The merits and demerits of electronic court in India

India with its continental dimensions, vast population, cheap human resource and geopolitical situation in Asia has great potential to become a first financial class hob in Asia region even of the world but lack of quick and fast judicial system for resolving commercial disputes in reasonable time, can be an outsize barrier to development of international trade and especially foreign investment in India.

ECourt is the best available method for resolving all disputes particularly commercial disputes which it is vital for a judicial system like India which suffered from the fatal disease of sluggish moving in practice.

ECourt is recently receiving much greater attention by Indian Government that it did in the past and Law Ministry successfully established ECourt at New Delhi. It is still in neophyte stage with many loopholes. Practically, the road for ECourt in India is not smooth.

The most important purpose of this research paper is to highlight the merits and demerits the use of online technology in present day administration justice in Indian courts.