Court can serve summons, notice through WhatsApp, email: HC – Tribune India

Photo for representational purpose only. File photo Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 26 An order that will change the way summons — integral to the judicial processes — are served to the respondents in court cases, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed e-service through email and instant messaging service WhatsApp. The only condition prescribed by the High Court is the furnishing of an affidavit that the email and the WhatsApp numbers are correct and that the email has not bounced back. A screenshot showing e-service of the summons has also been prescribed. Furnishing affidavit must The condition prescribed by the High Court is the furnishing of an affidavit that the email and the WhatsApp numbers are correct and that the email has not bounced back. A screenshot showing e-service of the summons has also been prescribed The direction by Justice Jaishree Thakur came on a petition filed against by a woman against her spouse through counsel Harsh Chopra. Appearing before Justice Thakur’s Bench through videoconferencing, Chopra submitted that he was making a limited prayer for the issuance of directions to “effect service upon the respondents by email and WhatsApp in terms of the directions issued by…
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