Can I apply for an online court session?

The trial can be conducted online. If it is inconvenient to appear in court offline or unable to appear in court due to other factors, you can apply for online trial. If the local court agrees, an online trial can be held. Whether the court agrees or not is based on the specific situation of each region and the particularity of the case, and there is no unique standard. In order to ensure that the whole online trial is more efficient, at least one day before the trial, complete the debugging of computer or mobile phone equipment and check whether the camera and voice functions are normal. You can ask a lawyer to write an application, and whether you agree or not depends on the judge. In fact, the online trial is conducted through a software similar to live broadcast. The original, defendant and judge are online at the same time and synchronized by the simultaneous translation text system. The system should be installed in advance before the trial. Usually, a few days before the court session, technicians will send a text message through 12368, telling them to install the software and the conference number, and then install it according to the address in the text message.

Advantages of online trial:

In court, it saves the time cost of organizing the court and reduces the workload. In the past trial, the quarrel between the plaintiff and the defendant was inevitable, and the family members often could not control their emotions, which often affected the normal trial. At this time, judges and bailiffs are needed to maintain order. However, this problem does not exist in Internet courts, and judges can directly punish the parties by forbidding words, so that the trial can proceed normally. Of course, the network trial naturally does not need bailiffs, which indirectly saves human resources. On the premise of saving costs, the court can try the case repeatedly by means of multiple trials, which can also improve the fairness of the court trial and enhance the people's recognition of the court.

To sum up, you can apply for online trial, and the local court agrees to conduct online trial.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of the Rules of Online Litigation of People's Courts

The people's courts shall follow the following principles when conducting online litigation:

(1) principle of fairness and efficiency. Carry out online litigation activities in strict accordance with the law, improve the trial process, improve the working mechanism, strengthen technical support, improve judicial efficiency and ensure judicial justice.

(2) The principle of legality and voluntariness. Respect and protect the rights of parties and other participants in litigation to choose litigation methods. Without the consent of the parties and other participants in the proceedings, the people's court shall not force or disguise the application of online litigation.

(3) the principle of rights protection. Fully protect the litigation rights of the parties, strengthen the obligation of prompting, explaining and informing, and shall not arbitrarily reduce the litigation links and impair the litigation rights of the parties.

(4) The principle of facilitating the people and benefiting the people. Optimize online litigation service, improve the function of litigation platform, strengthen the application of information technology, reduce the litigation cost of parties and improve the efficiency of dispute resolution. Take into account the judicial needs of different groups, strengthen litigation guidance for special groups such as minors, the elderly and the disabled, and provide corresponding judicial convenience.

(5) The principle of safety and reliability. Safeguard national security in accordance with the law, protect state secrets, business secrets, personal privacy and personal information, and effectively protect the security of online litigation data and information. Standardize the application of technology to ensure technology neutrality and platform neutrality.