The Supreme Court Registrar has said that service of notice through e-mail is not valid service as per rules prescribed.
During a proceeding which was held before Registrar H Shashidhara Shetty, a notice was served to respondents through e-mail was found to be an invalid service as per rules.
The registrar said that as per office report, the notice was served upon respondent Nos.2 and 3 through e-mail, which is not valid service, as per rules.
The Registrar thus granted the counsel two weeks’ time to take fresh steps and file fresh particulars in respect of respondent Nos.2 and 3. Dasti.
The top court had in 2010 decided to experiment with email notices to respondents for reducing lags which result from the traditional method of serving notices.
It was during the Covid-19 lockdown, the Supreme Court along with many other courts had allowed summons and notices to be served through email, fax and instant messaging applications like WhatsApp.
As per the Supreme Court Rules, notice must be sent by registered post to respondents.