The Delhi High Court was recently told that necessary modifications have been made in the Case Information System (CIS) to ensure that lawyers and litigants are duly informed of the dates on which their cases are listed before various district courts of Delhi [Mohan Lal Sharma v. Principal Distt. And Sessions Judge (HQ) & Anr].The Court was told that a three-step intimation process has been put in place, including the sending of SMSes to lawyers at the time of filing, allocation and registration of cases before the district courts.The submission was made before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora in a writ petition filed by a lawyer who had raised concern that it has become a routine practice in district courts to not inform advocates and litigants about the dates on which cases are listed.The writ petitioner had, therefore, sought directions to notify advocates about details concerning the listing of cases in district courts of Delhi at least one day in advance.Advocate Amit George, representing the High Court administration, explained that certain changes have been made to the CIS to allow every district court - except the Rouse Avenue Court Complex which follows a cloud based system - to send messages to the lawyers about the listing of their cases.Meanwhile, Mohan Lal Sharma, the lawyer who had filed the writ petition, had also sought a direction that date of e-filing on the court's portal be considered for the purpose of computing limitation in complaint cases filed under Negotiable Instruments Act.In this regard, the Court noted that Rule 14 of the E-filing Rules of the High Court of Delhi, 2021 already stipulates that the date of e-filing shall be treated as the date of filing for computing limitation.Considering the same and the changes made in the process of intimation, the Court said the grievance of the petitioner stood addressed.
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