Hi
One can also use digital signature to ensure there is no alteration to
the document after it is submitted.
This is also covered in IT Act.
They should hold these documents in a secure digital repository which
will ensure accuracy, integrity and non repudiation.
Harish
On 09/08/2020 08:55, Kanchan Pamnani wrote:
Rahul,
Great that you are back from the UK and at the right spot and at the
right time in history.
So there was a training session part 1 for Bombay High court last
week and Justice Gautam Patel explained to us how to create pdf
documents and he clearly said that we should not print and then scan
but make pdf from the file on our computer directly. Then came the
issue of signing-affirming affidavits before the Notary and he said
you should get the last page only scanned. Bombay High Court is
looking for a way to affirm online and not physically. They were also
looking at aadhar based affirmations. Whatever suggestions we can
suggest now would change the way courts accept documents for a long
time.
Kanchan
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From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
[mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj
Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:28 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] Two questions about the modalities of making documents
accessible
Hi, Everyone,
I recently started clerking on the Indian Supreme Court. One
accessibility issue that I am struggling with is this. My
understanding is that lawyers prepare their PDF filings by printing
out their work product and then scanning it. As opposed to simply
converting their filings from word to PDF. As a result, a lot of text
is difficult to decipher. Illustratively, one counter affidavit, in
pertinent part, reads as follows:
"starkly perceptible signs of influence with regard to
allocation of cases to dffirent benches selectively, lo
select judges who were perceived to be politically
biased." .
Such a disclosure creates an obligation ror every citizen to
defend the independence of the Supreme Court.
A copy of the Times of India report, "We felt then CJI was
being remote controlled; Justice Kttrian Joseph", dated 3'd
December 2018 is annexed as Annexu ,, C+ (lll't?7)."
As you can see, some words are muffed up. The annexure number
containing the Times of India report is also unclear. My sense is
because they did not convert this document from word to PDF while
filing and instead printed and scanned it. Is that right?
Second, some scans are also in pixelated form, making their quality
poor. Illustratively, part of an annexure reads as follows:
"AND WHEREAS the Govemmc~nl of India has daclded to provide certain
rela>:atlons for industnal ar.\’.! commercial acl1\·if1es from 20th
Aprfl. 2020."
Would asking for the filing of a typed copy of annexures of this
nature be the best solution?
Note that these are documents in the public domain. I am going to
talk to the Justice I am working for and
propose some solutions. And want to do my homework before I do this.
Thank you.
Rahul
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Rahul Bajaj
Candidate for the MPhil in Law
Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018)
University of Oxford
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