Uttarakhand High Court To Organize Training Programmes For Enhancing IT Skills Of Advocates Across State

These programmes shall be held across all the thirteen districts of the State, starting December 4, 2020 from 5.00 PM onwards.

The training programmes have been conceptualized by Justice Ravi Malimath, Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court with an aim to assist such Advocates who though willing, but have been unable to reap the benefits of Information Technology in their Court working.

As per a press note issued by the High Court,

"The programmes intends to prepare, hitherto less Tech savvy lawyers to be able to participate in online hearing and the e-filing process. The focus point of the training programmes will be those lawyers having no knowledge, or limited knowledge, of the Information Technology and computers. The purpose of the training programmes is to help those lawyers, who need help information technology is concerned."

The programme aims to overcome the 'accessibility deficit' created by the State's typical typography and remain up to speed with rest of the country, which is moving fast towards becoming an "Information Intensive Society".

"One of the youngest States of India, situated in the Northern Borders, the State of Uttarakhand is predominantly a mountainous State. It has a typical typography. This creates a huge accessibility deficit as far as technology is concerned. The geographical complexity of the State poses several challenges. Limited access to internet connectivity being one in context of an "Informative Intensive Society". This has also hampered online Court work in the State from the very beginning.

The High Court of Uttarakhand has been making several efforts to overcome these complexities and limitation. One of such efforts is in form of training programmes for technologically deprived and deficient lawyers of the State," the press note states.