Gujarat High Court Passes Interim Order Asking NCLT Ahmedabad To Permit Restricted Use Of Electronic Devices By Lawyers Before It
10 months ago

Gujarat High Court Passes Interim Order Asking NCLT Ahmedabad To Permit Restricted Use Of Electronic Devices By Lawyers Before It

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As an interim measure, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the National Company Law Tribunal in Ahmedabad to permit the use of electronic devices like laptops, tablets, and notebooks during hearings. An absolute restriction on use of mobile phones and other electronic devices be modified in an appropriate manner considering the spirit and the order passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court, as also the directions issued from time to time, to be technologically adept and to see to it that the advocates, litigants and the Courts are technologically adept,.” The above development came in a writ petition seeking directions to the NCLT Bench to permit use of electronic devices in line of the directions issued by the Supreme Court in Sarvesh Mathur v. The Registrar General, Punjab and Haryana High Court. Many of us don't even have a hard copy,” said the senior counsel, acceding to which, Justice Nanavati posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday Senior Counsel Kavina submitted that the Court may exercise the extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, directing NCLT to permit the use of electronic devices such as Mobile Phone, Laptop,Tablet/ note-book, etc. "By way of ad-interim relief, the NCLT, Ahmedabad to permit the use of electronic devices such as Laptop, Tablet- Note-book, subject to further orders that maybe passed by this Court," the Court directed.

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