(LiveMint)
The Supreme Court (SC) has made filing cases online simple and affordable amid restrictions over maintain social distancing. According to the SC registry, 640 cases were registered online between 22 March and 8 July.
“The e-filing process in the Supreme Court has made it easy to file cases. During the lockdown period, 640 advocates on record have registered for e-filing cases in (the) Supreme Court. This is a move towards digitization of the judicial process,” said law and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
While the covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent nationwide lockdown prompted the apex court to adopt e-filing of cases for urgent petitions, it is now slowly opening it for regular matters. In May, the court had allowed e-filing of petitions by advocates on record (AoR), amid the lockdown.
