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The petitioner, Kishan Chand Jain had earlier filed a similar petition seeking to bring tribunals under the e-courts project through NJDG which was denied
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a separate National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) for Tribunals in the country.
"Similar writ we have already dismissed..", a Chief Justice of India led bench told the petitioner before it.
Notably, court was referring to a petition which it had refused to entertain, that sought to bring tribunals in the e-courts project through NJDG.
"You may approach the Department of Justice regarding this. The NJDG is part of the e-courts project. It looks at district courts, the high courts and the Supreme Court and this does not look at tribunals at all,” the bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra had said in July this year.
It was the petitioner's case that quasi-judicial bodies like the Armed Forces Tribunal and the National Green Tribunal should be made part of the National Judicial Data Grid.
Court observed that INR 7,000 crore was allocated for the courts under the NJDG and not for the tribunals. "The moment we say the tribunals will be brought under it then the funds will be spent on tribunals as well", it added.
Noting that NJDG is monitored and funded by the Department of Justice of the Law Ministry, court has allowed the petitioner to approach the central government for this inclusion of tribunals.
Notably, last year the Supreme Court has onboarded the National Judicial Data Grid portal, the flagship project of the e-Courts project.
The NJDG portal is a national repository of data relating to cases instituted, pending and disposed of by the courts across the length and breadth of the country.
Case Title: KISHAN CHAND JAIN vs UNION OF INDIA
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