Benefits, Reforms, Recommendations, vis-à-vis Judicial Delay through Cybernation of the oldest civilization’s conflict resolution mechanisms
Creators: name: Das, Deb Zyoti
name: Rohilla, Bhanu Singh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 189999 Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: 180119 Law and Society
subject: 180199 Law not elsewhere classified
subject: 180121 Legal Practice, Lawyering and the Legal Profession

description: We all recognise the importance of IT. Association with IT infrastructure for all working parts of an organisation has become mandatory in the 21<sup>st</sup> century in order to get connected to the rest of the world. The Indian Judicial System faces a major challenge of <b>over 33 million cases</b>, and it is estimated that it will take <b>360 years to overcome the backlog</b> in the present pace with no new cases getting registered. The shortage of IT resources is one of the main reasons behind the inefficiencies of the judicial system. IT infrastructure will undoubtedly help to reduce the backlog to a significant extent. In this manuscript, the author addresses the move from print to digital legal information within the Indian judicial system and the impact of cybernation of the judiciary. He briefly discusses the historical development of the legal system and the enormous backlog of cases pending throughout the court structure, before <b>reflecting on the role of ICTs</b> and reviewing the pace of process that theoretically <b>started in 2010</b> and still after 10 years haven’t reached the saturation point. The researcher uses <b>specific international benchmarks</b> to show that the computerisation of the courts results in shortening of case handling time with concomitantly better access to courts. He then gives and the ongoing steps to establish a more effective digital administration for the judiciary in India. The researcher then shifts his focus onto the concerns that will creep in with the usher of the digital age in the Indian judicial mechanisms and addresses the maladies that may arise due to the digitalisation and provide remedies to them. The objectives of the researcher are to introspect the introduction of ICTs in the judicial mechanism, explore the benefits that the move of automation will bring with it, while also commending the reforms introduced into the judicial mechanism ensuing the wave of judicial cybernation which help in negating the effects of judicial delays by giving an account of all the primary indicators such as the <b>eCourt Services</b>, Operationalisation of <b>videoconferencing facilities</b>, the implementation of the <b>National Judicial Data Grid(NJDG)</b>, its benefits and how it made judiciary consistent in itself. Thenceforth, he briefs the readers with the current ongoing reforms that are trying to be implemented such as <b>District Facilitation Centers &amp; Nyaya Mitra, Mainstreaming Legal Aid through Common Service Centre, Access to Justice for tribal communities, Socio-legal cells, zero pendency court projects</b>, and proposes remedies or other innovative ways like <b>National Arrears Grid, National Court Management Authority</b>, to speed up the judicial process.