Supreme Court of India is
also on the e-governance track and providing its services at doorstep
of the Indian citizens. In this regard, on October 2, 2006 Supreme
Court started e-filing facility. It is a simple way of filing any case
via internet from his house. e-filing via internet does not require the
help of advocate. This service can be utilized by any common man as
well as registered advocate. Anybody desiring to avail this service may
log on to http://tempweb97.nic.in/sc-efiling/login.jsp
and sign up as a user.
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First time users of Supreme Court¡¯s
E-filing have to register him/her through the ¡®Sign Up¡¯ option.
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Through ¡®e-FILING¡¯ only Advocate-on
Record¡¯ and petitioners-in-person can file cases in the Supreme Court
of India
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Advocate option is to be chosen if you
are an ¡®Advocate-on-Record¡¯, otherwise choose ¡®In-person¡¯ option in
case you are petitioner-in-person.
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For registering first time personal
details such as Address, contact details, E-mail Id etc., which are
mandatory, need to be entered.
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For Advocate-on-record, his/her code
(Advocate-on-record code) will be ¡®Login-ID¡¯, while ¡®In-person¡¯ will
create his/her Login-Id through ¡®Sign Up¡¯ option. Password needs to be
entered thereafter. Login Id and password will be created once the
mandatory requirements are filled properly.
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After successful login the ¡®Disclaimer
screen¡¯ appears on the screen.
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Clicking of ¡®I agree¡¯ button on
Disclaimer allows the user to proceed further, while ¡®I decline¡¯ button
sends the control back to the Login screen.
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After successful login, the user can
file the case electronically.
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¡®New Case¡¯ option allows the user to
file a new case.
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¡®Modify¡¯ option allows a user to
carryout changes to the already e-filed case, provided the court fee
payment option is not invoked.
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Defects associated with the e-filed case
will be e-mailed to the advocate/petitioner by the Supreme Court
Registry.
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For further assistance, ¡®Help¡¯ option is
available.