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Electronic summons to be delivered to litigants

NEW DELHI: Summons will now be delivered electronically to litigants in the form of e-summons with the Supreme Court on Tuesday launching new apps.

Electronic summons to be delivered to litigants

Lawyers can also digitally pay court fee and fines. Tribune file



Satya Prakash

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14

Summons will now be delivered electronically to litigants in the form of e-summons with the Supreme Court on Tuesday launching new apps.

“Almost 25-30 per cent cases in lower judiciary are pending because summons do not get delivered. Now, a process server would be provided with a smartphone that would end the practice of incorrect reports about non-delivery of summons,” said Justice Madan B Lokur, who is spearheading the project for use of IT in judiciary.

At a function to launch the new apps, Justice Lokur said it had been mandatory for them to come back either with an electronically signed receipt or a photograph of the locked premises. Now, the GPS tracking system would ensure they went to the right place for delivery, he added.

He said Nstep — a real-time tracking of process server — would speed up cases pending for non-delivery of summons. Lawyers can also digitally pay court fee and fines.

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