Jharkhand High Court Directs Registry To Immediately Get All The Order-Sheets Of Each & Every Case Laminated

Emphasizing that the order sheets of Judicial records need to be protected and preserved, the Jharkhand High Court recently directed its registry to get the order sheets of each and every case laminated immediately.

The Bench of Justice Ananda Sen issued this order noting that the High Court is a court of record and thus, due to the passage of time and because of handling of each of the case records by several persons, the order sheets get damaged and in many occasions gets torn.

The Court also observed that it has come across several case files where the order sheets are in dilapidated condition.

"Case files placed before me contain torn/damaged order sheets. Tear in the order-sheets causes difficulty in reading the office notes," the Bench added.

Therefore, considering the aforesaid facts, the Court directed the Registrar General, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, to get all the order sheets of each and every cases laminated immediately, so that damages of order sheets can be prevented and the same can be preserved.

Lastly, the Court directed that a copy of the order be placed before Registrar General, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi for compliance.

Case title - Sanjeev Kumar @ Sanjeev Kumar Singh v. Damodar Mishra & Ors. 

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