One Case One Data Initiative and Digitisation of India’s Judiciary

India’s Judiciary

Context

The Supreme Court of India recently launched the “One Case One Data” initiative along with “Su Sahay”, an Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot, to improve digital access and case management in the judicial system.

About One Case One Data

  1. The platform is designed to connect case records from the Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts and taluka courts into a common digital framework.
  2. It seeks to simplify judicial administration by enabling integrated access to court-related information across different levels of courts.
  3. Under the system, every case will receive a unique digital identification number linking all related documents and records together.
  4. The initiative will support automatic retrieval of data from court databases and facilitate quicker online verification of case details.
  5. When a matter is transferred from a lower court to a higher court, earlier records will be digitally integrated and updated instead of being recreated.
  6. The system is expected to reduce procedural delays caused by manual verification and scattered judicial records.
  7. It will also improve coordination among courts and allow relevant case information to be shared with High Courts and government departments when required.

About ‘Su Sahay’

  1. “Su Sahay” is an Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot available on the Supreme Court website.
  2. It has been developed jointly by the National Informatics Centre and the Supreme Court Registry.
  3. The chatbot is intended to make court-related services more accessible for litigants and the public.

It assists users by providing guidance on filing procedures, access to services and other general court-related queries.