Sri Lanka, March 29 -- Sri Lanka's judiciary has taken a transformative step in its history by conducting a paperless court hearing based entirely on a digital system on March 26 at the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

The hearing was presided over by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, alongside Justices Arjuna Obeyesekere and Dr. Sobhitha Rajakaruna.

The case taken up was related to contempt of court, arising from the failure of a respondent to pay Rs. 3 million in compensation as previously ordered by the Supreme Court. This order had stemmed from a fundamental rights case concerning the alleged leak of the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship examination paper prior to the exam date.

A notable feature of the hearing was the use of a fully digita...