E-Governance is in full swing... with Government announcing 'Judiciary IT enabling project'. Yesterday, Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated 5-year Rs 854 crore IT enabling project for Judiciary, with its aim to make "the justice delivery system affordable, accessble, cost effective, transparent and accountable."  With the help of Technology, the overall objective is to reduce the burden on the courts and also to provide various resources to the common public online.

Now-a-days, it is not uncommon to find a Desktop computer in front of a Judicial Magistarte in every court-room, whether it is a Supreme court, High Court or even a District Court. Also cause lists are available on websites of various courts but still Government feels the IT benefits havn't been fully exploited for the Indian Judiciary so far, there is scope for lot more... which will help in bringing the legal costs down for a common man.

Last month in another news, it was announced that some of the Delhi's Police Station system will be computerized and Public will be able to lodge FIRs online. That is surely a welcome step, now you don't need to plead before a Police official to register your FIR.