JAMMU: High Court of Jammu and Kashmir is using Short Messaging Services (SMS) to disseminate information and make lawyers as well as litigants aware about novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Around 1,89,000 SMS have been sent by the High Court as well as by District Courts of JK 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 sensitise lawyers and litigants especially those residing in far-flung areas of JK and Ladakh UTs on novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

KR Desk