Printout of court order from official site is valid

Mumbai: The Bombay high court (HC) has held that the print out of the HC orders from its official website has sanctity and the trial courts are expected to consider the said orders, if they are cited after taking a print out from the official website. 

Justice Ravindra Ghuge also directed the registrar general of the HC to circulate this order to all the principal judges in Maharashtra. Justice Ghuge of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court passed this order while hearing a civil petition between two brothers where petitioner's lawyer had expressed apprehension to the court that often trial judges refuse to consider printout of judgment copies taken from HC's official website and insist on production of certified copy.

Justice Ghuge had termed the apprehension as "misplaced" saying the printout of the order of high court from the official website has sanctity and the trial courts are expected to consider the said orders, if they are cited after taking printout from the official website. 

“The said orders are also available before the trial court from the official website and there can be a counter verification to find out whether such an order is actually uploaded to the official website or not.” 

“Once the order is uploaded on the official website, it is a reliable document to be considere   d by the court before whom it is cited,” said Justice Ghughe.