Tele-Law program touches new milestone
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Polity & Governance
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8th Jul, 2021
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Context
The Department of Justice commemorated the milestone of crossing nine lakh beneficiaries under its Tele-Law programme.
About the Tele-Law Program
- Tele-Law means the use of communications and information technology for the delivery of legal information and advice.
- Launched by: Ministry of Law and Justice in collaboration with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- Year: 2017
- Objective: To tackle cases at pre–litigation stage.
- It connects Lawyers to Litigants through video conferencing facilities and telephone service to provide legal advice.
- The concept of Tele-Law is to facilitate the delivery of legal advice through a panel of lawyers stationed at the State Legal Services Authorities (SALSA) and CSC.
- The project initiates to connect citizens with lawyers through video conferencing facilities by the Para-Legal Volunteers stationed at identified 1800 Panchayat.
Reach of the Programme
- Tele-Law programme is presently operational in 633 districts, including 115 Aspirational Districts across 34 States and Union Territories through a network of 50 thousand Common Service Centres.
- Tele-Law saw a surge of 369 percent growth in number of beneficiaries seeking legal advice during last one year.
Other e-Courts initiatives
- Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s efficiency (SUPACE): It is an AI-driven tool designed to assist judges with processing information.
- National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG): It will permit citizens to check the pendency of cases across the country.
- E-SevaKendras: The eSeva Kendra are dedicated to and are supposed to serve the common litigant as a one-stop center for all his/her Court related needs.
- eCourts Services App
- Draft Vision Document of e-Courts Project Phase III: A sub-committee the E-Committee of the Supreme Court has released the Draft Vision Document of e-Courts Project Phase III. The objective it hopes to achieve is on finalization to provide a blueprint for the judiciary to adopt and implement digitization.
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