HC agrees to hear PIL on management of trial courts website

Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking directions for proper management of official websites of district courts, including updated information of daily orders, cause-lists and Judges on leave.
A bench of Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said that they, being members of the computer committee of the high court, were in the process of doing it.
It also listed the petition before the computer committee of the high court. "If you have any grievances after that, then we will deal with it separately," the bench said.
The court has now listed the matter for further hearing on October 14.

The petitioner has contended that "daily orders of many courts here are not uploaded on the official websites regularly thereby causing immense hardship to the counsel as well as the parties concerned".
"The information regarding judges on leave is also not uploaded, thereby causing immense harassment and agony to the public at large and crucial time of the public gets wasted in appearing before the Court.

"Further, it was also noted that cause lists of many courts are not uploaded prior to the dates fixed, which also create difficulty amongst the lawyers and the parties concerned," the petitioner advocate Amit Sahni said in his public interest litigation (PIL).

"Uploading of daily orders and cause list by the connected staff official is mandatory as per circular(s) issued by the District and Sessions Judges," he said, adding that the same is not done by around 30 per cent of courts.
The plea said the official website of the Delhi High Court is managed in a proper way, so district courts should follow the footprints of the higher court. "The information provided would also bring transparency in the working of lower courts," the plea added.