Digitization of the Indian Legal System

India is fast embracing the concept of digitization as we have realised that digitization is the way forward. In a country like ours where people are plagued with paperwork, running from pillar to post getting work done just adds on to our woes. In order to expedite the course of justice delivery, digitization of the Indian legal system needs to be brought about.

There is a huge backlog of cases and ushering in a paperless digitized wave, will increase the efficiency of the legal system. The e-Courts mission of the Central Government aims at reducing pendency of court cases, digitizing court records, increasing efficiency, using human resources effectively, making judgments available online for the common man among other things.   

In the wake of the Digital India initiative, the Central Government has also introduced the concept of LIMBS, which is an online platform aiming at digitizing the court process. There has been a remarkable change in the way the legal system was perceived a decade ago and the transition from typewriters to digitized tools is remarkable and it is here to stay.

There are lot many anomalies in the current legal system and there is a serious need for things to be streamlined. Paperwork needs to give way to a more technological approach. Digitizing the legal system will eliminate the problem of storage of documents. Successful automation of court procedures will alleviate the burden on available human resources. Indian courts are inundated with cases and the pendency is on a all time high, a proper system in place is very imperative.

LegalDesk.com, in collaboration with iSPIRT Foundation, is organizing a conference on the Digitization of the Indian Legal System on the occasion of the Legal Services Day, on November 9th. The aim of the conference is to pave way for digitization in the legal space, which is very imperative at this juncture. One of the key topics of discussion would be India Stack and its applicability in the legal space.

The event will feature panel discussions by the likes of legal and technology bigwigs Shri Prabhuling K Navadgi, Additional Solicitor General of India, Shri Aditya Sondhi, Additional Advocate General, Karnataka, Shri Sajan Poovayya, Senior Advocate Supreme Court Of India, Shri Kishore Mandyam, Co founder DAKSH Society of India and Shri Sanjay Khan, Policy expert, iSPIRT Foundation among others, wherein they will talk about the impediments in the present legal system and ways to overcome those by incorporating technology in the system.

Shri. Kishore Mandyam, will deliver a talk on Technology Reforms for the Indian Judiciary, followed by a Paper Presentation and a presentation on Legal Digitization by LegalDesk.com and panel discussions by the above mentioned experts.

During the event, LegalDesk.com is going to release a white paper on the concept of eNotary in our traditional legal system to benefit the lives of common people.

Students, law professionals, advocates, academicians and many others will be attending the event to contribute and learn from this discussion. The conference will be open to anyone who wishes to be a part of this initiative.

Venue: KSCA Auditorium, No. 1, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Cubbon Road, Bengaluru

More details about this Connference can be accessed at http://legaldesk.com/event

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Small Businesses Ascending the Digital Path

# DigitalDesh spanned across 22 cities in 30 days to discover The Internet of Inside India.

Amritsar to Kanyakumari

An endeavor to study the behavioral patterns of entrepreneurs across different regions. To understand their digital business routines, their perceptions, the challenges and their desire to venture into new terrain. An important part of the activity was also to encourage & spread awareness to build a strong digital footprint online.

The journey of #DigitalDesh began from Amritsar and it was only apt that it got its initiation by meeting Jagdeep whose infectious energy highlighted the passion of a business savvy person. A lively man, who was excited to show his smartphone and share his social networking habits that he indulged in to do business with his customers.

Infact Whatsapp was largely used as a business tool because of its ease of use and the popularity by the word of mouth. The cool quotient too.

Local business owners found it easy to share pictures with their IMG_1512customers, samples of new designs by textile owners to or be it the owner in Amritsar who sells religious items to his customers in foreign. A shop keeper who sells cosmetics to the local college students used it to share the new goods/purses that were sold in his showroom.

The most interesting use I found of it was when the fisheries in Karwar used it to overcome language barriers and sharing the pics of fishes which is known by different names in different parts of India and across the world. Although the order was still placed on phone, the pictures were shared over whatsapp.

More savvy business owners have started using facebook pages but it was limited in numbers and even few that were looking to go the app route.

Yes many of the business owners are learning different ways of transactions, although not many of them are familiar with payment gateways, they do use online banking systems and learning to use payment wallets. Education on these will be helpful.

Email Ids – were largely used to place orders and when outlets/franchises are using to interact with their head-office. Although these are not professional ids, most of the time the personal id served both the professional and personal use. Website were still being designed by a trusted source and were given the impression that it takes a really long time to do so. Many were surprised to know about certain tools that would help them set it up in a matter of few minutes.

And yes smartphones do rule in tier 2 & tier 3 cities of India 🙂

One of the key things that I learnt as part of this drive is the need for education on the availability of tools.. lots more to be done in this area. Best part they are hungry to learn and the willingness to grow.