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NEW DELHI: In an another step to make Supreme Court Registry paperless, Chief Justice of India Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has decided to do away with cumbersome manual filing of advocate appearance slip by launching a new portal for it.
"Manual filing of advocate appearance slip will be a history. On the first working day of the Year 2023; AOR may submit Appearance Slip through new portal. Advocate Appearance Portal is another step to make the Registry working paperless under the directions of the Chief Justice of India," a statement from Public Relations Office said.
Advocate Appearance Portal has been designed and developed for bringing speed, accuracy and efficacy for recording the appearance of the Advocates in the Record of Proceedings, it said.
The Advocates on Record may certify the appearance of Advocates in a matter and send the appearance slip through this portal.
The existing process for Appearance Slip is cumbersome. The Appearance Slip is received through Advocates directly in the court or through email on the day of the case is listed and verification of the AOR is done manually in the existing process. Besides, names of Senior Advocates and Advocates are typed manually in Record of Proceedings, it said.
"New online process for Appearance Slip is user friendly. Access to the appearance portal will be user specific i.e. the AOR will have access to his/her matter appearing in cause list of particular day and may mention appearances in the matter. The Appearance Slip will be received online through the Advocate Appearance Portal and at the time of login, verification of the AOR is to be done by software through One Time Password (OTP)," it said.
This online facility is also an environment friendly step through which approximate 2,00,000 (Two lacs) papers per annum, will be saved.
The CJI asked the Advocates on Record to utilise Advocate Appearance Portal, which will be functional from January 1, 2023.
