Centre tells Supreme Court 50% ceiling of reservation is not sacrosanctNew Delhi, Sep 07: Doing away with traditional bulky paper-books, a Supreme Court constitution bench on Wednesday heard a dispute between Centre and Delhi government using soft copies of petitions and pleadings.
Taking the first step towards paperless proceedings, the apex court said that no hard copies of files or compilations will be allowed in the Delhi vs Centre case hearing.
"We will be a completely green bench. It has to be started somewhere.... we also received (tech) training," the bench said.
The apex cour said it will decide the schedule of hearing on September 27 and told senior advocates and SG Tushar Mehta that no paper book will be allowed into the courtroom in that case. It asked Registry to make soft copies of all documents and provide it to Centre and Delhi government.
The bench added that the court officials are willing to train lawyers on Saturdays on how to use technology.
"The secretary and the IT head said that they are willing to train the seniors on how to use technology on Saturdays. But please do not keep papers in this court. So apart from hearing, please let us know if you all need the training, we will organise this," the judge said.
Centre tells Supreme Court 50% ceiling of reservation is not sacrosanct
Earlier, the apex court on August 22 had said that a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Chandrachud has been set up to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi.