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Unicef on Thursday commended the recent release of 345 children from detention centres in Bangladesh by virtual courts. This marks an important step towards childrens access to justice in Bangladesh and places the protection, safety and best interests of children first,
The Atlantic For better, for worse, and possibly forever This article was published online on April 13, 2021. In July, Michelle Rick, then a circuit-court judge in two Michigan counties, tweeted cheerily about a divorce she’d recently finalized. The participants had appeared in court via their smartphones. “He was on the road & parked his car to attend; she video-tx’d from her work breakroom,” the judge wrote. They were done in 15 minutes—faster than the proverbial Reno divorce. Last spring, as COVID‑19 infections surged for the first time, many American courts curtailed their ope...
The Supreme Court of India. | Sajjad Hussain/AFP The Supreme Court e-committee last week issued a draft Digital Courts Vision and Roadmap, drawn up by a sub-committee of experts consisting of Agami, Daksh and the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. The three NGOs are funded by a mix of Indian philanthropists ranging from the Nilekani Philanthropies to Tata Trusts to Tree of Life Foundation, amongst others. The vision document in question is meant to deal with Phase III of the e-courts project, which is administered by the Supreme Court’s e-committee and funded largely by Parli...
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court (HC) will commence physical hearings in a phased manner from February 22 to March 19. However, the option of virtual hearings will remain functional for some more time. The benches and single judges would function in a rotation manner during this period. Some would hold virtual courts and some would conduct physical hearings.
As India’s courts went virtual, lack of technology in jails became a major hurdle to justice About 40% of prisons had no video conferencing facilities, a new report says. Representational image. | Sam Panthaky / AFP Only 60% of India’s jails had video conferencing facilities just before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, finds a report released by Tata Trusts. Less than half of all states and Union Territories had these facilities in 90% of their jails. As in many countries, India’s Supreme Court directed in April 2020 that court proceedings be conducted via video-conf...