Sultanpur: through the alleys of a district court in India

District Courts of India
The District Courts of India are presided over by a judge. They administer justice in India at a district level. These courts are under administrative and judicial control of the High Court of the State to which the district concerned belongs. 

The e-Courts project was conceptualized on the basis of the “National Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) in the Indian Judiciary – 2005” submitted by e-Committee (Supreme Court of India), with a vision to transform the Indian Judiciary by ICT enablement of Courts.

The project envisages:
1. To provide efficient & time-bound citizen centric service delivery.

2. To develop install & implement decision support systems in courts.

3. To automate the processes to provide transparency of Information access to its stakeholders.

4. To enhance judicial productivity both qualitatively & quantitatively, to make the justice delivery system        affordable, accessible, cost effective & transparent.

Courts in India are the cobweb for a common man. Once trapped in, it's hard to get out with intentions primarily sought after !!

Courts are still having those unique colonial look in their architect. It seems as hardly any thing have changed since then..

Outside the court, the yard bears a look of common market, like any Indian Bazar; the make-shift devises for the age-old type-writer-machines, advocates and clients in full mess of crowd at the peak hour..

And the tree-shade is enough for the little time to be spared for the tea-break, which gives ample opportunity to chat and recreate among them-self..

Working in available natural light with a devised work-table..

Devised are the methods of client-advocate relationship, where money exchanges hands, before it goes deep in to the pocket..

But the new platform is emerging through the government initiated public private parternership..

Meetings and symposium, where ways and means are fast emerging for modernization of working conditions..

On-line set ups, law-library with internet, old judgement records, and on-line hearing....are few fronts of many possibilities which are taking shape in concrete..

And of course the role of judges and advocates are of paramount..

As their efforts..

..and willingness will bear the fruit of change for tomorrow to come !!

#court pictures credit: blog-post author

#thankfully consulted and shared 

http://ecourts.gov.in/

http://www.leadthecompetition.in/GK/courts.html

http://indiancourts.nic.in/sitesmain.htm

http://indiancourts.nic.in/districtcourt.html