Judicial Academy, SLSA suspend activities
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 20: In a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, Jammu and Kashmir High Court today issued more instructions to Registry and the subordinate courts.
According to the circular issued by Registrar General, Sanjay Dhar, next date of hearing of cases listed in Advance List of the High Court shall be published in the Advance Cause List and in case of urgent matters, parties/counsel shall, after informing the opposite parties/counsel, send Urgency Memo through e-mail to the concerned Registrar Judicial by 3.00 pm of the previous day of the date on which the matter is listed.
“Upon satisfaction about the urgency, the court may hear such matter(s). Provided that in the Srinagar Wing of the High Court, mentioning of urgent matters shall also be entertained by presenting hard copy of the Urgency Memo before the Registrar Judicial”, Registrar General said.
The Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy has been directed to suspend all its training programmes till March 31. Moreover, in order to de-congest the sections/rooms of the Registry and on account of suspension of public transport by the Government in some districts, the officials working in the Registry have been permitted to function in batches on rotation basis till 31st of March.
“The roster in this regard shall be formulated by the concerned Registrar Judicial for the two wings of the High Court and for the moving wing, the roster shall be formulated by the Registrar General”, the circular said, adding “the officials, who are not on duty in the office, shall remain available on telephone and electronic means of communication at all times”.
As per the circular, the District Courts would take up only the matters requiring urgent hearing till 31st March and rest of the matters would be adjourned and in order to decongest the sections/offices of the courts and on account of suspension of public transport by the Government in some districts, the officials working in the subordinate courts has been permitted to function in batches on rotation basis till 31st of March.
“The roster in this regard shall be formulated by the concerned Presiding Officer of the court. The officials, who are not on duty in the office, shall remain available on telephone and electronic means of communication at all times”, Registrar General said.
In the circular, it has been further said that the unit criteria applicable to the subordinate courts would remain suspended for the month of March.
Meanwhile, on the instructions of Chief Justice Gita Mittal, who is also Patron-in-Chief J&K SLSA and Justice Rajesh Bindal, Executive Chairman J&K SLSA, the J&K State Legal Services Authority is making synergetic efforts with the Government of UT of J&K to mitigate the current global health emergency which has arisen due to outbreak of coronavirus.
According to Member Secretary JKSLSA, the State Legal Services Authority has suspended the activity calendar during this period and got engaged with the administration to fight the deadly disease by disseminating the advisories issued by the Government and World Health Organization by uploading the same on social media and also by distributing the material in printed form.
The Para Legal Volunteers working throughout the UT were sensitized by the concerned Secretaries of DLSAs about the disease and the preventions required to be taken to fight the same, who in turn conducted door to door campaign to educate the general public.
In order to decongest the court premises, the District Legal Service Authorities got the banners displayed on the entrance of all the courts to inform the public to decrease the footfall in the court premises. To ensure hygiene and sanitization, sanitizers have been made available at the entrance points of the courts.
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