Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel today said that the people of the State would soon get E-filing facility. While inaugurating a Web Counter at the Civil Court here on Thursday, he said that the facility will provide many services to the litigants. Information such as date of adjournment, court orders, status of certified copies will be available on the mobile numbers of the litigants, he added.
Justice Patel also reminded the gathering of the targets set for the districts of Jharkhand and Ranchi. The target of disposing of more than 10 per cent disposal of the average disposal from January to May 2017 and to dispose of more than 2,000 cases of NI Act by the end of this year has been fixed. He further emphasized on the need to utilise ADR mechanism under Order 10 Rule 1C and avoid Non-starter Cases with increase in referral rate.
The Acting CJ lauded Ranchi for being on the top of all the Judgeship of the State in many activities, such as Mediation, judicial activities as well as infrastructure. He reckoned Ranchi Judgeship as a “laboratory” for performing many activities and later implementing in other districts.
Justice Patel also inaugurated the Women’s Common Room on the premises of the Civil Court in the presence of Principal Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi Navneet Kumar, Judge Family Court CP Asthana, Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court Ambuj Nath, DC Ranchi Manoj Kumar, RMC Town Commissioner SK Agrahari and others.
Welcoming the guests of the occasion, the Principal Judicial Commissioner said that the Acting CJ has a strong will and desire to make the entire judicial system litigant-friendly. “Justice Patel has given life to many schemes such as Jharkhand Victim Compensation Scheme, Jharkhand Victim Welfare Fund Rules that were lying dormant,” he added.
Shambhu Agrawal, president of Ranchi District Bar Association, honoured Justice Patel by presenting him a shawl. Vote of Thanks of the programme was given by General Secretary RDBA, Ranchi, Sanjay Kumar Vidrohi.