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13 NUJS L. Rev. [i] (2020)

handle is hein.journals/nujslr13 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITORIAL NOTE Chandrika Bothra & Ravi Shankar* Volume 13(1) occupies a special place in the lineage of the NUJS Law Review. All the articles featuring in this issue have been published amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This required us to fulfil our editorial responsibilities in the qualified comfort of our homes, under stringent lockdowns stipulated by the Government. For us, the experience of working for the journal remotely has given us an insight as to how the NUJS Law Review, as an institution, transcends the physical precincts of the college campus into something much broader, more ethereal, and perhaps more enduring. This insight holds true not just for the NUJS Law Review, but also for institutions across the legal fraternity, such as courts,1 tribunals,2 law firms,3 and even universities.4 With the justice delivery system be- ing under heavy duress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these institutions have all transitioned to function remotely in order to eliminate the use of their physical infrastructure. Such a transition has only been possible because of the motivated adoption of internet and technology. Depending on technological innovation to adapt to the challenges mounted by the pandemic almost seems paradoxical in the Indian context. We are after all, a country grappling with an astronomical degree of poverty and inequal- ity. Equitable access to justice has been a formidable challenge that has haunted our legal system throughout its history. In such a paradigm, the technological drift of Courts would arguably be to the detriment of the marginalised. However, it would be difficult to unearth any other solutions that could achieve even a sem- blance of a balance between the spatial exigencies levied by the pandemic and the accessibility of courts to the public. * Members: Board of Editors, NUJS Law Review. ' In Re: Guidelines for Court Functioning Through Video Conferencing During Covid-19 Pandemic (April 6, 2020),¶6. 2 Suo Motu, In re, 2020 SCC OnLineNCLAT 206. 3 BAR & BENCH, Coronavirus: India's Law Firms Allow Work from Home; Updates from JSA, Trilegal, Khaitan, Veritas, CAM, AZB, SAM, C&M, S&R, ELP, Vertices, March 16, 2020, avail- able at https://www.barandbench.com/news/coronavirus-indias-law-firms-are-allowing-work- from-home-updates-from-jsa-trilegal-khaitan-sam (Last visited on June 18, 2020). 4 ASIAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL, Top 100 Indian Universities to Start Online Courses: UGC Chairman, June 11, 2020, available at https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/top-100-in- dian-universities-to-start-online-courses-ugc-chairman/articleshow/76326054.cms (Last visited on June 19,2020). January - March, 2020

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