Indian initiative to provide free access to authentic legal information
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Government Libraries Section | |
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Law Libraries Section | |
| dc.audience | Audience::Audience::Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section | |
| dc.conference.sessionType | Law Libraries, Government Libraries and Library and Research Services for Parliaments | |
| dc.contributor.author | Narayan, Uma | |
| dc.contributor.translator | Anonymous | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T08:02:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T08:02:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A need was felt to introduce information technology in the judiciary for providing easy access to court related information. As a first step towards this initiative, in the year 1990, the National Informatics Centre, a wing of the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India was entrusted with the work of computerisation of applications, orders, judgments, statutes etc. for providing an easy access of information to the litigants and lawyers. The project included the Supreme Court and twenty-four High Courts of India. In the year 2005, a National Policy and Action Plan to implement ICT in courts across India with web-based interlinking was formulated. An E-Committee formed in the Supreme Court is the apex body at the national level for implementing the action plan. This paper will cover the projects undertaken by the courts and the government departments to provide free access to authentic legal information along with the various free legal sources which are available online. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Se detectó la necesidad de aplicar la tecnología de la información en el poder judicial para brindar acceso rápido a la información. En un primer paso hacia esta iniciativa, en el año 1990 el Centro Nacional de Informática, que depende del Ministerio de Tecnología de la Información del Gobierno de India, fue el encargado de informatizar las aplicaciones, resoluciones, sentencias y leyes, entre otros documentos, para ofrecer un acceso rápido a los mismos a los litigantes y abogados. El proyecto incluyó a la Corte Suprema y a veinticuatro Tribunales Superiores de India. En el año 2005, se formuló un Plan de Acción y Política Nacional para implementar las TIC en todos los tribunales de India a través de enlaces web. Una Comisión Digital formada en la Corte Suprema es la institución principal a nivel nacional encargada de implementar el plan de acción. Este trabajo incluirá los proyectos realizados por los tribunales y las secretarías del gobierno para ofrecer acceso gratuito a la información legal autenticada y a las numerosas fuentes legales gratuitas que están disponibles en línea. | es |
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| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://2013.ifla.org | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5162 | |
| dc.language.iso | es | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
| dc.subject.jita | Libraries as physical collections::Government libraries | |
| dc.subject.jita | Technical services in libraries, archives, museum::Digitization | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Legal information | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Indian Laws | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Indian Legal Sources | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Government Information | |
| dc.title | Indian initiative to provide free access to authentic legal information | en |
| dc.title | Iniciativa de India para brindar acceso gratuito a la información legal autenticada | es |
| dc.type | Article | |
| ifla.Unit | Section:Government Libraries Section | |
| ifla.Unit | Section::Law Libraries Section | |
| ifla.Unit | Section::Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section | |
| ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/203/ |