Overview
- Chief Justice Surya Kant used a SCAORA lecture to present the judiciary's digital push as an instrument for access and transparency rather than technology for its own sake.
- The 'One Case One Data' initiative aims to create a single, standardised digital record for every case so the Supreme Court can view trial‑court status with one click and avoid duplicate files.
- The e‑Courts ecosystem and the National Judicial Data Grid give courts e‑filing, digital case management, online records and real‑time pendency data to help allocate judges and resources more efficiently.
- The Supreme Court highlighted AI tools in active use—SUVAS, which has translated judgments into 16 regional languages, and SuSahay, a conversational case‑status and procedural aid—while circulating draft regulations to ensure AI only augments human judges and protects privacy and data security.
- Judges said the changes have practical effects for people on the ground: lawyers in smaller towns now access digital libraries and cause lists on mobile phones, and litigants can track cases and join virtual hearings without costly travel, building on two decades of gradual court digitisation.