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Gunjan Singh

10 December, 2009

E-court presupposes a facility to file cases electronically. Till now there is no e-filing facility provided by the Delhi high Court on its website. If cases cannot be filed and fought online, there is no question of a court to be called e-court

SETTING UP of e-courts in India have always remained a distant dream. Time again there has been press releases and official statements regarding establishment of e-courts in India. However, these are mere media rumours and there is no relief for the litigants, witnesses, lawyers and judges.

The latest court to join this race is the Delhi High Court. It has been widely publicized in the media that Delhi High Court would open the first e-court of India in the first week of December, 2009. From past experience it is absolutely clear that nothing like that will happen. History has been repeated once again and the Delhi High Court also failed to start the first e-court in India.

E-court presupposes, at least a facility to file cases electronically. Till now there is no e-filing facility provided by the Delhi high Court on its website. If cases cannot be filed and fought online, there is no question of a court to be called e-court. If a litigant has to go all the way to the concerned court, then there is no need of any e-courts at all. E-courts facilitate a timely, economical and hassle free litigation system. The same cannot be achieved through an e-court established on paper alone.

The fact remains that India has no e-court. E-courts are much more than mere connectivity and computerisation of traditional courts. The moment e-filing, presentation, contest and adjudication of the cases in an online environment starts, India would surely be capable of setting up e-courts. In the absence of these capabilities, we have to wait for a few more years to get speedier justice in India and all media rumours must be ignored.