The 'Virtual Court Web Portal' has been launched in the State Of Tripura, w.e.f.1 st June, 2022 to facilitate online payment of fines by the citizens in cases relating to eChallans arising out of Traffic violations in the area within the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Police (Traffic), West Tripura, on a pilot basis. As per the press release by Tripura High Court, the High Court...
The 'Virtual Court Web Portal' has been launched in the State Of Tripura, w.e.f.1 st June, 2022 to facilitate online payment of fines by the citizens in cases relating to eChallans arising out of Traffic violations in the area within the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Police (Traffic), West Tripura, on a pilot basis.
As per the press release by Tripura High Court, the High Court has designated the Court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Court No. 1, Agartala, West Tripura as the 'Virtual Court' for the above purpose.
Virtual Court
Virtual Courts have been introduced as part of eCourts Project and as the term suggest, the cases are adjudicated in a virtual platform.
"The concept has been evolved in order to efficiently utilise Court resources and to provide the litigants with an effective avenue to settle petty dispute," the press release states.
In the present phase of the project, the virtual court is being utilised for disposal of petty Traffic challan cases.
"The Virtual Court is meant for disposal of petty Traffic challan cases where there is pro-active admission of guilt by the Traffic violator on receipt of the summons in electronic form."
Digital Challans
The eChallan application shall generate Digital Challans and this shall be sent in digital form to the designated Virtual Court and all the Challans for the given day will reflect in the dashboard of the Virtual Court Judge.
"The Court, as per Section 208 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 will issue summons to the Traffic violator via SMS notification in the Registered Mobile Number of the violator. The SMS notification will contain a web link by clicking on which the violator will be redirected to the Virtual Court Web Portal," the press release reads.
The fine amount paid by the violator will be deposited directly in the e-Treasury as 'Government Receipt' through the eGRAS portal of the Finance Department, Government of Tripura.
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