NEW DELHI: Emphasizing the need to save the environment, a trial court has suggested framing of guidelines to minimize use of papers in judicial work and instead use electronic form of documents.

The court said that with rapid advancement of technology, lawyers and litigants should aim at using less paper and should bring documents in CDs or pen drives. “The time has also come to have guidelines, instructions and rules to direct parties to bring only relevant documents,” the court said.

“The country already has many environmental problems. Parties tend to file documents in bulk which not only waste the court’s time but also adversely affect nature,” additional sessions judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma said. The court’s observation came while dismissing a review petition in a cheque bounce case filed by Andhra Pradesh-based VMC Systems Ltd against a magisterial court order disallowing a question put by the defence.

The court rejected the petition and also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the firm while observing that the petition was filed only to delay proceedings and harass the complainant.
TOI | Apr 20, 2015

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