Benefits of E-court services

 


When humans were forced to stay within the segregated boundaries of their homes during unpredictable circumstances, the judiciary was crippled due to accessibility hiccups. To adjudicate urgent matters and facilitate the judicial systems for implementing constitutional mandate, e-court services became the need of the hour to provide access to justice at all times without any hiccups. Legal sanctity has been given to video-conferencing and e-courts and here are the benefits of virtual courts. 

 

Advantages of E-courts

It's like having the courthouse at your fingertips when you have the option to read and file from any location. What does the judiciary stand to gain with an e-court? Look over these particular advantages:

  • Attorneys, parties, and members of the public have instant access to all case information through the Internet, including the full text of all filed documents.
  • The case file can be seen concurrently by the parties, the judge, court personnel, and members of the public.
  • Up until the filing date, registered attorneys can submit case documents from their homes or offices without having to bother about postage, messengers, or traffic.
  • When lawyers file documents online, docket entries are automatically created, and when documents are filed, docket sheets are quickly updated.
  • Due to the accessibility of case documents from anywhere, at any time, clients and attorneys may be more responsive to their needs.
  • Immediately after the following filing, an automatic confirmation in the form of a "Notice of Electronic Filing" is delivered by email to the filer and case parties.
  • Because ECF document storage is automatic and secure, fewer paper documents need to be stored.

 

E-court services envisage the following:

  • Deliver citizen-centric services in an effective and timely manner as outlined by the law.
  • Create, set up, and use decision-support systems in courts
  • Automate procedures to ensure information is transparent and accessible to stakeholders.
  • Increase judicial productivity on both a qualitative and quantitative level to make the delivery of justice more accessible, predictable, cost-effective, and transparent.

 

The concept of Virtual Courts- A Big Step Ahead in Judiciary

 

The idea behind virtual courts is to have the case decided online without the need for litigants or attorneys to appear in court. A place where legal issues are decided upon, in the presence of qualified Judge(s), and which has a highly developed technical infrastructure is referred to as an "e-court" or "Electronic Court."

An online environment and an infrastructure with access to information and communication technology (ICT) are necessary for the operation of e-courts. The goal of e-Courts is to streamline and improve the use of the judicial system. Through numerous channels designed for service delivery, litigants can check the status of their cases online. Litigants can use e-Filing to submit their complaints and pay their court costs and fines online.

 

Conclusion

Gone are the days when courtrooms were confined within conventional boundaries. Now e-courts are the hype. They can develop and improve decision support systems in court while enhancing judicial productivity both quantitatively and qualitatively. This won’t just solve the accessibility issue, but also create predictable, cost-effective, transparent, and reliable judicial systems for the greater good. 

 

 

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

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