The Karnataka High Court has taken several initiatives such as display of Preamble of the Constitution of India digitally in 3 Languages i.e., Kannada, Hindi and English in the Center Portico of the High Court. The High Court has installed Justice Clocks in all the three Benches i.e., Principal Bench, Bengaluru and Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi. Link for Virtual Justice Clock is provided in the website of the High Court of Karnataka and in the District Court website. The High Court established Virtual Court for Traffic Challan in Bengaluru City on 6 August 2020 and launched official telegram channel of the High Court of Karnataka and for 30 Districts in District Judiciary. Telegram Chatbot is also designed and developed for the High Court of Karnataka.
The High Court launched the Official YouTube channel for the purpose of streaming all the official programs and also live streaming of the court proceedings; and also started Live Streaming of Court proceedings from January 2022. In the High Court and District Judiciary, the Hybrid mode of Video Conferencing is in the place.
The High Court so far established 25 Nos. of eSeva Kendras in various Court Complexes of the State inclusive of 3 eSeva Kendras in the Principal Bench of High Court and in the Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi.
In the High Court, online payment of Court Fee, Process Fee and Copying Charges is enabled through “Online Services” having integration with Khajane -II Portal of the State Treasury. The High court has introduced portal to enable the litigants and advocates to make online application for certified copies for orders and other documents.
Surety Scrutiny Management Application is rolled out in Karnataka State Judiciary to prevent the professional sureties standing as sureties in multiple cases, and to avoid fake sureties being accepted, as a matter of routine in different Courts.
A new web Portal for Information on Appeals registered in the High Court has been developed in-house. Digitization of Court records has been started in High Court on In-House basis by Scanning and Digitization of current records. The High Court has already implemented NSTEP (National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processes) Project in the entire State Judiciary.
The Indian Law Reports, (Karnataka Series) are the Authorized Reports, under the Authority of the Government of Karnataka by the Karnataka Law Reporting Council. The ILR Web Application is developed with various search options (citations, head note) and the Karnataka ILR judgments are available from the year 2018 to till date.
The Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) has been introduced. Bhoomi Integration with CIS is rolled out in all talukas of Bengaluru Rural District and Chikkaballapur District. The project for installation of CCTV taken up in 12 Districts is under progress. A dedicated Website for Commercial Courts has been inaugurated. Touch screen kiosks are installed in 3 benches of High Court of Karnataka and 580 district court complexes.
AI-backed tool, Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software (SUVAS), is being delpoyed to translate documents/ judgments from English into Kannada.
The High Court of Karnataka has updated / translated the contents of e-Committee website in Kannada. In Karnataka, 5 District Judiciary websites have been migrated to S3WAAS. The High Court and all the Court establishments of the District Judiciary in the State are on boarded to e-Filing portal. E-filing 3.0 is now adopted in the entire State.
(Data from Indian Judiciary. Annual Report 2022-2023)
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