The trend is fast catching. The Allahabad High Court yesterday used WhatsApp message to seek the presence of parties in a case before it..A Bench of Justices Tarun Agarwala and Ashok Kumar, which is hearing a case relating to elections to Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, sought to ensure presence of the Chairman and Secretary of the Bar Council through WhatsApp, though it was not successful..As per the order,.“We had further directed Sri Siddharth Nandan, the learned counsel assisting Sri T.P. Singh, the learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner to send “WhatsApp message” to the Chairman, Sri Anil Pratap Singh and Dr. Ram Jeet Singh Yadav, Secretary/the Election Officer on their mobile requesting them to appear before the Court today. .We also find that notices of the petition were duly served to the Chairman as well as to the Election Officer on their mobile by the petitioners as well as on the e-mail address of the Chairman and Secretary of the Bar Council of U.P. In spite of service of notices, respondents no. 4 and 5 have failed to appear or give instructions to their counsel.”.The Court then adjourned the matter for today while berating the Chairman and Secretary for dereliction of duty..Earlier, the Bombay High Court, in a matter pertaining to copyright infringement, had held that notice of motion to the defendants through Whatsapp as valid. Further, the Delhi High Court had also allowed service of summons through WhatsApp..Read the order below.
The trend is fast catching. The Allahabad High Court yesterday used WhatsApp message to seek the presence of parties in a case before it..A Bench of Justices Tarun Agarwala and Ashok Kumar, which is hearing a case relating to elections to Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, sought to ensure presence of the Chairman and Secretary of the Bar Council through WhatsApp, though it was not successful..As per the order,.“We had further directed Sri Siddharth Nandan, the learned counsel assisting Sri T.P. Singh, the learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner to send “WhatsApp message” to the Chairman, Sri Anil Pratap Singh and Dr. Ram Jeet Singh Yadav, Secretary/the Election Officer on their mobile requesting them to appear before the Court today. .We also find that notices of the petition were duly served to the Chairman as well as to the Election Officer on their mobile by the petitioners as well as on the e-mail address of the Chairman and Secretary of the Bar Council of U.P. In spite of service of notices, respondents no. 4 and 5 have failed to appear or give instructions to their counsel.”.The Court then adjourned the matter for today while berating the Chairman and Secretary for dereliction of duty..Earlier, the Bombay High Court, in a matter pertaining to copyright infringement, had held that notice of motion to the defendants through Whatsapp as valid. Further, the Delhi High Court had also allowed service of summons through WhatsApp..Read the order below.
