WEBSITE OF DELHI COURTS LAUNCHED
COURT
NOTICES THROUGH E-MAILS
The Chief Justice
of India, Mr. Justice V.N. Khare, today launched the website of
Delhi District Courts. It covers the Courts of District Judge,
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate,
Metropolitan Magistrate located in Tis Hazari, Karkardooma and
Patiala House District Court complexes. The computerisation project,
funded by the Department of Justice of the Ministry of Law &
Justice and implemented by the National Informatics Centre (NIC),
was completed in a record time of over one year at the cost of
Rs 4.98 crore. In addition to the Chief Justice of India, the
Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Mr. Justice B.C. Patel;
Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur, who was the project coordinator; Shri
N. Vijayaditya, Director General of NIC; and the District Judge,
Shri J.P. Singh spoke on the occasion.
The Delhi District
Courts are the first city Courts to be computerized. The city
Courts in Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata are also being computerized.
The website address of the Delhi District Courts is http://www.delhidistrictcourts.nic.in
.
The primary aim of
the project is to alleviate the hardships faced by the litigants
and reducing procedural problems. The computer system will provide
facilities to the litigant public to access case-related information
easily. It will also bring transparency in various application
areas and assist the judicial administration in faster disposal
of cases. In addition, it will make available access to legal
and judicial database to the Judges. Firewall security has been
provided in the system so as to prevent outsiders from accessing
the data illegally.
When a case is filed
at the Filing Counter, the computer system can automatically post
the case to a Judge, based on the existing procedure or the District
Judge can manually post the case to any Court using the computer
facility. It will automatically register the case and produce
a receipt to the litigant/Advocate giving details such as diary
no., parties involved and the Court to which it has been posted.
At the end of the day, the computer will generate a list of cases
filed on that day. As the entire Court complex has been networked,
information that has public relevance, such as case status, judgments,
orders/proceedings, file tracing information, cause lists and
notices, will be provided at the Facilitation Centre of each Court
complex. Some of these facilities will also be made available
on the Internet for the benefit of wide range of users.
Any order/judgment
from any Courtroom will automatically be available on the main
system. The computer system at the Filing Centre will be used
for generation of printouts of the orders/judgments for the litigants.
Copies of the orders will be digitally signed using the digital
signature of an Officer specially designated for the purpose.
These digitally signed orders can be used as certified copies.
The pending cases
information will be available on the Internet. Information relating
to pending cases will also be made available on the Interactive
Voice Response (IVR) system, which will enable litigants to find
out the status of their cases through telephone. As an option,
routine communication from the Registry of District Courts to
the desired litigants and Advocates will be made through E-mails.
