Justice Chandrachud Lauds Orissa High Court’s Perseverance Towards Institutionalizing the Digitization in Court

Cuttack: Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the Chairperson of the Apex Court’s E-Committee, has lauded the Orissa High Court’s continuous efforts, hard work and perseverance towards institutionalizing the digitization in the Court.

Orissa High Court has been truly in the ‘forefront’ in implementing initiatives of the E-Committee of the Supreme Court of India, said Justice Chandrachud while speaking at the first anniversary celebration of the Orissa High Court’s
Record Room Digitisation Centre (‘RRDC’).

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Judges of the High Court and the members of the RRDC Committee headed by Justice Debabrata Dash were present on the occasion.

Justice Chandrachud, who had inaugurated the Centre on September 11 last year, said that the mark of this one year exhibits a period of continuous efforts, of hard work and perseverance towards institutionalizing the digitization in Courts.

He said that framing of a policy in a room of policy-experts is not the most difficult task nor is its initiatives, it is important that we continue implementation of the project, he added.

Justice Chandrachud has praised Orissa High Court for being an ‘exception’ and for putting incessant efforts to institutionalize digitization.

He further said, by creating the record room and initiating the process of digitising records, the Orissa High Court has not only created a sustainable service which can outlast the pandemic but also ensured that the initiatives are no longer in response to a difficulty but rather they are driven by an active endeavour to create a robust judicial system that is open and accessible.

The record room has digitised over 5,19,075 files so far. This is truly a commendable feat, which has ushered in an era of open and transparent justice delivery system, he further said.

Justice Chandrachud and Chief Justice Muralidhar have lauded the Odisha Government appreciating the State for extending all the supports to High Court in its digitization initiatives .