Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 8 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on January 6 virtually inaugurated India's first fully paperless district judiciary in Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, marking the first time an entire district court system has shifted to end-to-end digital functioning. The inauguration took place at the Kerala High Court auditorium.

All courts in the Kalpetta district will now function exclusively in digital mode, with filings received electronically, scrutinised digitally, and instantly accessible to judges through the District Court Case Management System (DCMS) developed in-house by the Kerala High Court.

This development improves access to justice in concrete, measurable ways, especially for ordinary litigants and MS...