The Ministry of Finance vide its notification dated 22nd July 2021 has published the Debts Recovery Tribunal and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing Rules, 2021 which has mandated the E-filing of pleading where the debt to be recovered is above Rs. 100 crores.
The rule shall apply to e filing, display of interim or final orders or directions passed by the Tribunals on the common website in the e-DRT system and to the electronic issuance and e-service of intimations
The e-filing of pleadings by applicants shall be optional, 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.”
