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In the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 [CrPC] the provisions of the summons and Warrants are adopted from the [Old] Criminal Procedure Code, 1898. Since the year 1898 to till today, the environment, communication system , joint family system etc. is entirely changed and there are effects of Urbanization in India. But the mode of summons/warrant execution /service as provided in the CrPC are not changed as per the need of the stakeholders or effects of the changes in urbanization.

The object of summons or warrant is that , the person summoned shall remain present in the court on the fixed date. It is a process of the administration of criminal justice and therefore in a court process a proper method with proper authority is required to serve the process of the court and as a matter of convenience a new method or authority cannot be adopted unless amendments are carried out in the Procedural Code / Manual by the State Government.

In this study paper , it is studied that, in a conventional method, there is a communication gap in process service Method. During the entire process of conventional method, there is a need of effective management system. The conventional method is also a one way communication system between the court and the person against whom the process is to be served therefore it is studied that,benefits of urbanization are in better communication and openness, it is an opportunity to the ICT sector. The litigant charter of the e-courts system is helpful to dissolve the barriers in the communication between the stakeholders and may be useful to make a two way communication system. It is concluded that, an effective management of litigant charter is the need of the hour so that the e-court committee may develop a new platform of litigant/citizen Charter as per the needs of the stakeholders or the changes that will reflect during the urbanization process.

Keywords: Litigant charter , Citizen Charter, e-courts system, court process service , court communication system.

(Suggested System for Summons/Warrants in Subordinate Criminal Cases Courts)

1.Introduction: The Criminal Procedure Code, 1973(CrPC), is applicable to every offence under the Indian Penal Code6 or under any other law as applicable7.The CrPC is divided into three stages: investigation8, inquiry9...

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