Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing (Amendment) Rules, 2021

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The Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing (Amendment) Rules, 2021 have been introduced. These amendments make e-filing mandatory for applications where the debt to be recovered is ₹100 crore or above. These new rules came into effect upon their publication in the Official Gazette.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Financial Services)

Notification No. G.S.R. 501 (E)

New Delhi, the 22nd July, 2021

G.S.R. 501 (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ccd) of sub-section(2) of section 36 of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (51 of 1993), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Debts Recovery Tribunal and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing Rules, 2020 namely:-

1. Short title and Commencement: – (1) These rules may be called the Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In sub-rule(2) of rule 3 of the Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing Rules, 2020, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—

“Provided that e filing of pleading shall be mandatory where the debt to be recovered, as mentioned in the application, is rupees one hundred crore and above.”

[F. No. 3/5/2021-DRT]

VANDITA KAUL, Addl. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sub Section (i), vide number G.S.R. 43(E), dated the 22^nd January, 2020.

FAQ :

These are amendments to the existing electronic filing rules for the Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals, introduced in 2021.

The amendment rules came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The key change is that e-filing of pleadings is now mandatory for applications where the debt to be recovered is ₹100 crore and above.

No, this amendment specifically applies to cases where the debt to be recovered, as stated in the application, amounts to rupees one hundred crore and above.

The original rules were the Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing Rules, 2020.