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Rohit Pradhan v. Honble Delhi High Court through Its Registrar General & Ors.

Delhi HC6 Aug 2024W.P.(C)/10851/2024

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Petitioner in person filed a PIL requesting increase in e-filing size limits to 300 MB for High Court and 150 MB for District Courts. Court directed Registrar General to decide pending representation from 01 July 2024 expeditiously.

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Direction to Registrar General to decide petitioner's representation dated 01 July 2024 expeditiously after obtaining inputs from National Informatics Centre/Respondent No.3 and concerned Administrati

Rohit Pradhan Vs Honble Delhi High Court through Its… — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 10851/2024

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ROHIT PRADHAN .....Petitioner

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Through: Petitioner in person.

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versus

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HONBLE DELHI HIGH COURT THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mrs.Rashmi Chopra with Mr.Puneet Rathi, Ms.Fiza Chopra and Mr.Parikshit Singh Bhati, Advocates for R-1/DHC. Ms.Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC for GNCTD. Mr.Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr.Kushagra Kumar and Mr.Ankur Yadav, Advocates for R- 3/NIC.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

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O R D E R % 06.08.2024

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Present public interest litigation has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents to amend the e-filing rules to increase the file size limit for electronic filings to at least 300 MB for the High Court and 150 MB for the District Courts.

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The petitioner who appears in person, states that that the current e- filing size limits often necessitates the compression of documents which affects the quality of documents. He states that there is a mechanism of

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filing documents up-to 300 MB at the High Court e-filing centre. He, however, states that the same requires a visit to the Court premises at specified hours. He also states that current procedures allowing for files beyond 300 MB demonstrate that there is effectively no limit on e-filing size.

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He emphasises that because of the limits imposed, the lawyers who are specially-abled are facing difficulties.

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A perusal of the paper book reveals that the petitioner has made a representation dated 01^st July, 2024 to the Registrar General of this Court, but has not received any response till date.

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Consequently, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Registrar General of this Court to decide the petitioner’s representation dated 01^st July, 2024, as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law, after getting inputs from National Informatics Centre (NIC)/respondent no.3 as well as from the concerned Administrative Committee.

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ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE

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TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J

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AUGUST 6, 2024 KA

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Rohit Pradhan v. Honble Delhi High Court through Its Registrar General & Ors.

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