The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India vide Circular F.No.01/Judl./2020, dated March 5, 2020, notified that with a view to bring uniformity about use of paper and printing, to minimize consumption of paper and consequently to save the environment, A4 size paper shall be used instead of legal size paper in the pleadings, petitions, affidavits or other documents to be filed in the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a following manner:
With effect from April 1, 2020:
- Superior quality A4 size paper (29.7 cm x 21 cm) having not less than 75 GSM with printing on both sides of the paper with Font – Times New Roman, Font size 14, in one and half line spacing (for quotations and indents – font size 12 in single line spacing), with margin of 4 cm on left & right and 2 cm on top & bottom.
- In conformity with the provisions of Order LIII, Rule 2 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 all communications from Registry of Hon’ble Supreme Court shall only be sent to the concerned Advocates-on-Record through e-mail followed by an SMS alert on the registered mobile number of the Advocate-on-record and thereafter the practice of sending the communication through hard copy shall be discontinued.
With immediate effect:
- Directed filing counter of the Registry to accept Misc. Applications, Review Petitions, Curative Petitions and Contempt Petitions in disposed of matters as 1 +1 (1 set of original papers + 1 paper book) and after the defects are cured, rest of the paper books shall be filed by the advocates/parties in-person and
- A common index shall be placed in the first volume in case there are more than one volume in a matter and a separate index of each volume shall be placed in the respective volume(s).
Earlier, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India vide Circular dated January 14, 2020 w.e.f. January 26, 2020 directed the Supreme Court Registry to use A4 size sheets, printed on both sides, for internal communication at all levels and issued the instructions related to same.
The Circular dated January 14, 2020 can be accessed at: https://main.sci.gov.in/pdf/cir/12032020_071734.pdf
The Circular dated March 05, 2020 can be accessed at: https://main.sci.gov.in/pdf/cir/12032020_071455.pdf