The Supreme Court has finally approved the use of A4 size papers for filing documents, with printing on both the sides. The news is
here and the circular is below.
For Internal Communications of Registry with Court
12032020_071734
… and…
For all communications between Registry, Court, Advocates and litigants
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Three law students write to CJI, want legal size paper ditched for A4.
Link here.
Supreme Court was not interested to direct other Constitutional Courts and Tribunals to shift to A4 paper usage.
Link here.
Youth Bar Association of India and Anr Vs Union of India and Ors on 31 Oct 2022
The following High Courts also followed the Supreme Court in this regard.
Allahabad HC
The news is here and Order passed in the Writ filed in this regard is below.
Saumitra Anand and 4 Ors Vs Registrar General High Court of Allahabad and 2 Ors on 27 Jul 2020
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The Registry had taken a decision on this. The Rulebooks are to be revised basis this decision soon.
Use of A4 sheets permitted by Allahabad High Court
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The Rules of the High Court are amended to incorporate the new paper size. The news is here.
Allahabad High Court (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Andhra Pradesh HC
The news is here and Notice is below
2022-07-29 A4 Paper usage effective from 01-09-2022
Bombay HC
The news is here and Notice is below (only applicable to all High Court benches; not to sub-ordinate courts in the State)
2021-07-06 Notification
Calcutta HC
The news is here and Notice is below
notice-2615-18-Feb-2020
Delhi HC
The PIL news is here. Actual news is here.
Practice_direction_A4_Delhi_High_Court
Here is the revised Practice direction…
Practice direction for A4 Paper usage by Delhi High Court
Gauhati HC
The news is here and the Notification is below
Notification-06-02-2015
Gujarat HC
The news is here
Himachal Pradesh HC
The direction is below
Himachal Pradesh HC regd A4 Paper size usage
Jharkhand HC
The news is here
Karnataka HC
The news is here. Here is the Judgment from CJ Karnataka
Akriti Agarwal and Ors Vs Registrar High Court of Karnataka on 19 Nov 2020
Kerala HC
The news is here and Notification is below.
Kerala HC regd Double side Printing
…and…
later news is here and the notification is below.
Kerala_HC_Notification_on_Use_of_A4_sheets
Madhya Pradesh HC
The news is here
Madras HC
The news is here.
Manipur HC
The Notification is below.
Manipur HC - use A4 size
Orissa HC
The news is here and here.
The said Order is below.
P.S. Chandralekha Vs High Court of Orissa on 17 Dec 2020
The High Court Notification is below.
2021-02-02 Orissa HC A4 Paper usage notification
Next HC
The news is here
Rajasthan HC
The news is here. Notice got issued to Registrar, HC
Akriti Agarwal Vs Registrar-General Rajasthan High Court in 18 Nov 2020
Tripura HC
The news is here and Order is below.
THC-6865-91
Telangana HC
The news is here and Circular is below.
2022-02-18 A4 Paper usage effective from 18-02-2022
Uttarakhand HC
The news is here.
The Notification of HC Rules 2020 below.
2020-12-31 Notification - HC of Uttarakhand Rules 2020 - A4 Paper Usage
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