Bombay High Court approves use of A4 size papers printed on both sides for filing pleas
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday authorized the use of A4 size papers printed on both sides for filing of pleas in all courts to avoid wasting paper and cupboard space in courts.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni was listening to a public curiosity litigation filed by advocate Sujay Joshi in Pune via advocate Ajinkya Udane. It urged the court docket to take judicial discover of the truth that the court docket faces an infrastructural concern and crunch to retailer the paperwork, data and information.
The PIL argued that utilizing A4 size paper can be atmosphere pleasant, relying upon Article 48 (A) (safety and enchancment of atmosphere and safeguarding of forests and wild life) and Article 51 (A) (g) (it shall be the obligation of each citizen of India to guard and enhance the pure atmosphere).
Senior advocate Sanjeev Nargolkar, representing the High Court administration, instructed the court docket {that a} notification was issued on July 6 within the gazette on utilizing solely high-quality A4 size sheets printed on both sides within the court docket. The notification learn, “Superior quality A4 size paper having not less than 75GSM with printing on both sides of the paper with Font – Times New Roman or Georgia, Font size 14 with inner margin of 5cm and outer margin 3cm.”
Soon thereafter, the Registrar General issued a round that learn, “It is notified for the information of all concerned that considering the difficulties being faced by the members of the Bar/parties-in-person with regard to use of A4 size paper and with a view to bringing uniformity about use of paper in day-to-day working on the administrative side, to minimise consumption of paper and consequently to save the Environment, Hon’ble the Chief Justice and the Judges of the Bombay High Court have been pleased to direct that henceforth, the Registry shall use A4 size paper (on both sides) for internal communications at all levels in the Registry.”
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