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SC takes a maiden step towards paperless court:
SC on paperless court
Context
- Supreme Court takes a maiden leap towards paperless court by introducing Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS).
Stacks of files replaced with electronic devices
- The court unveiled a comprehensive switchover to the digitized system in all new cases in the first five courts.
- Judges can see information about cases on a slick interactive digital display device that will guide the judges through the daily roster of cases.
- At the moment, only fresh matters listed in the first five courts will be accessed by the judges digitally on an interactive display device
- This comes as a relief to judges, lawyers, litigants and court staff who earlier had to deal with multiple copies of voluminous petitions and bulky annexures running into thousands of pages on a daily basis
- All interested parties will get soft copies related to the cases.
- The Supreme Court has opened two help desks on the court’s premises provide assistance relating to ICMIS.
| ICMIS · Using ICMIS will benefit by providing information on o Next tentative date of listing generated through e-process. o Categories and Acts & Section. o Objections in Defective matters. o Interlocutory Application/Documents. o Office Reports. o Listing dates. o Judgement/Orders. o Appearance information of accused. o Tracking of file movement. o Status of the notice issued. · There will also be an online court fee calculator and an online limitation calculator, apart from an online court fee payment gateway. · With the help of a new software, High Court will be able to access the case records and it will reduce the repetition of case data entries in the Supreme Court. |
