Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday launched case list SMS service for the lawyers enabling them to get information a day ahead on their mobile screens regarding the listing of their cases in respective courts.
Chief Justice Virender Singh inaugurated the SMS service along with four other services — Case proceeding SMS, Certified Copy SMS, Online display board as well as FIR wise information report details at Jharkhand High Court in Ranchi. Other judges of Jharkhand High Court, including Justice DN Patel along with the lawyers were also present during the occasion.
Jharkhand happens to be the second State to introduce such services.“With the introduction of these services an advocate or the party in person will get to know that his case is listed for the next day with the information regarding the court number as well as serial number enabling him to get prepared for it,” said Patel.
According to Justice Patel, these services will gradually be extended to the other district courts in the State soon.Availability of these services will put Jharkhand Judiciary at a high pedestal in comparison with the services available in other high courts of the country, added Patel.
He further added that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with BSNl in this regard and the advocates as of now can avail the services free of cost.Chief Justice Singh lauding the initiatives taken by the Jharkhand High Court and promised to extend all his support in making such efforts in the future also.
Similarly, through the Case Proceeding SMS service, the advocate or the party in person will be informed about the status of his case in the court, whether it was allowed, dismissed or adjourned. If the case is adjourned, he will get the next date with the reasons of adjournment in the SMS, said Justice Patel.
In addition, display board which is generally put in the court rooms and court corridors has also been made available on the mobile phones of advocates and others. The online display service could be accessed by anybody through internet in their smart phones enabling them to know the exact current status of the cases being taken up in various courts of the High Court.
The Jharkhand High Court has also made it possible for the advocates as well as common people to get exact status of their cases through their FIR numbers. One has to click on the column ‘FIR wise’ and put the FIR number and immediately the details could be seen on his computer or mobile screen. The message will show whether the bail application is preferred in the court or not.
like in the case of online display board service, it could also be accessed only through internet through the website of Jharkhand High Court.The Jharkhand High Court had already launched two services earlier — Filing Number SMS service and Office Objection SMS Services on April 29 this year.