CJ Urges Judiciary to Keep in Mind the Last Man in Queue While Discharging Responsibilities
Chief Justice Singh highlighted the progress made by the Telangana judiciary during the past year.
Hyderabad:Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh called on the judiciary and the legal fraternity to ensure that their decisions made a tangible difference to the lives of the most vulnerable, He urged them to “keep in mind the last man in the queue” while discharging their responsibilities.
Speaking after hoisting the National Flag, Justice Singh said: “My message to the members of the state judiciary and legal fraternity is to remind ourselves almost every day of the bullets that our jawans and soldiers have faced to secure and protect the freedom of this country.” He also invoked Mahatma Gandhi’s famous message that every decision should be taken keeping the “last man in the queue” in mind, whether our decisions are going to make a difference to their lives.
Chief Justice Singh highlighted the progress made by the Telangana judiciary during the past year. He said the High Court had received 90,357 cases during the last year and disposed of 80,020 cases, registering a disposal rate of approximately 88.5 per cent.
The Chief Justice noted that the foundation stone for Zone-II of the new High Court complex at Rajendranagar, was laid by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on April 5. Construction has reached about 20.25 per cent, against the projected progress of 24.44 per cent. The cultural centre at the High Court guest house near Ashok Vihar was nearing completion, Justice Singh said.
He said that construction of 11 of 13 priority district court complexes was underway. Across 18 projects, 43 court halls and 37 residential quarters are under construction. Eight new courts established under the state scheme had been inaugurated.
The Chief Justice said e-filing and other digital services had been expanded across the High Court and district judiciary. Electronic generation and transmission of criminal processes and summons through the e-Step portal integrated with the Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) has enabled faster communication with the police through CCTNS and electronic acknowledgements by courts.
According to Justice Singh, integration of CIS 4.0 with e-Prisons and Telangana Police CCTNS was also underway, facilitating the exchange of summons and prisoner-related information. Digitisation of judicial records had made substantial progress, with approximately 14.13 crore pages of High Court records and 8.89 crore pages of district judiciary records scanned and digitised. A dedicated cell had translated and uploaded 4,737 Supreme Court judgments and 3,322 High Court judgments to the designated portal. Guidelines for live-streaming of court proceedings and social media protocols have also been issued.
Video-conferencing infrastructure had been established in all district courts. The Chief Justice said notifications had been issued for direct recruitment to 859 posts across various cadres and 42 candidates were provisionally selected for typist posts and 59 for copyist posts. For the first time, sports tournaments were organised for judicial officers and staff. The events will now be conducted annually, with a football tournament also proposed. The CJ distributed the Prathiba award prize money payments to the children of the employees of the High Court, who have secured the highest marks in their academics.
Present at the event were judges of the High Court, Advocate General A. Sudharshan Reddy, Telangana Bar Council chairman A. Narasimha Reddy, and president of the High Court Bar Association Surender Reddy.