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The Hindu
10 hours ago
- The Hindu
KeLSA launches project to assist public
'Samayam', a scheme of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) for assisting the public approaching police stations with civil, matrimonial and monetary cases and complaints regarding compoundable offences to settle disputes, was launched on Friday. District Police Chief (Kochi City) Putta Vimaladithya and Rural Superintendent of Police M. Hemalatha jointly inaugurated the programme, which is being implemented with the support of the district police. Honey M. Varghese, District and Sessions Judge, presided. KeLSA district secretary R.R. Rejitha, Chief Judicial Magistrate V. Sandeep Krishna, and Marlo Pallath, coordinator of the programme, spoke.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Kerala HC goes hi-tech, prisoners in all 57 jails can e-file their appeals from July 1
Kochi: High court has decided to introduce an e-filing facility, effective July 1, for jail appeals and other petitions or applications filed by prisoners seeking judicial remedies from all 57 jails in the state. Currently, appeals by prisoners and other petitions are prepared in paper form and sent to the high court for filing. After observing this process, Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar directed that the possibility of facilitating e-filing of jail appeals and other judicial remedies for prisoners be explored. Accordingly, two separate standard operating procedures (SOPs) were prepared — one by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) and the other by the IT directorate of the high court — detailing the procedures to be followed under the new system. The SOP prepared by KeLSA aims to ensure uniformity across all jails in matters such as the service of legal aid defence counsel lawyers, jail visiting lawyers, transmission of necessary documents to the high court legal services committee (HCLSC) and other related processes. The SOP prepared by the IT directorate of the high court focuses on streamlining the online filing of jail appeals using the case management system (CMS) login credentials provided to the officer in charge of each jail. Currently, login credentials have been created for all 57 jails in the state in the CMS handled by high court. The Chief Justice has approved both SOPs and ordered the implementation of the e-filing facility for prisoners accordingly.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- The Hindu
Decision taken to extend e-filing facility of Kerala High Court to prisons
The Registrar General of the High Court of Kerala has communicated to the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services that it had been decided to extend the e-filing facility of the High Court to the prison authorities, in order to streamline the digital processing of jail appeals and other petitions/applications seeking judicial remedy. As part of this, a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) would be followed upon switching to the new system. In accordance with the decisions that followed a meeting that was held to address the issue of moving jail appeal and applications/petitions seeking parole and furlough in physical mode and to implement an efficient system for filing the same electronically, login credentials have been created for all 57 jails in the State. This has been done in the Case Management System (CMS) handled by the High Court, based on the details forwarded by the Technical Cell, Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services Department. Besides, two separate SOPs were prepared by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) and IT Directorate, High Court respectively detailing the procedures to be followed while adopting the new system. While the SOP prepared by KeLSA intends to establish uniformity across the jails with respect to the service of legal aid defence counsel lawyers, jail visiting lawyers, transmission of necessary documents for appeal to the High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC) and other ancillary matters, the SOP prepared by the IT Directorate, High Court aims to streamline the online filing of jail appeals using the CMS login credentials provided to the officer in-charge of the jail, says the communication. Due to the absence of an electronic alternative, jail appeals, filed under S.424 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, and other petitions/applications seeking judicial remedy moved by prisoners are at present prepared in paper form and are sent to the High Court for filing, it says.
Hans India
2 days ago
- Hans India
Kerala HC goes hi-tech, e-filing from 57 jails to begin on July 1
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has turned hi-tech, with an e-filing facility from 57 jails in the state, for prisoners to file appeals and other applications seeking judicial remedies before it, set to become operational from July 1. Hitherto, all such applications and appeals were done in paper form and then forwarded to the High Court for further action. It was Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar, after observing that the paper version is continuing, who asked officials for options to see if this can be done electronically. Things started to move, and a meeting was conducted by the Registrar-General of the High Court with the officials of the Prisons & Correctional Services Department. Following this, a decision was taken to extend the e-filing facility of the High Court to the prison authorities. It was also decided to devise a standard operating procedure (SOP) that is to be followed upon switching to the new system. In the wake of this, two separate SOPs were prepared by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) and the IT Directorate of the High Court, explaining the procedures to be followed while adopting the new system. The SOP prepared by KeLSA intends to establish uniformity across the jails with respect to the service of lawyers dealing with prison inmates' cases, besides transmission of necessary documents for appeal to the High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC) and other ancillary matters. The SOP prepared by the IT Directorate, High Court, aims to streamline the online filing of jail appeals using the CMS login credentials provided to the officer in charge of the jail. Currently, login credentials have been created for all 57 jails in the state in the Case Management System (CMS), handled by the High Court. Now with the Chief Justice approving both SOPs, the order came asking to implement the e-filing from the 57 jails with effect from July 1.
The Hindu
21-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
DLSA to host ‘legal summit' on Saturday
The Thiruvananthapuram District Legal Services Authority (TDLSA) will organise its annual conference 'Legal Summit 2025' on Saturday. Kerala High Court Chief Justice and patron-in-chief of the Kerala Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) Nitin Jamdar will inaugurate the summit at 10.30 a.m. at Tagore Theatre and deliver the inaugural address. High Court judge and KeLSA executive chairman A. Muhamed Mustaque will deliver the keynote address and High Court judge Raja Vijayaraghavan V. the special address. The summit will include legal awareness sessions on 'Free and competent legal services – an overview' and 'Gender sensitisation and women-centric laws.' Awards to be given It will honour individuals and institutions for their contributions to legal services with awards. A legal awareness play scripted by the TDLSA and the Kerala Police will also be staged. The awards will be given in 10 categories: best taluk legal services committee award to Taluk Legal Services Committee, Neyyattinkara; best panel lawyer award to K.S. Ashok; best paralegal volunteer award to I. Thahira; best block panchayat award to Vamanapuram; best panchayat awards to Anchuthengu, Andoorkonam, and Nagaroor; best police station award to Vizhinjam station; best legal aid clinic award to Government Mental Health Centre, Peroorkada; Best 'Samvada' performer school award to Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Model Residential HSS for Girls, Kattela; best legal aid clinic at a law college award for the clinic at Government Law College here; and best child care institution award to Sree Chitra Home.
