Ramgarh court starts hearing via video conferencing

Apr 23, 2020, 05:00 IST

Ramgarh: The Ramgarh civil court started hearing important cases via video conferencing on Wednesday in view of the Covid-19 threat. It had earlier received a directive in this regard from the Jharkhand high court.
Rakesh Raushan, the registrar of Ramgarh civil court, said: “The advocates have been asked to list the important cases they want the court to take up. The cases selected by principal district and sessions judge will also be heard through video conferencing.”
R B Rai, the public prosecutor of Ramgarh court, said: “Without visiting courtrooms, public prosecutors and defence counsels can now put their arguments online from the comfort and safety of their respective homes.”
For instance, Anand Agarwal, a senior advocate and the president of Ramgarh Bar Association, appeared in the court of principal district and session judge Sanjay Pratap via video conferencing on Wednesday. Anand is the defence counsel of Gola-based drug store owner Bhola Shankar Agarwal, who was booked for alleged overpricing of drugs and for not providing cash receipts to his customers on the sale of face masks and sanitizers. “After hearing arguments from the public prosecutor and the defence counsel, the court listed the case for hearing on May 26 and directed that the accused should not be arrested till then,” Anand said.