Goodbye, heaps of files. 1st three SC courtrooms go paperless

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Equipped with the latest technology and software, these three courtrooms will work as paperless courts from Monday onwards, when the apex court resumes hearings after a 45-day summer break...

While courtroom 1 is presided by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, courtroom 2 is headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and courtroom 3 by Justice Sanjiv Khanna...

Normally, physical case files are prepared for all the judges and are then sent to respective courtrooms in the morning every day..

However, from Monday onwards, no physical files would be sent to these three courtrooms and the judges sitting in them would have to peruse case files digitally, explained an officer of the SC registry who did not wish to be named...

With a new library software in place, these citations or case references would flash on the new display screens that have been installed for judges sitting in these court halls...

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