LHC launches email system for bail orders.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday launched a new 'email system' for the district judiciary of the province to send out bail orders to avoid coronavirus infection by following social distancing rules.

The top court of the province also instructed all district and sessions judges in Punjab under the domain of the principal seat that every order received through the email system should be verified from the officials concerned of the LHC. The orders sent through the email system by two data entry operators deputed for the purpose should be considered valid till further orders in addition to the general process, the notification read.

Previously, the LHC had undertaken strict measures at the entry points of the court premises to prevent the spread of the virus.

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