The e-Judiciary system is yet another innovation and is a milestone in the modernisation of our justice system said the Attorney General, Mr Y. Varma, at the launching of the e-judiciary system yesterday at the Supreme Court in Port Louis.
This system provides for an electronic platform for the lodging of cases and case management and will accelerate the readiness of a case and an Attorney will be in a better position to lodge a case wherever he is, even if he is abroad underlined Mr Varma.
Government has consistently brought reforms in the Judicial and legal fields and a substantial part of the Mackay Report has already been implemented, he added.
Phase I of the e-judiciary project is materialising with a launch of the e-Judiciary project at the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court on a 3 months pilot basis. Thereafter the system will be extended to the civil division and appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and finally to all subordinate courts said Chief Justice Sik Yuen.
Chief Justice Sik Yuen underscored that the project is set to improve the investment climate in Mauritius. This will help to increase investor’s confidence and that of the business community in doing business in Mauritius and in the region by contributing towards speedy settlement of disputes. The judiciary is minded to bring down the delay for disposal of business and commercial disputes to 100 days.
The e-Judiciary project took shape after The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) agreed to fund for 75% of the total costs, the remaining 25% being met by the Government of Mauritius.
The project will at the same time review and reengineer the processes at the judiciary focusing on speedy access to information, tracking of cases and on-line payment, resulting ultimately in an improved service delivery to all stakeholders. Attorneys-at-Law will, without attending long court sessions, interact on line with the Judge assigned to the case for case readiness.
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