Kerala Bar Council Urges High Court To Defer E-Filing Rules Implementation
3 years, 7 months ago

Kerala Bar Council Urges High Court To Defer E-Filing Rules Implementation

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The Bar Council of Kerala has voiced its concerns about the Kerala E-Filing Rules, 2021, and has made representations to the Kerala High Court Chief Justice detailing the Council's grievances. The representation from Council Chairman Advocate Joseph John recites that the Bar Council of Kerala, after meeting Lawyers' Organizations and the office bearers of all the 86 Bar Associations of Kerala, has found that the unanimous opinion of the entire Bar "is that the lawyers' community has been heartlessly side-lined by implementing the above rules behind their back." "The patently arbitrary and hasty manner in which the e-filing rules was notified by the High Court on 12.5.2021 is blatantly whimsical, abrasive and prejudicial, affecting the interest of the entire lawyer community of more than 40,000 lawyers in Kerala", the representation states. The Council has also expressed reservations about these aspects of the present e-filing process, terming them as 'lacunae' and 'loopholes' - Implementation of the above e-filing rules would be practically impossible for lawyers' practising in remote areas of the state, since the rules mandate high level technological requirements and equipment that unfamiliar and alien to many lawyers.

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