The Gujarat High Court has bagged the eighth India-Tech Excellence Award 2009 for the application of Information Technology in administration as part of the e-governance initiative. The High Court has received the India-Tech Excellence Award,instituted by the India Tech Foundation (ITF),for its information and communication initiative in the state judiciary system, said P P Bhatt,Registrar,Gujarat HC. He added that ITF had invited nominations for the most progressive state government in three categories IT in administration,power sector reforms and initiatives in development of urban and rural infrastructure. The High Court has been awarded for measures such as computerisation of records at state level as well as in district courts,setting up of e-courts,introduction of district court websites that give status of a case,SMS for getting status of a particular case and other initiatives,including training of officials for use of new software and IT system. The award will be presented during a ceremony to be held in November.
