CJI calls for 'unified judicial policy'

Use of technology to converge practices across courts

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

CJI Justice Surya Kant

Pushing for a “unified judicial policy”, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said technology can help align standards and practices across courts, creating a “seamless experience” for citizens, regardless of their location.

He said high courts — due to the federal structure — have had their own practices and technological capacities, and “regional barriers’ can be broken down with technology to create a more unified judicial ecosystem.

Delivering the keynote address at the West Zone Regional Conference in Jaisalmer, Kant proposed the idea of a “national judicial ecosystem” and called for an overhaul of India’s judicial system with the integration of technology.