December 29, 2020
Initiative part of Digital India drive Come January 1, 2021, all benches of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that have implemented e-filing will embark on the second phase of e-Court, with the launch of Automatic Case Number generation.
The Automatic Case Number generation will happen out of the e-filing portal, said an order issued by NCLT.
E-filing has been mandatorily started in all the benches of NCLT across the country under the e-Cort initiative, which was conceptualised in 2017.
With the latest decision, the concept of e-Court will now cover e-filing, e-scrutiny, Automatic Case Number registration, case allocation and e-cause list generation.