Explained : Which Are The 4 E-Court Initiatives Launched By Prime Minister On Constitution Day?

On 26 November, 2022, while celebrating the Constitution Day in the Supreme Court of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various initiatives under the e-court project. The initiatives launched by the Prime Minister include 'Virtual Justice Clock', 'JustIS mobile App 2.0', 'Digital court' and 'S3WaaS Websites'. This article seeks to briefly explain the said initiatives.

I. Virtual Justice Clock

The Virtual Justice Clock is an initiative to exhibit vital statistics of the justice delivery system at the Court level giving the details of the cases instituted, cases disposed and pendency of cases on day/week/month basis at the Court level. The effort is to make the functioning of the courts accountable and transparent by sharing with the public the status of case disposals by the court. Public can access the Virtual Justice Clock of any court establishment on the District Court's website.

II. JustIS Mobile App 2.0

JustIS Mobile App 2.0 is a tool available to judicial officers for effective court and case management by monitoring pendency and disposal of not only his court but also for individual judges working under them. This App is also made available to High Court and Supreme Court Judges who can now monitor pendency and disposal of all the States and Districts under their jurisdiction.

III. Digital Court

Digital court is an initiative to make the court records available to the judge in digitised form to enable the transition to Paperless Courts.

IV. S3WaaS Websites

S3WaaS Websites stabds for iSecure, Scalable & Sugamya websites. It is a framework to generate, configure, deploy and manage websites for publishing specified information and services related to district judiciary. S3WaaS is a cloud service developed for government entities to generate Secure, Scalable & Sugamya (Accessible) websites. It is multilingual, citizen friendly and disability friendly.