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1*Mr. Debasis Sundaray, 2Dr. Bhavana Sharma, 3Deepak Kumar Sahoo

1*Ph.D. Scholar in Law, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar

2Associate Professor, Birla School of Law, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar

3Ph.D. in Law, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar

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Abstract

“Justice delayed is Justice denied”.

Indian Judiciary has indeed come a long way as it has been purposive to provide social justice and equality to all. The social orientation has given more focus and directives for Indian courts to function and operate. The Indian population of India has been rising at meteoric rates the challenge prevails to satisfy the needs and wants of 140 crores. E courts have become a functional and operative mechanism in the Indian judiciary. The need for initial development of infrastructure, and facilities, and integrating court cases online is felt more by Judges & lawyers. Indian E court system has reached all parts of India, and we can be happy that it is functional. This research is an investigation into the objectives of E courts to ensure the timely delivery of justice and to find out the challenges associated with it. This study would be exploratory and conclusive. This study would be based on secondary data as the information on the effectiveness of E-court implementation would be evaluated. The strategies for effective implementation of E-court procedures in India will be given as the outcome of this study. The study would also provide an integrative progressive pathway for timely social justice delivery across all sections of India with E courts towards 2030.

Keywords: E court mission project, implementation, challenges, effectiveness of E courts in India, timely social justice delivery in Indian E courts & strategies for 2030

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