Rajasthan's First Virtual Court Inaugurated

• 21 Jul 2022

Why in News?

• On July 20, 2022, Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court S.S. Shinde e-inaugurated the first virtual court of Rajasthan in the presence of the judges of Rajasthan High Court and officers of the registry.

Key Points

• Chief Justice Shinde said on the occasion that a new concept of Virtual Court has been introduced under the E-Courts project to deal with the cases of minor traffic offenses under the Motor Vehicles Act. The objective of this concept is to eliminate the requirement of physical presence of the violator or advocate in the court and save the time and manpower of the court.
• It is noteworthy that under this arrangement, all the challans generated online from the traffic branch, Jaipur and various police stations of Jaipur will be presented in the virtual court in the form of e-challan. The virtual court will be able to impose fines in respect of them by passing judicial orders online.
• The general public will receive the information of the judicial order through a message and the e-challan can be settled by depositing the amount of money online. While this process will facilitate the police department and the justice department, the public will also be greatly facilitated.
• Mobile Magistrate Court order-2 of Jaipur district has been given the charge of virtual court. For this, software has also been made under the e-court project, which is being used successfully in various states.
• The objective of this system is to save the general public from going through a long judicial process by coming to the courts for small cases, which can be disposed of only on deposit of the amount of money, and to save the time taken in the process from the registration of these cases in the courts to the disposal, so that the remaining time can be used for disposal of serious and old cases.