Delhi High Court Asks Registrar General To Decide Plea For Increasing E-Filing Size Limit

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed its Registrar General to decide a representation seeking increase in the e-filing size of documents to be filed before the Delhi High Court as well as district courts in the national capital.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the Registrar General to decide the representation after getting inputs from the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the concerned administrative committee.

The court disposed of a public interest litigation filed by Advocate Rohit Pradhan, who was appearing in person. The plea sought a direction on the authorities to amend the e-filing Rules and to increase the e-filing size limit.

It was Pradhan's case that the size of e-filing of documents in the High Court and district courts is presently 100 mb and 20 mb respectively. According to him, the same should atleast be increased to 300 mb and 150 mb respectively.

Pradhan contended that the current limit often necessitates compression of files which affects the quality of the document to be filed. He said that the Delhi High Court has the mechanism of e-filing of files upto 300 mb at the filing centre but the same requires a visit to court premises at specific hours. He further stated that the fact that the current procedure allows for e-filing of files beyond 300 mb demonstrates that there is no limit on e-filing size.

It was also submitted that due to the limits imposed, the lawyers who are specially abled are facing difficulty. He contended that a representation was made by him to the Registrar General of the High Court on July 1 but no response was received.

While disposing of the plea, the court ordered: “The petition is disposed of with a direction to the Registrar General to decide the representation of the petitioner dated July 01 with inputs from NIC and concerned administrative committee.”

Title: Rohit Pradhan v. High Court & Ors.