E Sewa Kendras – Bridging the digital divide and ensuring justice for All
815 E Sewa Kendras have been made under 25 High Courts, benefiting all the stakeholders to avail citizen-centric services of courts and case-related information conveniently.
About E Sewa Kendras: eSewa Kendras have been rolled out to bridge the digital divide by providing e-filing services to lawyers and litigants. Covering all High Courts and one District Court as a pilot project, it is being expanded to cover all court complexes. The E Sewa Kendras are being set up at the entry point of the court complexes with the intention of facilitating the lawyer or litigant who needs any kind of assistance ranging from information to facilitation and e-filing.
On 30 October 2020, India’s first e-Resource Center was inaugurated at Nagpur in Maharashtra. The e-Resource Centre “Nyay Kaushal” will facilitate the e-filing of cases in the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and District Courts across the country. It will also assist the lawyers and litigants in accessing online e-Courts services and shall be the saviour for those who cannot afford the technology. It will provide benefits in saving time, avoidance of exertion, travelling long distances, and saving cost by offering facilities for e-filing of cases across the country, conducting the hearing virtually, Scanning, Accessing e-Courts services etc.
Disclaimer: This is an official press release by pib.
