PRAYAGRAJ: As per an apex court directive to develop video conferencing system for hearing cases and also for maintaining social distancing, Allahabad High Court has developed a new software by which multiple court proceedings at the High Court and district courts across the state can be conducted through virtual courts within the court premises without any internet connectivity.With this facility, Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to have software-based in-house facility of virtual courts.Giving this information, registrar protocol of Allahabad High Court, Ashish Srivastava, said: “Operating on the concept of video conferencing, the judges will be able to hear the case sitting in a separate room while the lawyers and the petitioners can put forward their submissions from another room on the court campus.”This new software for conducting court proceeding through video conference has been installed in Allahabad High Court and in all the district courts of the state.Besides, efforts are being made to further strengthen such services, the registrar told TOI on Thursday.He further informed that this facility is completely secure and the connectivity is seamless. Existing infrastructure was used for the purpose and no additional expenditure was incurred in providing this facility, he added.As per computer experts, one server can be made internally, which can be interconnected and it can function even without Internet.