Yes - and according to NITI Aayog, at the current rate
of disposal, it will take 324 years to clear
these
Is there a way to speed-up this process ?
Yes. I made following suggestion 4 YEARS
ago :
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 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 !
Did the
Government implement your suggestion ?
Yes – it seems so ( even if partially ). Read following
news report :
Extract :
During
the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities’ convention, which was held here,
National Legal Services Authority
Chairman Uday Umesh Lalit unveiled the first digital Lok Adalat driven
by artificial intelligence. Rajasthan State
Legal Services Authority’s (RSLSA) digital Lok Adalat was created by Jupitice Justice Technologies, the organization’s technological partner.
Extract from portal of Jupitice :
Ø
An Online Marketplace that connects Disputing Parties & Neutrals on a
common platform to enable Disputing Parties to find, evaluate, negotiate & hire their own independent Arbitrators, Conciliators, Mediators, Negotiators, Lawyers,
Experts etc
Ø
A "Dispute
Resolution Platform" or a "Private
Digital Court" that enables & facilitates all the participants
to perform End-to-End Dispute Resolution Processes, under
any dispute resolution methods, all Online without the need for physical appearance in meetings or hearings and
paper-based tasks.
Ø A Single
Platform that offers :
# Simple Complaints
Handling / Grievance
Redressal / Mediation
/ Conciliation / Arbitration/ Adjudication (all online )
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 20
July 2022
Related Readings :
Extract :
In all
the Indian Courts , there are 3.15 crore cases
pending disposal
Of these, over
10 % are pending for over 10 years , due to repeated
adjournments by judges
Now , the
Code of Criminal Procedure ( CrPC ) says :
“ No judge
can give repeated adjournments in a case – not more than three –
unless it is extremely unavoidable
In cases
where more than three adjournments are given, a judge has
to record
the reasons for the same
The
government wants High Courts to monitor and regularly provide figures to it
on
the cases disposed of by district courts, in which the courts have adhered to
the limit of three adjournments as mandated in CPC ( Civil Procedure Code )
I urge the
government to AUTOMATE such DATA COMPILATION, by implementing
Mobile App : AdJourn
Cc:
RAVIKANT SONI,
RJS ( DY. SECRETARY-II )
rj-slsa@nic.in
rslsajp@gmail.com
enquiry@jupitice.com