Automation of Civil Courts

Abstract
Project Title: Automation of Civil Courts

Objective: Design a system for automating the judicial services in India.

Using this system, plaintiff can easily give complaints to the
concerned authority and they can view status of their cases etc.
This system will reduce the time and risk to the users compare with
manual system. The project performs intended function with
required precision. The registered user’s files can be stored in
centralized database which can be maintained by the system.
Authentication is provided for this application only registered users
can access.

Functional Requirements:

 Register Plaintiff, defendant, plaintiff lawyer and Judge.

 File cases from plaintiffs.
 Schedule hearings (initial and continuing).
 Send hearings to corresponding case
 Give instructions to representing advocates. All formal instructions must
be logged in the system. These instructions may be multi-lingual.
 Send proceedings case wise after each hearing
 View date wise case Reports
 View Judgment file and send it to corresponding case.
 Check evidence and case made by opposing party.
 File own evidence, witnesses etc.
 View hearings and Proceedings sent.
 Validate case proceedings and notes as they proceed.
 Receive proceedings and validate developments
 Receive formal judgment.
 Viewing rights to see development of cases and instructions received.
 View hearings and Proceedings sent.
 Send hearings , proceedings , instructions and judgment to Admin.
 View Proceedings.

Non Functional Requirements:

 Secure access of confidential data (user’s details). SSL can be used.

 24 X 7 availability
 Better component design to get better performance at peak time
 Flexible service based architecture will be highly desirable for future
extension

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Modules:

 Admin module

 Lawyers module

 Plaintiff module

 Defendant module

 Judge module

 Reports module

 Authentication

Users:

 Admin/Court bureaucrat
 Lawyers
 Plaintiff
 Defendant
 Judge

KEYWORDS:
Generic Technology Keywords : Database, User Interface, Programming
Project Keywords : Presentation, Business Object, Data Access Layer
SDLC Keywords : Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing

ENVIRONMENT:
Operating System : Windows XP 3 ,Lat
Database Server : Mysql
Client : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Tools : Dreamwear
User Interface : HTML with Ajax
Code Behind : PHP
Webserver : Apache

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Hardware Specification:
Processor : Dual Core
RAM : 1GB Ram
Hard Disk : PC with 20GB