Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has highlighted the importance of physical, technological and personnel infrastructure in the judiciary, saying that technology should supplement, not replace the physical access to courts.
Speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the new office premises of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Mumbai, the CJI said that it was no answer to a wheel-chaired litigant, a senior citizen or a lactating mother for the courts to tell them that they were better experienced online.
The technology must supplement and not sabotage the physical access to courts, he said, adding that the choice on how to access the courts must lie with the litigant alone.
He said the function as courts and tribunals was to give them an effective choice between a fully functional and accessible court complex and an equally functional technology-enabled court.
As per the CJI, the court’s personnel infrastructure, along with lawyers and judges, also comprised the Registry and the support staff, which formed the backbone of the court system at all levels.
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