CJN Inaugurates Case Management System

Barely 10 days to her exit from the Supreme Court as the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Muhktar yesterday inaugurated the Case Management Sytem (Electronic court) designed for the nation’s judiciary.
By the design, all activities in the courts will be operated electronically.
Speaking at the commissioning which was held at the Supreme Court complex, Abuja, the chief judge of Borno State and the chairman, Judicial Information Technology Policy Committee (JITPO-COM), Justice Kashim Zannah said that the new innovation is to improve court efficiency, access to justice and transparency, increase public trust and confidence in courts among others.
He added that the electronic court will solve the problem of the slow and tedious dispensation of justice and the attendant enormous backlog of cases.
Earlier, the CJN in her remarks, stated that the interest and support for the implementation of the technology policy emanated from the collective desire to perform the statutory duties with utmost professionalism.
She added that the automation project is to improve court efficiency, access to justice and transparency thereby increasing public trust and confidence in courts.
The CJN further stated that the automated court aligns with the vision of transforming from the current predominantly manual court processes and its attendant weaknesses, to technological solutions ‘tailor – made’ for Nigerian judiciary.
About 16 courts are in the first phase of the pilot sites. They are; Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Abuja and Lagos divisions and the Federal High Court, Abuja.