PUL-SATOR

PUL-SATOR 01August 2013 Volume-1 Issue-I
e‐Courts: Action Plan
ABSTRACT
The e‐Committee of Supreme Court of India prepared on 01 August 2005 a National
Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of Information and Communication
Technology in the Indian Judiciary.
It says that:
“In the Indian Judiciary, effort for computerization of some of its processes has been
going on since 1990. Need was felt to make the programme of ICT enablement of
the Indian Judiciary mission‐critical. There was an overwhelming realization in the
judicial sector in favour of devising a National Policy and Action Plan with
appropriate spread and phasing to implement ICT in courts across the country and
their web‐based interlinking.”
[Comments: However, the results at the ground level are poor ‐‐ even in Supreme
Court e‐filing is riddled with serious issues; to cite a few:‐
i) Online payment via Internet banking is not permitted ‐‐ only foreign Visa/ Master
Credit Cards (not Debit Cards of Indian Banks) are allowed, instead of online Banking
through Nationalised Indian Banks;
ii) There is undue Delay in raising ‘Office Objections’, if any ‐‐ moreso, there is no
Citizens’ Charter specifying the maximum time allowed at each Step;
iii) Whereas Parliament has prescribed a Fees of Rs.10.00 per Application under RTI
Act, the Allahabad High Court has arbitrarily, whimsically, unreasonably and unfairly
fixed it at Rs.500.00 per Question; ... The list is quite long.]
Full Paper: http://www.pul‐sator.com/Archives/CD1/contents/7.pdf
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