Port Blair, Sept. 20: An exclusive website for the  District and Sessions Court will be launched today(21st September).  The Hon ‘ble Justice Soumitra Pal, Judge of Calcutta High Court and  Judge-in-charge of Andaman and Nicoabr islands will launch the website at the Judges Libraray at District and Session Court in Port Blair this evening by 4.30 hours.

The website will be beneficial for the litigants as well as the members of the legal fraternity. It will enable them to have an access to the cause list of the courts and help to know the listing of their cases from any part of the country.

Initially, the website will cover the important proceedings of the District and Sessions court, Additional District and Sessions Court, Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge Senior Division court, Judicial Magistrate First class cum Civil Judge Junior Division I court  and Judicial Magistrate First class cum Civil Judge Junior Division II  court  at Port Blair. All the cases listed for the hearing in all these courts will be uploaded in the website in the previous day evening itself for information. Other District Courts in Mayabandar and Car Nicobar will be connected with the website in phased manner.

The important feature of the website is that the judgements as well as orders delivered by the courts will be uploaded on the same day itself, so that they can be downloaded by the concerned on the same day without any delay. 

For the first time in the entire West Bengal region, the website is being launched for the District and Sessions Court in the islands.    Hon ‘ble Justice Soumitra Pal, Judge of Calcutta High Court has been instrumental in launching the website as part of the e-judiciary  for the benefits of the islanders in this far flung region. The website has been designed with user friendly features by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) at Port Blair.