All Things Policy What Could Model High Court Rules Look Like?
Feb 19, 2026
Atishya Kumar, lawyer and senior research associate at DAKSH who works on human rights, gender rights and court reform. She discusses reforming High Court rules: expanding registrar powers to ease judges, fixing service of notice with multiple methods, and digitizing district records with integrated e-filing and dashboards for transparency.
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Delegate Administrative Tasks To Registrars
- Empower registrars to handle administrative and routine quasi-judicial tasks to free judges for substantive work.
- Transfer functions like scrutiny, minor corrections, and interim administrative orders to registrars where appropriate.
Send Notices Through Multiple Channels
- Send court notices via multiple modes (email, speed post, courier) and to multiple addresses simultaneously to improve service rates.
- Allow appellants to supply several contact addresses and use digital modes first to reduce delays and evasion.
Digitize And Index District Court Records
- Digitize and index district-court records so high courts can access searchable files rather than wait for paper paper-books.
- Use permitted AI tools for transcription and OCR, and reserve human translation where accuracy matters.