Sushree Mohanty
The Allahabad High Court has initiated a virtual court at the Allahabad District court for the trying cases related to road criminal traffic offense, Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS), and Integration of Civil Court with Land Records (Bhulekh) through online medium.
The Virtual Court was inaugurated online by Chief Justice Govind Mathur.
The initiation of ICJS would ensure speedy justice via informational exchange between the courts, police, jails, and forensics. Simultaneously, the incorporation of Civil courts with land records will enable faster settlements of Property disputes.
The move will help the litigants and individuals since they will no longer need to visit the court for traffic-related infringement and can deposit the fine through online media.
The revenue returns created through it will be deposited in the Treasury of the State Government. These steps will additionally help in the rapid disposal of traffic-related challans.
Further, the above move includes the incorporation of information and reports of traffic challan (fine), police division, revenue office with district court which will, in turn, help the stakeholders including the litigating individuals and will encourage transparency, quick delivery of fair verdicts in the traffic violation cases.
Several cases will be decided upon with the help of the new technology and precision.
The Court will be able to check the records for e-FIR (First Information Report), re-charge sheet, and records of prosecution consistently through the ICJS project.
Subsequently, the land records have been incorporated with the court
The virtual court scheme will be put to action in different districts by March 3, 2021. It additionally manages the ‘on-spot traffic challans’ created by the traffic police.
According to the said scheme, computerized challans issued for the given day will reflect in the dashboard of the virtual court judge, who will then serve summon orders to the violator using his cell phone number, under the Motor Vehicles Act.
When a violator gets the notice of the summons on his cell phone, he would have the choice to either challenge the order or repay the fine by visiting the online interface.