Chief Justice of India Dr Justice D.Y. Chandrachud today announced that the Advocate Appearance Portal, through which the advocates can record their appearance online, will be launched on January 1, 2023.
With the aim to make the registry paperless , the online portal will do away with manual filing of appearance slips.
CJI DY Chandrachud while the court was in process remarked that we are streamlining the process of appearance memos.
The CJI added that whatever is uploaded by the lawyers, we will get. The court masters will not have to type it.
The purpose of the Advocate Appearance Portal is to ensure speed, accuracy and efficacy for recording the appearance of the Advocates in the Record of Proceedings.
It has provided the Advocates on Record to certify the appearance of Advocates in any matter and send the appearance slip through the said portal.
A user friendly online process for appearance slip is a progress from the existing process for Appearance Slip which was received through Advocates directly in the court or through email on the day of the case is listed.
The existing process required the verification of the AOR to be done manually which was both waste of time and last minute issues.
Also to add the names of Advocates were to be typed manually in Record of Proceedings under the existing process.
The AORs will now have access to their matters appearing in cause list of particular day and may mention appearances in the matter.
The Appearance Slip will be received online through the Advocate Appearance Portal and at the time of login, verification of the AOR is to be done by software through One Time Password (OTP).
The added advantage of this online facility is that it is environment frinedly.
An approximate of 2,00,000 (two lakh) papers per annum, will be saved with the new portal which will make process absolutely paperless.