COMPUTERIZED INQUIRY COUNTER IN HIGH COURTS

   The Centre has released Rs. 10 lakhs each for setting up of Computerized Facilitation Inquiry Counter in the High Courts of Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Mizoram, Orissa, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Uttaranchal in the current financial year. Besides, funds have been released to the State Governments and Union Territories for development of information technology in the courts. These include construction of facilitation and inquiry counters in High Courts as well.

    Computerized Facilitation and Inquiry Counters have already been set up in most of the High Courts. Such counters are in the process of being set up in High Courts of Allahabad, Chattisgarh, Madras, Orissa, Patna, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal. The Centre has been sending periodical reminders to the States in this regard.

    The Centre has advised all the High Courts to set up computerized inquiry counters for the convenience of the general litigating public. They have also been requested to intimate the expenditure involved in the setting up of such counters so that the amount provided under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for augmentation of judiciary in the States and Union Territories could be released to them.