High Court: Works in subordinate courts to be conducted through video conferencing.

GG News Bureau
Nainital, 16th May. Uttarakhand High court Nainital has come out with a notification on the ways the work will be conducted in the subordinate courts in the state. According to the High court notification after having assessed the COVID affected cases in all the districts of the State and issues related thereto, because of the health guidelines issued by the Government of India and the State Government and keeping in view the safety of litigants, advocates, officers and staff of the Subordinate Courts, the Chief Justice has issued following directions for the conduct of work in the Subordinate Courts from 17.05.2021 (Monday)1.
Till further orders, Subordinate Courts of District Dehradun will take up only the following matters:-(1) Remand, and all bail applications (fresh or pending). (2)Fresh applications for temporary injunctions(3)Any extreme urgent matter arising from extraordinary circumstances. For hearing in such matter, request along with the facts that matter cannot wait till this Notification is in force, shall be e-mailed and the Jurisdiction Court bypassing a speaking order, deems it fit and appropriate to take up the matter.
Till further orders, Subordinate Courts in the remaining districts will take up only the following matters:-(1)Remand, and all bail applications(fresh or pending) (2)Applications for release of property (3)Applications under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(4) Applications for temporary injunctions/stay (5)Applications for interim maintenance(6)Applications for issue of succession certificates(7)Matters under section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955(8 )Applications for settlement of a dispute by compromise(9)Matters relating to an investigation by the Police
Final arguments (11) Any extreme urgent matter arising from extraordinary circumstances. For hearing in such matter, request along with the facts that matter cannot wait till this Notification is in force, shall be e-mailed and the Jurisdiction Court by passing a speaking order, deems it fit and appropriate to take up the matter. All matters, mentioned above, shall be taken up exclusively through video conferencing,. Where facilities for video conferencing are available/installed at the residential offices of the officers, and the work may be transacted therefrom, the officers need not visit the Court Complex for the work concerned. Places where facilities for video conferencing are not available or if they are available, video conferencing cannot be conducted due to wanting of necessary connections/signals, as an exception, the hearing may be done by any other mode of electronic communication, not requiring a physical presence, like conference calls etc.6.For convenient enforcement of this Notification, District Judges may give such directions, which they may deem fit and appropriate and are not inconsistent with the Notification.