February 13, 2014

Supreme Court and High Courts can act faster if Summons Service to Govt body is allowed through Email

After a case is accepted by Court, summons or notices with copy of case filed are required to be served to opposite parties.

Some times cases keep lying in court because summons are sent but not received back.

Today, almost all Govt Departments have Emails.

The summons can be served in 24 hours by email.

After case is accepted, a lawyer need to sent copy of petition to Registry by Email. Registry can then FOWARD emails to concerned respondents with "Email - Read - Report - back".

So Registry will have record to show when email was sent and when it was opened.

Perhaps, these can speed up hearings.

Haresh Raichura
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