Civil Litigation Process for the Digital Age - Consultation Series
The purpose of this consultation series is the formulation of a Model Civil Rules of Practice to modernise civil litigation in India’s District Judiciary. To achieve this, each paper in the series comprehensively looks into a specific stage in the lifecycle of a civil suit, questions the current processes and reimagines them with technology and simplified legal rules at its core.
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- Consultation Papers Authors Introduction to the series Priyamvadha Shivaji and Jyotika Randhawa User-centric e-filing system for the District Judiciary Atishya Kumar, Deepika Kinhal and Deeksha Katarki Maximising efficiency in summons delivery Atishya Kumar and Deeksha Katarki Data Management for Efficient Civil Litigation Priyamvadha Shivaji Strategies for Effective Case Management Priyamvadha Shivaji and Atishya Kumar Decoding Delays Role of IAs and measures to streamline them Jyotika Randhawa and Deeksha Katarki Rediscovering Discovery and Inspection Atishya Kumar and Deeksha Katarki Framing of Issues and Evidence Atishya Kumar and Deeksha Katarki Project Design and Management Deepika Kinhal Design Kunal Agnihotri Webpage Design Protonshub Suggested Citation: Authors, ‘Title of the Consultation Paper’, Consultation Series on Civil Litigation Process for the Digital Age , (JALDI-Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, January 2024). Example: To cite ‘Decoding Delays: Role of IAs and measures to streamline them’ Jyotika Randhawa & Deeksha Katarki, ‘Decoding Delays: Role of IAs and measures to streamline them’, Consultation Series on Civil Litigation Process for the Digital Age , (JALDI-Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, January 2024). Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the following for their inputs: Suraj Govindaraj (Karnataka High Court) for his guidance which not only steered our efforts but also facilitated our field visits to the district courts of Ballari, Davengere, Chikkamagaluru, Ramanagara in Karnataka, and Ernakulam in Kerala and to the Kerala High Court; the judges, advocates, court staff, process servers and litigants in Ballari, Davangere, Chikkamagaluru, Ramanagara and Ernakulam district courts; Justice A. Muhamed Mushtaqe and Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan of the Kerala High Court; Mr. Gopakumar G. (Registrar (Computerisation) and Director (IT), Kerala High Court); Mr. Joseph Rajesh K.A (Deputy Registrar Kerala High Court); Professor Anil B. Suraj (Professor of Public Policy, IIM-B) for bringing together a team of experts from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and facilitating all the discussions to help the JALDI team with this project. This team consisted of Professor Haritha Saranga (Production and Operations Management Area, Chairperson Sustainability Task Force at IIM-Bangalore) and Professor Gopal Mahapatra (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management Area at IIM-B), who provided exceptional guidance during the creation of the questionnaires for the field visits; and Professor Rajendra Bandi (Information systems area, and Dean (Administration) of IIM-B), who helped analyse the need for technological interventions. Prathiksha Ullal (Research Fellow, Vidhi Karnataka) for her dedicated efforts in conducting field visits; Vidhi interns Bharath Krishna and Aayisha Niloufer for their assistance with conducting field visits, and Aarav Goel, Ojaswi Singh, Adithi Holla, M Pragna, Divyanshi Sharma, Ritam Tripathy, Kartheek Vegesana, and Kanav Khanna for assistance with research. The authors are grateful to Deepika Kinhal who leads the JALDI mission and Shruthi Naik, Senior Resident Fellow (JALDI) for their insightful comments, feedback and ideas which were instrumental in the writing of this consultation series.
