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A cost effective and tailor-made IT course for 25 bench
clerks of 15 District Thrimkhangs and two lawyers was
conducted by Info Tech Centre, a private IT firm in
Thimphu.
It is felt that the training would
enhance the speed, accuracy, reliability and the effectiveness
of the judicial procedures, allow the participants to
conduct day to day work with relative case without having
to work with the paper much, and multiply “organizational
learning”.
Speaking to the trainees, the Resident
Representative of UNDP (which financed the course),
Mr. Shun-ichi-Murata, said that IT can be an “excellent
tool” to disseminate information. “I would like to express
my hope that if its potentialities are fully exploited”,
Mr. Murata added.
According to the Chief Justice, Lyonpo
Sonam Tobgye, the training will enable the participants
to harness the IT for the judiciary. “The application
of IT is to further the objectives of the judiciary
which are accessibility, fairness, accountability, transparency
and timeliness.”
Mr. Umesh Pradhan of Info Tech Center
said that the participants were introduced to the advanced
features of Windows, some basics about LAN, e-mail and
internet on a “self knowing and exploring” basis.
“When we return to our District courts,
we will not only be taking back the judiciary will extend
the benefits of IT to the general public by making sure
that the knowledge about laws and legislation is disseminated
to the public,” he said. “The public awareness of the
legal system is a very important aspect of the rule
of the law.”
“Computer by itself is just a machine
but its best use can only be made IT knowledge to benefit
the system but also carry the message about how important
and useful the training is,” said one of the participants.
A spokesman for the judiciary said
that the course was aimed at streamlining and automating
regular reporting from District courts to the High court.
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