Congratulations, Hon CJI , Shri S A Bobdeji

Congratulations, Hon CJI , Shri S A Bobdeji ,

[  supremecourt@nic.in  ]

Upon your appointment as CJI

And , with a request to re-consider your following views :

[ source : Justice delayed is Justice Denied  /  12 Sept  2018  ]

 

Where you are supposed to have said :

 

      “ We are here on the way of trial being conducted through WhatsApp. This cannot be done .

        What kind of a trial is this ?  Is this a kind of joke ? “

Here is why I urge you to reconsider your views on conducting internet-based trials :

China unveils its digital courts with AI judges and verdicts revealed on chat apps as Beijing introduces cyber justice to deal with backlog in cases 

Highlights :

Ø  China has unveiled a new system of digital justice with artificial-intelligence judges, cyber-courts, and verdicts delivered on chat apps.

Ø  Already handled more than three million legal cases or other judicial procedures since its launch in March

Ø  an online interface with litigants appearing by video chat as an AI judge - complete with on-screen avatar - that prompts them to present their cases

Ø  'Does the defendant have any objection to the nature of the judicial blockchain evidence submitted by the plaintiff?'

- the black-robed virtual judge sitting under China's national emblem asked in a pre-trial meeting.

     'No objection,' a human plaintiff answered.

Ø  Litigants can register their civil complaints online and later log on for their court hearing.

Ø  '[ Concluding cases ] at a faster speed is a kind of justice, because justice delayed is justice denied,'  Hangzhou Internet Court Vice President Ni Defeng said

Ø  Ni added that the use of blockchain technology was particularly useful, helping to streamline and create clearer records of the legal process.

Ø  Together, they have accepted a total of 118,764 cases, and concluded 88,401, the Supreme People's Court said

Ø  The 'mobile court' option on WeChat - China's leading social-media messaging platform - allows users to complete case filings, hearings, and evidence exchange without physically appearing in court

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In my above-mentioned blog [ sent to Supreme Court as an email ], I had suggested :

 Launch online portal……..www.OnlineJustice.gov.in…… having following features / pages / User

 Interfaces :

#   Who can register a litigation and how ( detailed form to be filled in )

#   What kind of complaints can be filed ( Eg; property / divorce / fraud / loans etc )

#   Time frame of hearings ( based on backlog at that point )

#   Search / Selection of “ empanelled lawyers “ ( with their fees tariff )

#   Method of conducting “ Online Trial “ ( Audio – Video Conference calls )

#   Online payment of Court Fees / Lawyer’s fees

#   Who can “ watch “ the online trial and how ( Video broadcast ) and when

#   Progress Chart as trial proceeds / Upload – Download of documents

#   Court Room allotted ( by software ) to each litigation

     Not being limited by any “ Physical Constraints “ , it will be possible ( for the

     software ), to open as many “ Virtual / Online “ Court Rooms as required

     Only limitation will be the number of available Judges at any given time

   

 # And as far as finding 10,000 Judges to conduct “ Online Trials “ from the comfort of

      their homes ( and without imposing any “ Infrastructure Burden “ on the State –

      except providing them with a fast broadband connection ) , I suggest that we rope in

      retired judges on a “ Per Case Retainer “ basis ( paid into their Jan Dhan accounts )

  #   There must be a “ Bonus cum Penalty “ formula to govern the payments to the

       Judges , depending upon the “ Actual Time “ taken to dispose off a given case as

       against the “Target Time “ ( to be computed by Artificial Intelligent Software , based on

       historical data being continuously compiled for all the cases , once the portal gets

       launched )

          

     I urge Chief Justice Hon Deepak Misraji to treat this email as a PIL and “ direct “ the

     NDA government to initiate action on this suggestion ( I cannot afford a lawyer ! )

Your " Activism " in this matter will go a long way to restore the faith of the ordinary citizens in the judiciary  !

I rest my case !

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

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08  Dec  2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com