Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday, 14 April 2021

24x7 e-Courts ?

 


 

That is the only way to reduce :

Ø  pending court cases from 3 crore to 3 lakhs

Ø  ave pendency from 8 years to 8 weeks


Thank You, Supreme Court for moving towards this goal, as reported in :

E-courts may let cases be filed 24/7 from anywhere      

 

Extract :

Ø  Limiting the registry’s role in prioritising cases, Phase 3 of the e-Courts project, currently in the draft stage, has   proposed a 24/7 digital window to litigants and lawyers to filecases from anywhere, anytime with the provision of scheduling   digital hearings in an  open court , ensuring  compliance  of  timelines  by both judges  and litigants.

 

Ø  Use of  artificial  intelligence  has  been  proposed  to  “intelligently  recommend  schedules  for  hearing  by  optimising  and coordinating the schedules and time of different actors ( judges, lawyers and litigants)”, the draft proposal put up on the website of the justice department seeking stakeholders’ suggestions said.

 

 

Ø  At a cost of Rs 2300 crore, it has computerised almost  all  19,000  functional  district  and  subordinate  courts  with  broadband  connectivity  and  equipped  judges and courtrooms with modern communication gadgets.

 

Ø  The next phase of judicial reforms envisages a complete transformation of Indian courts into digital platforms — having facilities of,

       #    e-Pay,

       #   e-Summons,

      #   e-Hearings

      #   e-Judgment ,

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Now, judges can take help of artificial intelligence  /TNN /  07  April  2021  ]

Extract :

SUPACE > Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court efficiency 

Justice Bobde said : 

We are not going to let the use of AI spill over to decision making. It will fully retain the autonomy and discretion of judges to decide cases, though at a much faster pace at which the readiness of information is made available by AI

I believe that an Artificial Intelligence System that decides the case, could be disastrous to judiciary.. It is not designed to take a decision but only to provide information asked "

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-           Where,

     #   litigants can appear remotely,

    #   schedule hearings at his / her convenience,  and

    #   an option of choosing alternative dispute resolution mechanism or a

         regular case while e-Filing.


Ø  It has proposed an interoperable criminal justice system where connectivity between courts, prison and police will be leveraged to ensure speedy trial of cases and limiting adjournments on account of non-appearance of witnesses or unavailability of lawyers.

 

Ø  The digital court will provide for a data exchange protocol embedded with a privacy policy.

 

 Ø  During the second phase of the e-Courts project, more than 3,400 courts were made videoconference compatible, providing connectivity with prisons

These facilities are already available in the Supreme Court and HCs

 

 Ø  The court registry will be converted into a digital case registry where each case will be given a unique number that will help in locating the case as it moves from one level to another, without the need of refiling of documents in case of appeal in higher courts.

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Dear CJI Hon Shri Bobdeji,

 

My heartfelt thanks to you for accepting my suggestions in following blogs/e-mails :

Ø  Justice at Warp Speed ? ………………………………..[ 06 Mar 2012 ]

Extract :

 

            No of judges per million population in :

 

                         Ø  USA …………………… 107

 

                         Ø  UK………………………. 51

 

                         Ø  India …………………..13.5

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Ø  Supreme improves upon “ AdJourn “ ? ……….[ 21 Dec 2017 ]


             Extract :

 

             After reading this , do not be surprised if some Start Up ( could be

             MeetUrPro / LawRatoVakilsearch /  IndiaFilings / Vahura  ) , comes up

               with a Mobile App called ,

            “  AdJourn “, 

         to enable BMC lawyers to enter the adjourned date in the App which

         instantly and automatically, updates the CASE STATUS on the BMC web

         site and simultaneously , on the web site of the concerned court  !

            

            

           Call this , “ Transparency at its Best “ ( - also to judge the performance of

           the JUDGE ! )


     With more than 30 million cases pending in Courts all over India ,”  AdJourn “

     could change the very landscape of India’s Legal Management System, if

     adopted by all the Courts !

         

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Ø  Justice delayed is Justice Denied …………………………..[ 12 Sept 2018 ]


             Extract :

           
             If we want to reduce the average “case disposal time “ from 6 YEARS to 6

             MONTHS , we must do better than the Chinese – as follows :

              

·                  #   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

 

           Let none have doubts about the ability of our Start Ups to design / develop

           and launch such a portal within 6 months , whose “ Conceptual Frame

          Work “ could resemble ,

           

           On Line Jobs Fair   


           Software Architecture For Online Jobs Fair   


        And as far as finding 10,000 Judges to conduct “ Online Trialsfrom the

        comfort of their homes ( and  without imposing any “Infrastructure Burden“

        on 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 ! )

     

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Ø  Congratulations, Hon CJI , Shri S A Bobdeji ……………….[ 07 Dec 2019 ]

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Ø  AI come to judgement ? Not for a while ! …………………….[ 17 Dec 2019 ]

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Ø  See You Out of Court ……………………………………………………..[ 11 Jan 2020 ]

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Ø  Law : Nothing Artificial in Arbitration………………………………[ 16 Feb 2020 ]

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Ø  This is no joke – just acceptance of Inevitable !............[ 02 Nov 2020 ]

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Ø  Live Streaming of Court Proceedings ……………………………..[ 09 Nov 2020 ]

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Ø  Supreme Surveillance Solution ? …………………………………… [ 05 Dec 2020 ]

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Ø  Virtual Court Benchmarks ………………………………………………..[ 14 Jan 2021 ]

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Ø  SC is a global leader in Virtual Hearings amid pandemic   /   TOI   /  22 February 2021

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Ø  SC gears up for live streaming of sessions  /  04 Nov

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Ø  SC: CCTVs must in offices of CBI, ED, Police Stations  /  HT – 03 Dec

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Ø  5L cases pending in HCs, SC set to recall retired judges     /   TNN  -  26 March

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Ø      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpkZ3y_NPfc  


            Professor Hema Murthy , Dept of Computer Science and Engineering , IIT

            Madras

            (  hema@cse.iitm.ac.in )  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

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