E-Governance At Madras High Court

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1 E-Governance At Madras High Court March 2007 National Informatics Centre Tamil Nadu State Centre Application Systems in use at Madras High Court Interactive Voice Response System is installed at Madras High Court to know the Case Status through telephone Case Status of Madras High Court is posted on Internet

2 Touch Screen Kiosk is installed at Madras High Court for public dissemination Certified copies of Final orders, Bails / Anticipatory Bails and interim application orders are entered and issued through the system. The computerized system has reduced the time delay in issuance of copies to the litigants. Daily Cause Lists are being prepared using the system. Systems are installed at Filing Counter, Posting sections for preparation of cause list. Daily Cause Lists are being hosted on Internet. Number of hits per day is more than 7000 on working days. Reported Judgments are being hosted on Internet. More than 8000 Judgments hosted on Internet. More than 700 users visit the Madras HC Judgment site every day. Statistical reports relating to disposed cases statements are prepared regularly. Information Centre functions at Madras High Court for the benefit of Litigant public to know the status of cases filed at Madras HC. Around 700 case enquiries are received at the enquiry counter every day. New Codification system is introduced at Madras HC in which the advocates are required to fill up the coding sheet for easy classification of cases. The system is implemented from

3 English Record department updates the inward/outward movement of disposed cases. Payroll system is in regular use. Madras High Court Bench at Madurai has more than 100 systems with Local Area Network connecting all the systems. All the application systems in use at Chennai are implemented at Madurai. Web site of Madras High Court launched by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Judge, Supreme Court on The web site address is Maintenance of 14 lakh case details on the systems, including the particulars on disposed cases. Present IT infrastructure More than 350 Desktop Clients More than 8 Servers More than 50 Thin clients More than 100 Printers

4 Filing Counter Computerisation Fresh cases are filed at the filing counter by making use of systems available. At filing Counter, details of the cases such as advocate name, fees are entered. The computer maintains the status of each case right from its institution till its final disposal. Entry of Fresh cases, Represented cases, SR Returns, Compliance are entered. Daily SR Report, Return report is generated through the system.

5 Certified Copy Issue The certified copies of Final orders, Bails/Anticipatory Bails and interim application orders are issued through the system. On an average, 2000 Final hearing and 3000 Interim orders are issued through the system per Month. More than 3,00,000 interim orders are available in the system The system has reduced the time delay in issuing the certified copies to the litigant public. More than 1,00,000 final hearing orders are available in the system

6 Information center at Madras High Court Information center functions at Madras High Court premises for the benefit of litigants. At Information center Status of cases filed at Madras High Court and Supreme court can be known at the center. Status of copy application stage can be viewed/printed through the system. Touch screen kiosk is installed and ready for use. Status of copy application stage can be viewed/printed through the system

7 Systems at Notice Section Systems provided in Notice section for preparation of notice and updation of notice information. Once the case is filed and numbered, notices to the parties can be generated by the system. More than 100 writ notices (Rule NISI) are prepared per day. Once the reply is received from the parties, the status of the case whether ready or not ready can be maintained.

8 Home Page of Madras High Court Web site of Madras High Court launched by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Judge, Supreme Court on The Home Page contains the rules of the Madras High Court, profiles of the The Hon ble Judges, Photos and History.

9 English Record Department Software module developed for English Record department which maintains the case bundles of dispose case is put into use since Sep The systems maintains the inward and outward movement status of case bundles. Search facility is provided on case wise, party name wise.

10 Cause list on Internet Instead of waiting for the paper copies, the advocates & litigants having access to internet can refer the cause list on the web. The Madras High Court and Madurai Bench cause list is hosted on Internet Number of visitors visiting the Causelist page of Madras High Court per day is more than 6000 on working days. The web site address is Search facility is available on judge wise, advocate wise,, court wise and case number wise. Judgments on Internet Reported Judgments are being hosted on Internet. The web site address is or More than 8000 Judgments are hosted on the Internet as on date.

11 Case Status WP.123/2005

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13 Computerisation of Madurai Bench Daily Causelists Generation Hosting of Causelist on Internet Capturing of all Judgements /orders on Computer More than 28,000 judgements / orders available in the system Issue of Certified Copies Hosting of Reportable Judgements on Internet Payroll and Administrative Applications Maintenance of 1.1 lakh case details on the systems, including the particulars on disposed cases. Videoconferencing facililty is available at Madras High Court and Madurai Bench Videoconferencing facility at courts Videoconferencing (VC) facililty is available in more than 62 courts in Tamil Nadu and remand prisoners are produced through VC from 9 Prisons. More than 10,000 prisoners per month are produced through VC.