High Time Govt Uses E-filing System: Bombay High Court Declines To Take Hard Copies In "Environmental PIL"
The Bombay High Court, observing that it was high time the State Government and its agencies started using the E-filing system invariably, refused to take hard copies of an affidavit in a case related to the environment.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Gauri Godse, on August 10, observed, "It is incongruous that in an environmental PIL that seeks to protect wetlands, and filed by...
The Bombay High Court, observing that it was high time the State Government and its agencies started using the E-filing system invariably, refused to take hard copies of an affidavit in a case related to the environment.
"It is incongruous that in an environmental PIL that seeks to protect wetlands, and filed by a social action group that seeks to protect forests, more and more paper is being used like this."
"If matters carry on like this, we will never be able to shift to a paperless environment — and that is the avowed objective and goal of the State Government itself."
Case Title: Vanashakti & Anr Versus Revenue & Forest Dept, State of Maharashtra & Ors
Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 289
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