VICTORIA, Seychelles — The Judiciary’s new e-filing platform was officially launched on Wednesday morning at the Palais de Justice auditorium in Perseverance, marking a significant step toward improving efficiency, streamlining operations, and reducing the time required for key court formalities. The launch was attended by Chief Justice Rony Govinden, members of the Attorney General’s Office, public prosecutors, representatives from the Department of Information Communications Technology (DICT), and the VCS Group, the company that partnered with the Judiciary to develop the system. Work on the project began in March this year.
In its first phase, the platform will serve as a website for public prosecutors to upload files and submissions in their cases. Future phases will expand its scope to allow members of the public to pay fines online and enable private lawyers to file documents on behalf of their clients. The initiative is being implemented under the ‘Electronic Filing of Written Submissions, Civil Matters and Criminal Regulations 2025’.
Chief Justice Govinden described the project as both a modernisation milestone and a means of bringing justice services closer to the public. He noted that the e-filing system will reduce delays caused by manual filing, allow practitioners to lodge documents remotely, and improve record-keeping across the court system. The Judiciary said training and onboarding of prosecutors and lawyers will continue over the coming months, ahead of a public awareness campaign on the new online services.
