(G.N.S) Dt. 12
New Delhi
The 50th and current Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud has announced the launch of android version of the mobile application for the Supreme Court of India with additional features with an aim to enable all the government departments to see their pending cases. It also aims to let law officers track cases in which they are appearing. The Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0 is now available on the Google Play Store. For IOS users App will be available in a week.
On the launch of the application, Chief Justice Chandrachud highlighted: “This time we have given an additional feature, all law officers can have real-time access to their access. All government departments can check the pendency of their cases. Please use it.”
The CJI underlined that “Android version 2.0 is available while iOS will be available in a week’s time. Besides lawyers and advocates on-record, the application will give exclusive real time access to all law officers and nodal officers of various ministries of the Central government. They can watch the court proceedings by logging in through this application.”
The updated summary of the app on the Google Play store reads: “Nodal Officers of Central Ministry dept. can view their cases filed, status order, judgement and any miscellaneous documents filed in the Supreme Court.”
“Login for AG (attorney general), SG, ASG (Additional Solicitor General of India), and law Officers to view all Central govt, Ministry dept. cases filed in Supreme Court. (sic),” it further mentions.
In 2021, the Supreme Court had launched a mobile application to enable journalists to report top court’s proceedings, judgements without having to visit the court while the pandemic was widespread.
