Access to justice cannot be meaningful unless the citizens are able to access and understand in a language which they speak and comprehend the judgments that we deliver whether in High Court or Supreme Court, the CJI underlined.
Besides Justice Oka, the committee will have as its members Justice oak
– Justice Suraj Govindaraj of Karnataka High Court;
– Sharmistha from National Informatics Centre;
– Mitesh Kapra from IIT Delhi;
– Vivek Raghavan from Ek step foundation;
– Supriya Shankaran from Agami.
As the first step in this initiative, judgments will be translated into four languages – Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Odia.
“I have constituted a committee chaired by Justice AS Oka, a dynamic judge of the Supreme Court, and the first step taken is to ensure that the Supreme Court judgments will at least be translated in four languages; Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Oria,” the CJI said.
There is a software being developed by which machine learning will be used to translate Supreme Court judgments into various Indian languages, the CJI added.
But machine learning still requires verification for which retired judicial officers will be employed by the top court, the CJI further said.
“So we are now tapping into the talent of the retired judicial officers who would be paid by the Supreme Court for the work which they can do even sitting at home and verify whether the translation has been done correctly,” the CJI said.
Source: Barandbench
