How Andhra Pradesh HC Has Been Disposing Urgent Cases Via Video Conferencing

So far as disposal of extremely urgent cases in the High Court is concerned, the High Court has taken a decision to dispose the cases only through Web-hearing, i.e. through Video-Conferencing in view of the need so occurred. The Chief Justice and the Registry have planned for the hearing of cases by using ZOOM MEETING APPLICATION, which is an open-source software.

High Court has decided to install the software in the desktop/i-pad/mobile of the Hon'ble Judges. The learned Advocate General, Public Prosecutor, Asst. Solicitor General and other learned Advocates have been requested to download the said APPLICATION in their respective devices.

Advocates and parties who appear in person before the High Court have been requested to submit the soft copies of their cases to the Registrar (Judicial) to his official e-mail.

After receiving requests from the Advocates and parties-in-person, Registrar (Judicial) will place all the requests before the Hon'ble the Chief Justice and his Lordship permits hearing of only imminently urgent matters through Video-Conferencing. After scrutiny and registration of the cases by the Registry, the cases are placed before the Hon'ble the Chief Justice and His Lordship will fix a date and time for web-hearing of the cases through Video-Conferencing through the Bench so constituted by His Lordship.

As per schedule, the Chief Justice would be sitting at his official residence whereas the  companion Judge would be sitting at His Lordship's residence.

Prior to the meeting, the Registry will log into the APPLICATION from the official residence of the Chief Justice and invite the companion Judge, learned Advocate General, Asst. Solicitor General, Public Prosecutor and respective counsel who will be sitting in their respective houses, to the VC, by sharing the meeting ID and password to their mobiles.