Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Supreme Court on Sunday, his office said.

According to a statement issued here, while unveiling the 75th year of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Modi will launch citizen-centric information and technology initiatives that include Digital Supreme Court Report (Digi-SCR), Digital Court 2.0 and a new website of the apex court. Is. By the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

He will also address the gathering on this occasion. The Supreme Court held its inaugural sitting on January 28, 1950.

The statement said that Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Supreme Court of India on January 28 at 12 noon in the Supreme Court Auditorium.

It said the Digital Supreme Court Report (SCR) will make Supreme Court judgments available to citizens for free and in electronic format.

The statement said the key features of Digi-SCR are that all 519 volumes of Supreme Court reports covering 36,308 cases since 1950 will be available in digital format, bookmarked, user-friendly and open access.

Digital Court 2.0 application is a recent initiative under the e-Courts project to provide court records in electronic form to the judges of district courts.

It is combined with the use of artificial intelligence to transcribe speech to text on a real-time basis.

According to the statement, Prime Minister Modi will also launch the new website of the Supreme Court which will be in bilingual format in English and Hindi and has been redesigned with a user-friendly interface.

After this, the ceremonial bench of the Supreme Court will sit in the Chief Justice Court at 3:30 pm.

It will be headed by the Chief Justice of India and an associate judge of the court.

Chief Justices of High Courts and former judges of the Supreme Court will also be part of the occasion, which will also be addressed by the Chief Justice of India, Attorney General of India and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

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