Team Herald
PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has introduced online payment of court fees through e-payment in coordination with the Goa government and National Informatics Centre.
A notice uploaded on its website stated that e-payment of court fees would be available for the High Court, District and Sessions Courts as well as all sub-ordinate courts in Goa. The new system will be in addition to the present system wherein all court fees are paid by way of impressed and adhesive stamps.
“Sometimes, there is a shortage of court fee stamps and advocate/litigants find it difficult to obtain court fee stamp. This issue is being resolved by using an electronic technology to provide payment of court fees through electronic mode of payment. This facility will be in addition to existing system of payment of court fees through court fee stamp,” states the notice.
The notice also mentions that to avail this service and making electronic payment of court fees, a user must have internet banking account, debit/credit card of banks specified by payment gateway website.
The Assembly had last year amended the Court Fees (Goa Amendment) Act, 2016 enabling the e-payment of court fees.
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Mobiles banned in courts
The High Court of Bombay at Goa has ordered that carrying of mobile phone inside the court halls would be considered as contempt of court.
“All the parties/litigants and public at large are hereby informed that they shall not take mobile phones, cameras or audio/video recording devices and shall not record anything using them inside the court halls. These articles should not at all be brought inside the court halls and the person may make his own arrangement for its safe keeping, for which the High Court administration does not take any responsibility,” states the notice issued by the Court Registrar General Mangesh Patil. The High Court hitherto will fine violators.
