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New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India is the nation’s highest judicial court; it upholds the rule of law, is the custodian of the Constitution of India and guarantees the protection of the rights and liberties of the citizens of this nation. The Supreme Court of India replaced the Federal Court of India and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and was established on January 28, 1950. Just like the Republic Day, this year is the 75th year of the foundation of the Supreme Court and on this occasion, the Supreme Court Diamond Jubilee Celebrations are taking place today and the Chief Guest for this event is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As PM Modi inaugurates the Supreme Court Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, take a look at his complete schedule…
As mentioned earlier, the Supreme Court of India is celebrating 75 years since its foundation today, on January 28. A function and celebration is being organised at the Supreme Court building in New Delhi. While present and retired Supreme Court Judges, Chief Justices of different states and CJI DY Chandrachud will participate in this event, the chief guest for it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi will inaugurate the celebrations; check his complete schedule.
The Chief Guest for today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching a few initiatives and will also be addressing the gathering. The project launches include citizen-centric information and technology initiatives like Digital Supreme Court Reports (Digi SCR), Digital Courts 2.0 and the new website for the apex court. As mentioned earlier, the Prime Minister will also be addressing the gathering today.
The Digi SCR will make all the judgements available for the citizens of the country to ensure transparency from the judiciary’s end; these judgements will be accessed free of cost in electronic format. It will include 519 volumes and 36,308 cases of all the SC Report made since 1950 in a user-friendly, bookmarked manner with open and easy access.
The Digital Courts 2.0 App is an initiative under the e-courts project which makes the court records available for all district court judges in electronic format. It also has an artificial intelligence support for transcribing speech to text in real time.
As mentioned earlier, a new website will also be launched by PM Modi which will be bilingual, i.e. in both Hindi and English; it has been redesigned keeping in mind its users, with a user-friendly interface.
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