An ambitious step towards creating paperless judicial system
Our Bureau
DHARMANAGAR (NORTH TRIPURA), March 19 2022: The e-SEWA project envisaged by the Supreme Court of India to support the common man and his right to access to justice has started getting implemented in judicial districts of Tripura.
Justice Subhasis Talapatra, Chairperson of the Computer Committee of the High Court of Tripura and Justice Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay, Portfolio Judge for North Tripura District Judiciary, jointly inaugurated e-SEWA Kendra at the court complex in Dharmanagar Saturday. 
The e-SEWA Kendra extends assistance to the litigants for e-filling of the cases. The High Court of Tripura planned to establish similar facilities across the state to achieve an ultimate goal of creating a paperless judicial system.
A host of subordinate judges, court officers and staffs, lawyers, district administration and police officials were present at the inauguration of e-SEWA Kendra at Dharmanagar. North Tripura District & Sessions Judge S Sharma Roy read out the welcome address.
Facilities generally available in an e-SEWA Kendra for benefit of litigants and lawyers -
Handling inquiries about case status, next date of hearing and other details.
Facilitate online Applications for certified copies.
Facilitate e-Filing of petitions right from the scanning of hard copy petitions, appending eSignatures, uploading them onto CIS and generation of filing number.
To assist in online purchase of e-Stamp papers/ePayments.
To help in applying and obtaining Aadhaar based digital signature.
Publicise and assist in downloading the Mobile App of eCourts for Android and IOS.
Facilitate in the booking of eMulakat appointments for meeting relatives in jail.
Handling queries about Judges on leave.
Guide people on how to avail free legal services from the District Legal Service Authority, High Court Legal Service Committee and Supreme Court Legal Service Committee.
Facilitate disposal of traffic challan in virtual Courts as also online compounding of traffic challans and other petty offences.
Explaining the method of arranging and holding a video conference court hearing.
Provide soft copies of judicial orders/judgments via email, WhatsApp or any other available mode.
(Inputs courtesy Supreme Court of India website)