New Delhi: India's first district level
paperless e-court on Monday started functioning at the Karkardooma
complex here with Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg
presiding over the seamless proceedings.
The Delhi High Court Chief Justice A P Shah formally
inaugurated the e-court in the presence of several other
judges and judicial officers.
Justice A P Shah said the e-courts will bring more
transparency and efficiency in the justice delivery system.
"The beginning of e-courts will bring more
transparency and efficiency in the justice delivery system and
also make the process of justice delivery more speedy," he
said.
Referring to the e-court recently started at the Delhi
High court he said that "idea seems to be catching up" and the
idea is bound to change the way the judiciary is functioning.
"Beginning of the e-courts will bring judicial system
in consonance with the 21st century ... five years down the
line almost all the courts of Delhi will be converted into
e-courts," Justice Shah said.
Elaborating upon the functioning Justice Badar Durrez
Ahmed said that the court is connected with the hospitals and
police stations through Internet and witnesses can depose and
cross-examined even staying away from the court.
"The overall impact of establishment of e-court will
result in quick disposal of cases, reliability of the evidence
recorded and bring more transparency in the functioning of
the District courts," the Karkardooma court authority said in
a statement.
PTI
First Published: Monday, February 08, 2010, 22:03