Electronic proceedings in the courts of verification instances as one of the digital modifications of justice in civil cases

The article reveals the main features of the judicial system transformation as a result of the October procedural reform, when the appeal and cassation systems of general jurisdiction began to function in the Russian Federation. The author aims to conduct a comprehensive study of the possibilities of appellate and cassation instances digitalization. Dialectical, analytical, comparative and structural methods used in considering the most relevant legislative innovation help to demonstrate the conflict between digitalization and the creation of structurally independent courts. The author notes the complication of the implementation of the mechanism of the right to judicial protection in the conditions of positive dynamics of the functioning of new units. Analyzing the procedural features of the current procedure for initiating proceedings in the verification instances, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to digitally modernize the administration of justice in courts of appeal and cassation courts. New approaches to the introduction of electronic communication are proposed by creating a modern functional for the implementation of the right of appeal and cassation by analogy with the existing mechanisms for the provision of public services. The results of the study can become a trigger for further reform of the judicial system in the light of the digitalization of justice in civil cases.