Interactive session on judicial reforms

Phagwara, June 17

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Lovely Professional University (LPU) on Tuesday organised an online interaction and discussion on law and legislature. Joint Secretary GR Raghavender of the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, forwarded relevant academic observations and views on the event named ‘Judicial reform: Issues, concerns and challenges’.

Raghavendra commenced the session by saying that major changes have emerged in the judicial system during unprecedented times of the Covid-19 pandemic. The speaker also highlighted the reforms in the form of e-filing, virtual courts, special courts with emphasis laid on the role of the scheme ‘Gram Nayalaya’. He also familiarised participants with new methods of making justice accessible to the people in the form of ‘Nayaya Bandhu’ App.

The students and faculty made significant queries to the speaker about the ‘Nayaya Vikas’ scheme including online web portal monitoring. The law expert also discussed the ‘weightage disposal formula’, which helps in solving the case, and analysing the number of new judges and other posts required to provide justice to the people. He also said that a major part of the judiciary has now been computerised with web portals, databases of cases. He said all of these cases are now categorised in a system with their year-wise pendency details, including reasons for pendency along with the chronological adjournments. — OC