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Judicial Panel Submits Roadmap for Modernising India’s Courts
A group working on improving courts has given its first report to India’s top judge.
The group is called the Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee.
Justice Aravind Kumar leads it.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant created the committee on May 12.
The committee’s report suggests ways to modernise courts across the country.
It focuses on better court infrastructure and services.
The report also refers to citizen-centric services and e-Courts.
It was submitted on Monday, almost four months after the committee began its work.
The Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee submitted an interim report to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.
The report outlines a roadmap for modernising courts across the country.
Supreme Court Judge Justice Aravind Kumar heads the high-powered committee.
The committee was constituted by CJI Surya Kant on May 12.
The report was submitted on Monday, nearly four months after the committee’s formation.
- Who
- The Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee, headed by Supreme Court Judge Justice Aravind Kumar, submitted the report to CJI Surya Kant.
- What
- The committee submitted an interim report containing a roadmap for modernising courts and improving citizen-centric services and e-Courts.
- Where
- The report concerns courts across the country; the submission location was not stated.
- When
- The report was submitted on Monday, nearly four months after the committee was constituted on May 12.
- Why
- The committee was formed to develop a roadmap for court modernisation.
Key facts
- Committee
- Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee
- Committee head
- Justice Aravind Kumar
- Recipient
- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
- Report type
- Interim report
- Focus
- Court modernisation, citizen-centric services and e-Courts
- Formation date
- May 12
- Submission timing
- Nearly four months after constitution
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