Chief Justice of India is a public authority under RTI

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority under the transparency law, the Right to Information Act. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi upheld the 2010 Delhi High Court verdict and dismissed the three appeals filed by Secretary General of the Supreme Court and the Central Public Information officer of the apex court. Read More…

SC petitions only on A4 size paper from April 1

In a bid to control environmental degradation and bring uniformity in the use of paper in its day-to-day work, the Supreme Court will accept petitions and affidavits only on A4 size sheets of paper printed on both sides from April 1, 2020. Chief Justice of India S A Bobde had on January 14 directed the Supreme Court registry to use A4 size sheets printed on both sides for internal communicatioRead More…

Service of Summons by Digital Media

Dr. Madhav Vishwanath Dawalbhakta & ors. v. M/s. Bendale Brothers In the above name case, the Bombay High Court accepted the delivery of summon sent through WhatsApp message. It accepted this substituted service of summon. Justice GS Patel remarked that not only the WhatsApp message but also the attached document in PDF format was opened by the recipient, hence the same was deemed to bRead More…

A4 size papers for filing documents, with print on both the sides, allowed by SC

The Supreme Court has finally approved the use of A4 size papers for filing documents, with print on both the sides. Presently, all the filings in the SC have to be made on legal size paper, with single side print. A decision to this effect has been taken in environmental interest, in a meeting of the Committee for Rationalization of Use of Papers in the Supreme Court of India and for IntroducRead More…

First District Court who provide E Certified Copy

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country:District and Sessions Court Jabalpur launches the e-certified copy
facility programme In the premises of District Court, Jabalpur Hon’ble Shri Chief Justice A.K. Mittal and Administrative Judge Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav inaugrated the innovative tool for providing e-certified copy to the applicant. This service can be availed by cRead More…