While the country continues to take giant strides towards the dream of Digital India, the new data-fueled order and the growing digital interconnectivity has exposed greater vulnerability in the threat landscape.

High Courts have recently heard cases on election disputes in India. In April 2021, the Manipur High Court ruled that the election of an MLA is null and void, since he failed to disclose details of pending criminal cases against him and misrepresented his educational qualifications.

Open courts are an important aspect of the justice system that engender trust in its functioning. Justice being seen to be done is as important as justice being done. The role of the media in this regard is significant.

The Centre has abolished several appellate tribunals and authorities and transferred their jurisdiction to other existing judicial bodies through the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance 2021.

There is a need to address larger systemic inefficiencies in the listing of cases, ensuring effective hearings and implementing case flow management.

The Supreme Court in the case of Rahul S Shah v. Jinendra Kumar Gandhi and Ors. laid out a list of directions to ensure speedy execution of decrees in civil proceedings, and directed all the High Courts to accordingly make changes to rules relating to execution of decrees by 21 April 2022.

A recent policy decision to allow the private sector into mapping is rightly hailed as historic. It reverses a policy position that was in practice for at least 250 years that allowed only the Survey of India to publish detailed maps of the territory of India.

Umar Khalid's bail order stated that one of the conditions of his release is that he install the Aarogya Setu, an app for COVID-19 contact tracing, on mobile phone.

The recent decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a case where the petitioner wanted to take legal action against Prince Harry gained much attention the last few weeks.

The implementation of an integrated digital platform for the criminal justice system would ensure speedy justice