e-Justice

e-Justice (http://www.ejustice.org.in/home.do ), a pilot initiative funded by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a citizen centric approach for providing access to justice through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It will help to provide a crucial link between rule of law, poverty eradication, human rights and sustainable human development and to provide better access to justice.

The project aims at promoting legal awareness through an electronic interface by presenting the key legislations in a simple manner and by simplifying relevant judgments, certain procedural regulations and enlightening on the existence of alternative remedies and making the same available to the general public through information Kiosks etc

Services:

  1. The e-Justice project will enable access to legal information provided in a simple manner, through Kiosks set up in select places in the district of Mahabubnagar. The Pilot project is launched at Shadnagar and will be followed by kiosks at Gadwal, Nagarkurnool and Narayanpet. The public at large can approach them and obtain the required information. The e-Justice website can also be accessed from anywhere in Mahabubnagar district where Internet facility is available. Being a pilot project, the website services have been limited to the district of Mahabubnagar as on date.
  2. Special emphasis has been made to focus on problems faced by women, children and other marginalized sections of the society. Accordingly, land related laws, women related laws, labour laws and general laws affecting the common man in his day to day life have been included. More laws will be updated as the access to the kiosk increases.
  3. The information available to the citizens will make them aware of the law involved in the issue, the process for solution and the various modes of redressal available, whether through the courts or through Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms such as Lok Adalats, assistance of Legal Services Authorities, the Human Rights Commission or various civil society organizations.
  4. The e-Justice portal will also facilitate the citizen to send queries to the legal experts at CGG or file an online application to the Legal Services Authority or the Revenue Courts wherever applicable seeking its involvement in guiding him/her through the proper mode of resolving the problem.
  5. Once the concerned authority considers the person eligible for its services, then depending on the nature of the grievance, it will propose the options available, i.e., whether the dispute is entitled to be referred only to the Court System or to Lok Adalats. The concerned Authority will direct the case to any of the advocates on its panel to represent the citizen in the appropriate forum.
  6. A mechanism will be put in place to ensure that the advocate is required to submit a report on proceedings of every hearing to the concerned Authority who shall in turn forward the same report to the web portal which can be accessed by the concerned citizen to know the status of his case.

Services you can avail at the kiosk:

  • Obtain the required legal information.
  • Take a print out of the information if necessary.
  • Send queries to legal experts at CGG, the Legal Services Authority or any other authority.
  • Send online application of your legal problem to the concerned authority.
  • Check the status of your case if the concerned authority has accepted your application.

To know more about e-Justice, please Click on: http://www.ejustice.org.in/home.do