Action Plan <\/strong>for <strong>Implementation of Information<\/strong> and <strong>Communication Technology (ICT)<\/strong> in the Indian <strong>Judiciary-2005&#8243;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The eCommittee has evolved in terms of its roles and responsibilities <strong>over the last fifteen years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A solid foundation for the objectives of the eCommittee has been substantially achieved in the first two phases of the Project.\n<ul>\n<li>As Phase-II will soon conclude, the Committee initiated steps for preparing a vision document for Phase-III.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objectives: <\/strong>Include <strong>interlinking of all courts<\/strong> across the country, <strong>ICT enablement<\/strong> of the <strong>Indian judicial system<\/strong>,<strong> enabling courts<\/strong> to enhance <strong>judicial productivity,<\/strong> both <strong>qualitatively and quantitatively,<\/strong> making the justice <strong>delivery system accessible, cost-effective, transparent<\/strong> and<strong> accountable<\/strong> and <strong>providing citizen-centric services<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1709477#:~:text=e%2DCommittee%20Supreme%20Court%20of,3rd%20phase%20of%20eCourts%20project&#038;text=A%20solid%20foundation%20for%20the,two%20phases%20of%20the%20Project.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source :PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News The eCommittee Supreme Court of India released the Draft Vision document for Phase III of the e-Courts Project. Phase III of the eCourts Project Phase III of the eCourts Project in India is rooted in two central facets\u2014access and inclusion. It envisions a judicial system that is more easily accessible irrespective of geographical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[51,30],"class_list":["post-14686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-executive-judiciary","tag-gs-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/41484706268277current-affairs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}