Order of NCLT on Automatic Case Number Generation

Last updated: 30 December 2020

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The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is implementing automatic case number generation across all its benches nationwide starting January 2021. This initiative is part of the broader e-courts project aimed at enhancing digital services for citizens. The automatic case numbers will be generated through the NCLT's e-filing portal.

File No. 25/02/2020-NCLT
NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL

6th Floor, Block-3,
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi- 110003
Dated: 24th December 2020

ORDER

As you all are aware that our Hon’ble Prime Minister has launched a Digital India campaign to ensure the Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improving the online infrastructure.

2. In this regarding e-courts initiative in NCLT was conceptualized in year 2017 and now e-filing has been mandatorily started in all the benches of NCLT across the Country. The completion of the &court includes the points/ stages in corporated in the list attached; which are namely e-filing, c-scrutiny, Automatic Case number Registration, Case allocation, e-cause list generation. It has been decided that all the Benches which have implemented e-filing have to start the second phase of e-court which is Automatic Case Number Generation.

3. It is hereby informed that the Competent Authority has decided that Automatic Case Number Generation should be mandatorily started from In January 2021 in all the benches across the Country. The automatically number has to be generated from E-filing portal i.e. efiling.nclt.gov.in

4. This issues with the approval of Hon’ble Acting President.

(Shiv Ram Bairwa)
Registrar

Copy to:

1. P.S. to Hon’ble President, National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi.

2. All Hon’ble Members, National Company Law Tribunal.

3. Secretary, Nation Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi.

4. All Joint Registrar/ Deputy Registrar/ Assistant Registrar, NCLT Benches

FAQ :

The NCLT is mandating the automatic generation of case numbers for all benches across the country.

Automatic case number generation will be mandatory from January 2021.

The automatic case numbers will be generated from the NCLT's e-filing portal, which can be accessed at efiling.nclt.gov.in.

This is part of the e-courts initiative to improve online infrastructure and make government services available electronically, aligning with the Digital India campaign.

All NCLT benches across the country that have implemented e-filing are required to start the automatic case number generation phase.

Notification No : File No. 25/02/2020-NCLT
Source : https://www.ibbi.gov.in/uploads/legalframwork/c0e9da77beb8bcef58bfe30414582903.pdf

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