Govt. mandates e-filing of pleadings before DRT/DRAT if debt to be recovered is Rs. 100 crores or more
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Notification No .G.S.R. 501 (E)., Dated 22.07.2021
The Govt. has amended “The Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing Rules, 2020″. Amendment has been made to Rule 3, whereby e-filing of pleadings before DRT/DRAT has been mandated where the debt to be recovered, as mentioned in the application, is Rs. 100 crore and more. Earlier, e filing of pleadings by applicants was optional.
As per Rule 3, the Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing Rules, 2020 shall apply to e filing, display of interim or final orders or directions passed by the Tribunals on the common website in the e-DRT system and to the electronic issuance and e-service of intimations.
Rule 4 prescribes that pleadings as prescribed for specific purposes under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993, the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, maybe filed by an applicant in electronic form, through the e-DRT system;
After e-filing, the applicant shall file a hard copy of the said pleading, along with a copy of the acknowledgment for e filing within seven working days of the day of e-filing in person or by his agent or by a duly authorized legal practitioner before the Registry of the Tribunal.
The Tribunal may exercise its discretion to allow certain related documents to be filed only in the conventional manner, even when the applicant has made the pleading by e-filing.
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