Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Supreme Court of India at the highest court on Sunday afternoon.
To mark the 75th year of the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister will launch citizen-centric information and technology initiatives including Digital Supreme Court Reports (Digi SCR), Digital Courts 2.0 and a new Supreme Court website, a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office the agency said Saturday.
He will also address the meeting on this special occasion.
The Digital Supreme Court Reports (SCR) will make judgments of the Supreme Court available to the citizens of the country free of charge and in electronic format.
The key features of digital SCR are that all 519 volumes of Supreme Court reports since 1950, covering 36,308 cases, will be available in a digital format, bookmarked, easy to use and open access.
The Digital Courts 2.0 application is a recent initiative within the framework of the e-Courts project to make court files available in electronic form to the judges of the courts. This involves the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to convert speech to text in real time.
The Prime Minister will also launch the new Supreme Court website. The new website will be bilingual in English and Hindi and has been redesigned with a user-friendly interface.
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First print: January 27, 2024 | 4:14 PM IST