Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 17
Justice Rajesh Bindal, whose name has been cleared by the Supreme Court collegium for elevation as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, is the senior-most judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and is currently the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Among other important cases, Justice Bindal had headed the five-judge Bench that delivered verdict on the Kolkata post-poll violence. Justice Bindal was the Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu amp; Kashmir High Court prior to this. Justice Bindal was recently appointed chairperson of a committee constituted by the SC’s e-committee to formulate modern electronic registers for use by the district judiciary across the country. The effort is to replace all manual registers or paper records. As chairman of a committee constituted by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), Justice Bindal has already submitted a report on optimal use of technology, including use of Artificial Intelligence.
Known for his proficiency in bringing justice closer to people through computerisation, Justice Bindal was instrumental in launching a unique project, in which the post offices in Jammu and Kashmir help in delivering justice.
The project uses the pre-existent postal system in 11 districts to allow citizens to register their disputes through the local post offices as well as common service centres. Justice Bindal was elevated as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 22, 2006, and remained chairman of a committee for framing draft rules for electronic evidence. The report was submitted to the Supreme Court in November 2018. As chairman of a multi-member committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to study civil aspects of the International Child Abduction Bill, 2016, Justice Bindal submitted report accompanied by the recommendations and draft of the Protection of Children (Inter-Country Removal and Retention) Bill, 2018, to the ministry in April 2018.
e-savvy Justice Rajesh Bindal headed SC panel on electronic registers
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