Courtrooms paperless, says CJI announces free Wi-Fi facility at SC
The first five courtrooms of the Supreme Court have become WiFi-enabled, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud announced on Monday, in a significant step towards the digitisation of the top court.
The court has made facility available to all lawyers, litigants, mediapersons, and other stakeholders visiting the premises.
The step was taken as part of the e-initiatives and the facility can be availed by logging in to "SCI WiFi".
"We have made courts 1 to 5 WiFi-enabled. The bar rooms are WiFi-enabled as well. All courtrooms will now be like that -- no books and papers -- which is not to say that we will not rely on books and papers at all," the CJI said at the outset of the day's proceedings in the refurbished courtroom.
"Please give me the feedback whether everything is working well," Justice Chandrachud said.
The top court reopened on Monday after the six-week summer vacation.
For using the wi-fi facility, one has to enter his mobile number, get a one-time password (OTP) a