HC puts an end to wait,to post daily orders online

The development assumes significance as this facility was,a couple of months back,limited to lawyers and court staff on the high court premises. But now,the daily orders will be made available to all,including litigants.

One can access the orders by visiting the official website (www.highcourtchd.gov.in). A separate tab under the head ‘daily order’ has been created on the website. The window has three fields – case type,case number and case year. One can fill the details of case type and number to learn the day’s development. Even,interim orders can be obtained.

This facility has been introduced by the high court for the first time. Till now,as per available information,such a facility was only available in the Delhi High Court.

Will reduce adjournments the process is expected to bring down the number of adjournments sought by lawyers. “Since daily and interim orders were difficult to access and one had to request for inspection of files,lawyers had to seek adjournment if an interim order was not available on the file. Plus,the entire exercise of seeking permission to inspect the file was cumbersome and time consuming. This has been done away with,” said a senior high court officer.

The court is also in the process of streamlining the facility,so that there are no technical glitches,while obtaining the daily orders. “We cannot afford to delay posting of daily orders online,” the officer added.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already begun its exercise to be paperless. The court has initiated the system of e-filing,with an aim to put the justice delivery system on fast track and end the morass of paperwork.