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Raje seeks funds for strengthening of judicial infrastructure

Special Correspondent

`This would help in the delivery of speedy justice to the people'

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has called upon the Centre to provide full assistance to States under the Centrally- sponsored schemes for strengthening of judicial infrastructure through the application of information technology. This, she said, would help in the delivery of speedy justice to the people at large.

Addressing a one-day conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices in New Delhi on Saturday, Ms. Raje said while the application of IT would speed up the reform and modernisation process, the States would need hundred per cent Central assistance in this sector in view of their limited resources.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the conference and it was attended, among others, by the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, S.N. Jha, and the Additional Chief Secretary of Rajasthan, D.C. Samant.

Ms. Raje pointed out that Rajasthan was geographically the largest State in the country and had a relatively low density of population. She said the State Government wanted to expand the network of courts to the sub-tehsil level in order to provide easily accessible justice to the poor in the rural areas.

The Chief Minister said the works relating to computerisation and video-conferencing had been taken up on priority in the desert State with the Rajasthan High Court's principal seat in Jodhpur and the Bench in Jaipur being connected to each other. Similarly, the Jodhpur district courts and Central Jail had been linked recently by utilising the IT applications.

The State Government's Law and Justice Department had prepared a computer software "Litig'' for compiling the information regarding the Government litigation pending in courts, which would help in their review and early disposal.

Ms. Raje suggested that a mechanism for training and upgradation be evolved as part of the second phase of modernisation and computerisation of courts to extend the benefits of IT to all sections associated with judiciary.

She said the State Government would render all possible support to the task.

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