IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE FAMILY COURT: CASE COMMENT
AUTHOR – MAANASA SHANKER, STUDENT AT SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, PUNE
BEST CITATION – MAANASA SHANKER, IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE FAMILY COURT: CASE COMMENT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (9) OF 2026, PG. 908-917, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344. DOI – https://doi.org/10.65393/IJLRV6I993
Abstract
The functioning of the family courts and their procedure adopted by the courts, being archaic, came in for scrutiny of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, wherein, the Hon’ble High Court exercises superintending powers over the subordinate courts. In the light of technological innovations, the cumbersome procedure prevailing in the conduct of proceedings before the family and other courts was deliberated and discussed by the Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Lakshminarayanan, Judge, High Court of Madras, and the judgement rendered by the Hon’ble High Court has set at ease the procedural bottlenecks so that the litigant public will be able to avoid undue delay in giving a closure to the pending disputes in family courts. This article deals with the exhaustive discussion and the methodologies suggested by the High Court of Madras by taking advantage of the technological advances at every stage of the proceedings pending before the family courts.
Keywords: Family Courts Act, 1984; video conferencing; power agent; mutual consent divorce; mediation; procedural bottlenecks; court-mediated settlement; adversarial system; litigant-centric.