Based on a round issued on September 3, all petitions, purposes, replies, rejoinders, affidavits, and accompanying pleadings submitted to NCLT registries nationwide should adhere to the duplex A4 commonplace.
The transfer addresses a long-pending demand from practitioners and litigants to modernise registry operations and discard the archaic reliance on single-sided, legal-size sheets, a legacy courting again to colonial-era administrative routines.
The push gained formal momentum in November 2021, when representations have been submitted earlier than the management of the NCLT and the Nationwide Firm Legislation Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
Advocates identified that company and authorities litigants virtually solely conduct day-to-day operations utilizing commonplace A4 paper, whereas legal-size sheets stay largely confined to courtroom corridors.
