A Chandigarh-based IT startup has come up with an online private digital court ‘Jupitice’ to resolve commercial and civil cases through various alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms.
In the last four years, more than 8,000 thousand cases have been filed on this platform, of which 400 cases have been disposed of and more than 800 arbitrators have been appointed.
Raman Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Jupitice Justice Technologies Private Limited, told India Today that the judiciary in India is overburdened and almost 4.5 crore cases are pending. By adopting this online system, about 85 per cent cost and time of regular court cases could be saved, Aggarwal said.
Using this technology platform, thousands of commercial and civil cases filed on the Jupitice platform can be resolved through various ADR mechanisms like Arbitration, Conciliation, Negotiation, Mediation and ODR (Online Dispute Resolution) methods.
“We have created a world of global digital court where any disputant, who wants to resolve the case without going to the traditional court, can come to this platform and select their choice of advocate and judge online. They can resolve their cases as it has start to end visibility of the whole process which can be seen and recorded. Through this, biasness is cut and a fair and independent decision is out,” Raman Aggarwal said.
To avoid bogusness and perjury, a proper verification process is done using face recognition, checking of documents and digital signature. Only after this, a person can access the platform.
Jupitice has also come up with a MSME court to resolve the rising court in this sector. The AI-driven platform will resolve disputes that include civil, commercial, personal, consumers, etc., under the private justice system.
“Jupitice’s MSME Digital Court is a digital mirror of traditional courts with ultra-advanced digital justice infrastructure powered by a complete digital justice ecosystem. This means that an out-of-court settlement through ADR mechanism is now possible, that too all online. SME owners or stakeholders won’t have to worry about investing their time, energy, focus, money on resolving disputes via a time-consuming litigation process,” Raman Aggarwal said.
Justice (retd) Kshitij R Vyas, former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and currently a panelist with Jupitice Justice Technology, said, “The need for an effective use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms is now more than ever with the on-going pandemic situation. It is high time that people opt for arbitration or mediation mechanisms for quicker dispute resolution, especially with ODR in the scene.”
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