January 7th, 2011
One of the most challenging tasks for India is to provide legal framework for information society. It is also known as legal enablement of ICT systems in India. The main component of this process is that legal and judicial systems are customised in line with information and communication technology (ICT).
The examples of such process include electronic courts (E-courts), online dispute resolution (ODR) mechanism, enacting good cyber law, enacting good laws regarding cyber forensics, etc.
In the Indian context, a significant growth has already been achieved regarding computerisation of traditional courts and their procedures. Many crucial aspects regarding Indian litigation like case list, case status, certified copies, etc are available online. This has also considerable reduced the backlog of cases in India.
However, despite this growth India has failed on almost all other fronts. For instance, till January 2011 we are still waiting for the establishment of first e-court in India. We do not have any ODR mechanism in India, we have an outdated and criminal friendly cyber law in the form of information technology act, 2000 that requires urgent amendments, we have no laws regarding cyber forensics in India, etc. In short, legal enablement of ICT systems in India has failed so far.
A recent development regarding legal and judicial reforms pertains to national litigation policy of India (NLPI). Law Minister Veerappa Moily has launched this policy and very soon the same may be finalised. However, NLPI also failed to consider legal enablement of ICT systems in India properly. It failed to address the requirements of e-courts and ODR mechanisms.
We at Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) have publically provided our suggestions in this regard especially regarding e-courts and ODR. Hopefully, these suggestions would be incorporated in the final NLPI. After all legal enablement of ICT systems is an essential part of legal and judicial reforms of India and it cannot be ignored for long.
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December 6th, 2010
Technology related or digital issues are not popular either among the legal or among the judicial community of India. This is the reason why cyber law and cyber forensics related issues are seldom found mention in the courts. However, the future belongs to technology related disputes and their resolution.
While foreign countries are giving lots of emphasis to cyber related education and training, India is not doing enough in this regard. Crucial training areas like lifelong learning or continuing legal education (CLE) are still missing in India.
The bar council of India (BCI) is the main authority that is responsible for improving standards of legal professionals in India. Till now, BCI has not been able to materialise its objective of providing scientific and technical professional training to lawyers in India.
The problem seems to be lack of management and expertise in this regard in India. Even Law Ministry of India has not been able to contribute significantly in this direction. Although Law Minister Veerappa Moily has promised many legal and judicial reforms, yet they are still in pipeline. Till these reforms are actually implemented, legal and judicial standards in India cannot improve.
Even the law enforcement agencies of India are not aware of cyber crimes and cyber law related issues. They do not know how to deal with cyber related issues much less how to handle digital evidence. There is also lack of proper cyber law and cyber forensics training for law enforcement agencies of India.
On the other hand, other nations are working really hard in this regard. Take the example of U.S. Attorney’s. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has sponsored its first “Cyber Crime, Electronic Evidence, and Cyber Security Training” for local and federal law enforcement officials. The purpose of the training is to equip law enforcement agencies of US to deal with cyber crimes.
Investigation of cyber crimes, use of digital evidence and lawful search and seizure of computers is very essential for law enforcement agencies. At Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) we provide techno legal research, training and education to law enforcement agencies, public prosecutors and lawyers, judicial officers, corporate executives, law graduates, professionals, etc.
The best part of these trainings is that they are all managed in an online environment through our “Online Platform”. Application form for the enrollment to various courses, internships and trainings can be downloaded from here. You must duly fill the form and submit the same along with the prescribed fees. For more details regarding the fees, duration of courses, natures of courses, etc see the FAQs.
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July 2nd, 2010
Legal education, like any other education, requires reforms and upgradation. The educational system of India is more academic and lesser professional or vocational. This also applies to legal education. We need good professional education and practical trainings if we wish to produce qualitative manpower.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has considerably changed the way we educate and train. Traditional methods of education and trainings have been further strengthened by use of ICT. Concepts like e-learning, video tutorials, web based study and trainings, etc have emerged.
ICT has also changed the syllabus and course contents itself. For example, newer courses like cyber law, cyber security, cyber forensics, etc have emerged that were beyond contemplation a few decades ago.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) is in the process of reforming the way legal education in general and legal profession in particular would be rejuvenated. Its outline is perfect as it is covering legal education and legal profession from the level of law graduation to continuing legal education (CLE) in India.
There also seems to be some overlapping between the functioning of HRD Ministry and Law Ministry regarding legal education in India. It would be a good strategy for the Law Ministry and BCI to start implementing its declared initiatives one by one.
At Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB), some of our initiatives are almost identical with the initiatives of BCI. We would be glad to associate with the BCI in general and Law Ministry in particular regarding various Legal, Judicial and Legislative Projects.
At PTLB we appreciate the initiatives of Mr. Gopal Subramanium and Mr. Veerappa Moily in this regard and would be glad to strengthen them further. We also believe that issues like Bar Examination of India (BEI) require a holistic and wholesome strategy.
We would discuss about our techno-legal initiatives one by one in our subsequent posts. At PTLB we manage some of the exclusive techno-legal trainings, coachings, education and research activities in the entire world. We are also open to all sorts of collaborations, tie up, consortiums, etc.
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July 2nd, 2010
HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal is all set to reform legal education in India. This is despite the stiff resistance by Law Minister Mr. Veerappa Moily and Bar Council of India (BCI). Recently, Sibal declared his intention to include paralegal education within the ambit of his domain.
Now a high level committee headed by Sibal decided that one of the proposed 14 innovation universities will be devoted to legal education and will concentrate on research and masters programmes. The university will be set up under public-private-partnership model.
A nine-member committee will be set up to suggest the modalities for setting up of the universities. The syllabus for this university would be provided by UGC with assistance from legal experts and retired judges of eminence.
It is also observed that since the matter pertains to an LLM degree, there should not be any objection from BCI as it deals with LLB degree only. It seems besides the academic education of LLB, now even the LLM degree has been taken out of the purview of BCI.
It is high time for the BCI to engage some good institutions and individuals to infuse a new life in its dying reign over academic and professional legal education and trainings in India.
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June 23rd, 2010
Law Minister Mr. Veerappa Moily has
released the national litigation policy of India. It aims at reducing not only the litigation in India but also the time taken to finish litigation in India. The policy has been formulated under the National Legal Mission. It has many great proposals that would go a long way in reducing the litigation debacle in India.
It has streamline the government representations in the litigation, suggested curbing unnecessary adjournments by lawyers, limiting unnecessary appeals, discouraging delayed replies, embarking upon requirements of specialised litigation, etc.
Although the entire policy is a good one there are two aspects that are worth special mention. The first one is the requirement to review pending cases and screen frivolous and vexatious matters from the meritorious ones. The second pertains to active and frequent use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism like arbitration, mediation, etc instead of traditional litigation.
The policy also says that the Government advocates must be well equipped and provided with adequate infrastructure. Efforts will be made to provide the agencies which conduct Government litigation with modern technology such as computers, internet links, etc. Common research facilities must be made available for Government lawyers as well as equipment for producing compilations of cases.
Overall, the policy is a great blueprint to bring legal reforms in India. The only drawback seems to be that Law Minister has not given enough attention to information and communication technology (ICT) related issues of litigation. For instance, brief mention of online dispute resolution (ODR) and e-courts could have made the policy perfect. Nevertheless, the policy is a good step in the right direction.
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