Indore: In the digitization movement of the Madhya Pradesh high court , scanning and e-filing of all case documents and their online availability is an important part, which despite having started last year, is yet to gain momentum.With the new facility available at the website, lawyers can register themselves at the portal and access the entire paper book of all cases in which they are representing any party and their vakalatnama is submitted.The first circular regarding the scheme was issued in April 2018, when online registration was not quite as smooth as it was made over the consecutive months. At present, the lawyers practising at the high court can register on the basis of their enrolment number and email ID and after generating a password, can access memo of petition, reply, rejoinder, annexures, affidavits etc. through the portal.However, the awareness among advocates is comparatively low as around 50 per cent advocates have not registered themselves.“Scanned copies of all the documents, which are submitted before the court on record are available on the website and can be accessed easily. I have been using the system for over six months smoothly and if members of the bar feel the need for an orientation, one can be arranged,” advocate Girish Patwardhan, president of the high court bar association said.At the advocate general office, the advocates have not been given the log in IDs and passwords for the official access to the data base, for which letters have been written by additional advocate general to the AG office in Jabalpur.“We will be taking up the issue of availability of the official log IDs to all government advocates, deputy advocate generals and additional advocate generals at the earliest. A training sessions will also be held for government prosecutors soon to enable them to use the facility,” additional advocate general Ravindra Singh Chhabra said.The system which has been implemented in the high court is also being implemented at district and sessions courts across the state. The documents are being scanned at centralized filing centre before being sent to respective court rooms.

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