Policy for prioritization of defence personnel cases: CJ issues directions for data collection

Srinagar, Jul 29: The Chief Justice of the High court of J&K and Ladakh has issued directions regarding the collection of data of the cases of defense personnel for formulation of policy strategy for prioritization of such cases.

According to a Circular issued by Registrar General, M K Sharma, in order to adopt appropriate mechanism for collection of data regarding pending cases of the defence personnel or their dependants at all levels in the District Courts and in both wings of the High Court, the Chief Justice has directed that the data shall be collected at District Courts level by the concerned Principal District & Sessions Judges, who may collect such data from all the Courts under their jurisdiction, by employing all the permissible means.

The data obtained would be collected by Registrars Judicial of both Wings of the High Court, who would categorize it in batches involving common questions of law and facts arising in petitions, according to the Circular.

The CJ has directed that the data would be collected from the Legal Cells of the Armed Forces, both at Jammu and Srinagar, through Deputy Solicitor Generals of India, Srinagar and Jammu, respectively.

The CJ also directed that the data would be collected from the Zila Sainik Boards through District Legal Services Authorities in the UTS of J&K and Ladakh. As per the Circular, with regard to the issue, it has been ordered that appropriate functionality may be developed in the e-Courts system at the High Court and District Courts level by the IT Wing of the High Court.