Courts use SMS service to create awareness about COVID-19

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: In order to disseminate information and make lawyers as well as litigants aware about novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir is using Short Messaging Services (SMS).
Around 1,89,000 SMS have been sent by the High Court as well as by District Courts of J&K and Ladakh UTs to the lawyers and litigants.
Various advisories/guidelines/helplines issued by WHO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and by Health and Medical Education Department J&K are being conveyed through SMS.
The move is a part of the measures taken by High Court of Jammu and Kashmir to sensitize lawyers and litigants especially those residing in far flung areas of J&K and Ladakh UTs on novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.