Rahul, Great that you are back from the UK and at the right spot and at the right time in history. So there was a training session part 1 for Bombay High court last week and Justice Gautam Patel explained to us how to create pdf documents and he clearly said that we should not print and then scan but make pdf from the file on our computer directly. Then came the issue of signing-affirming affidavits before the Notary and he said you should get the last page only scanned. Bombay High Court is looking for a way to affirm online and not physically. They were also looking at aadhar based affirmations. Whatever suggestions we can suggest now would change the way courts accept documents for a long time. Kanchan -----Original Message----- From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 12:28 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Two questions about the modalities of making documents accessible
> Hi, Everyone, > > I recently started clerking on the Indian Supreme Court. One > accessibility issue that I am struggling with is this. My > understanding is that lawyers prepare their PDF filings by printing > out their work product and then scanning it. As opposed to simply > converting their filings from word to PDF. As a result, a lot of text > is difficult to decipher. Illustratively, one counter affidavit, in > pertinent part, reads as follows: > "starkly perceptible signs of influence with regard to > allocation of cases to dffirent benches selectively, lo > select judges who were perceived to be politically > biased." . > Such a disclosure creates an obligation ror every citizen to > defend the independence of the Supreme Court. > A copy of the Times of India report, "We felt then CJI was > being remote controlled; Justice Kttrian Joseph", dated 3'd > December 2018 is annexed as Annexu ,, C+ (lll't?7)." > > As you can see, some words are muffed up. The annexure number > containing the Times of India report is also unclear. My sense is > because they did not convert this document from word to PDF while > filing and instead printed and scanned it. Is that right? > > Second, some scans are also in pixelated form, making their quality > poor. Illustratively, part of an annexure reads as follows: > "AND WHEREAS the Govemmc~nl of India has daclded to provide certain > rela>:atlons for industnal ar.\’.! commercial acl1\·if1es from 20th > Aprfl. 2020." > > Would asking for the filing of a typed copy of annexures of this > nature be the best solution? > > Note that these are documents in the public domain. I am going to talk to the > Justice I am working for and > propose some solutions. And want to do my homework before I do this. > Thank you. > > Rahul > > > > > > -- > -- > Rahul Bajaj > Candidate for the MPhil in Law > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018) > University of Oxford -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/3D687954-2300-4DD3-91C7-3C810DAA553E%40gmail.com. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/003501d66dfc%24b55067a0%241ff136e0%24%40com.
