Advocates to lay siege to HC over mandatory e-filing system

[24/12, 08:20] Sekarreporter: Advocates to lay siege to HC over mandatory e-filing system

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Chennai: Opposing the intro duction of mandatory e-filing system in all subordinate co urts across the state, Joint As Tion Committee (JAC) of Ta mil Nadu and Patucherry Ad vocales Associations has an nounced plans to lay siege to

Madras high court on Jan 7. The decision wastahnata

coordination committee mee ting held on Monday in Madu rai. According to the resolu tions adopted, the advocates reiterated their demand that the circular lasted by Madras high court making e-filing compulsory from Dec 1 should be withdrawn until basic in frastructure in all courta is in advocate and president of TN proved. S Prabaikunun, senior

Advocates Association, said the legal fraternity was not against the e-fling system, just that physical filing of ca ses by advocates and litigants should also be permitiend

is being boycotted since Dec 5 JAC noted that court work to press these demands. As the next phase of agitation, the bilise advocates in large num committee has decided to me

bersand lay siege to HC The committee us also

nounced a boycott of e-filing

training prog

conducted through video con

programmes to be

ferencing in the coetting days Explaining the lastan, advocate T Arun Kamar said, “The off ling must be done in the OCR (optical character recogni special OCR sononer that tion) format, which requires a

costs around em. Not eve ad san ry advocats can afford this “If we do this in a cumpu

me in addition to service and ter centrs, they charge tape internet charges. This will the staff handling ofiling are add to the litigation cat. Als under trained, and the frogo ant malfunctioning of the ser che in the proces, he added ver has become a huge obsta
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