JUSTICE CLOCK

Jan. 21, 2022

Supreme Court e-Committee chairperson and SC judge Justice DY Chandrachud inaugurated two digital services for Gujarat High court — a ‘Justice Clock’, and electronic payment of court fee.

What is the ‘Justice Clock’ ?

  • An LED display of 7 feet by 10 feet, placed at a height of 17 feet from the ground, has been erected at a busy crossroad near the Gujarat High Court premises.

  • This ‘Justice Clock’ will exhibit vital statistics of the justice delivery system in Gujarat, to “maximise outreach and visibility” of the work done by the state judiciary.

  • The interface has been designed and developed in-house and will display data from the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) in real-time.

  • A similar format of Gujarat judiciary-related statistics will also be available on the Gujarat HC website under a tab of ‘Virtual Justice Clock’, accessible to all.

What is e-court fee and how will it help?

  • While the online e-Courts fee system was already available for the Gujarat High Court, which was tested on a pilot basis allowing advocate and parties to procure judicial stamps online through electronic payment and upon submission of a PDF receipt, this platform now stands expanded to all district and taluka courts.

  • The payment platform is of StockHolding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL) as empanelled by the Gujarat government.

  • A PDF receipt of the fee paid will be generated and submitted to the court registry concerned.

  • It will then be verified from within the digital case information system and locked as ‘consumed’, wherein the receipt will be defaced, so as to avoid its reuse or misuse.

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