SC Justice Gavai did the inauguration ceremony...
On Friday, SC judge Justice B R Gavai inaugurated the nation's first exclusive Digital Court for handling cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act.
Justice Gavai also launched an online dispute resolution platform, named We-Solv Virtual Solution Maker, which will facilitate online deliberations by all the stakeholders, at an event held at the High Court auditorium.
He also inaugurated a Model Digital Court Room conceived by the Kerala High Court, specifically designed to overcome the limitations of traditional court rooms.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, also attended the event, inaugurated the Special Courts in Ernakulam and Alappuzha which are made to handle cases under the SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the BUDS Act (Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019) respectively.
Referring to the changes of technological aspects after the COVID-19, Justice Gavai said the Supreme Court started virtual hearings within 48 hours of lockdown.
"Everyone knows, when Justice Chandrachud, as his lordship then was, had dealt with a public interest litigation, that too virtually with regard to the supply of oxygen to many states.
Then, this technology provided help to the millions of Indian citizens who otherwise would have been neglected of the right to access justice at that time," Justice Gavai said.
He added that justice should not be denied to any person on account of his incapacity to pay an amount to the lawyer.
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