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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Integrated Case Management System in New Delhi on 10 May – a step towards digitising the Supreme Court. The system will allow the digital filing of cases in the Supreme Court, and allow litigants to access data and retrieve information online.
PM Modi launched the system in the presence of Chief Justice of India, Jagdish Singh Khehar, and Union Minister for Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Speaking at the event, PM Modi said that technology has the power to transform our economic potential. India must create a mass movement to provide legal aid to the poor, he said.
Under the new system, departments in both central and state governments will be notified online if they are made party to a case. The system also enables online processing of the court fees.
Elaborating on the benefits of the new system, the CJI said "nobody now can say he has filed, when not filed, because the client knows the moment you have filed. The moment you file, the filing system tells you about what court fees you have to pay. And so does your client know that this much is the amount of court fees involved."
(With inputs from PTI)
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