An ‘Orissa High Court e-Filing and Video Conferencing Scheme, 2020’ has been launched in view of the COVID-19-related lockdown.
The move by the High Court facilitated e-filing of cases and hearing of cases through videoconferencing in the court with effect from Thursday (April 9).
Earlier, the Supreme Court had issued guidelines for courts to function through videoconferencing during COVID-19 pandemic.
Filing of cases can be done by sending the scanned copies of applications and relevant documents through email to efilingohc@gmail.com.
In case of difficulty in joining the videoconferencing session or in case of any grievance regarding quality or audibility of feed of videoconferencing, anyone can contact the VC Helpline Number: 9437900550.
“Advocates/ Parties whose cases shall be heard through videoconferencing are requested to remain in readiness one hour prior to commencement of court hours for the purpose of testing the functionality of video conferencing. Such Advocates/Parties are further requested to ensure availability of the Video Conferencing software applications (as mentioned in the scheme) in their respective devices prior to testing,” the Orissa High Court said in a statement.