Uttarakhand high court will allow anyone, including children, to seek services of ‘e-court vans’ — which will connect remote areas to virtual courts — through an online link or after writing to the local administration.
It had been earlier reported that ‘e-court vans’ would initially be deployed in five hill districts of Pithoragarh, Champawat, Uttarkashi, Tehri and Chamoli. On Friday, Uttarakhand high court said it would provide a link on its website through which people can seek services of ‘e-courts’. One can also write to the local administration.
Registrar general Dhananjay Chaturvedi said the focus of e-courts would be to provide help to children, women and elderly living in remote parts of the state who find it difficult to approach courts to record statements or file complaints.
“People can approach local village officials, the administration, courts or volunteers of our legal services authority and request the facility. We will also provide a link on the high court’s website where people can ask for mobile courts. The entire effort is to make access to the judicial process easy for people living in the remotest parts of the state,” Chaturvedi said.
Judges will hear the cases — both civil and criminal — online while technical teams stationed in the vans will facilitate the appearance of witnesses, complainants and experts before the virtual court and also help with documentation. Investigating officers and medical experts can join the court through the vans.
The e-courts will be flagged off by Chief Justice RS Chauhan on Independence Day. Last year, during the Covid-19 pandemic, CJ Chauhan had introduced the first mobile virtual court connecting system in Adilabad when he was serving as the Chief Justice of the Telangana high court.
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