2023 (4) TMI 826

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....m, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent : Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran, AOR Ms. Apeksha Mehta, Adv. Ms. Neha Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Falguni Gupta, Adv. ORDER UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following 1 In pursuance of the previous order dated 6 February 2023, appearing for the Union of India, Mr Balbir Singh, Additional Solicitor General has placed a note on the record. The relevant part of the note is extracted below: "CBDT: E-filing in High Court: At present, field formations have been filling appeals/petitions in physical as well as in e-filing mode. Out of 8353 appeals filed in 2022-23, 5145 appeals were filed in e-filing mode. It is also informed by....

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....ed before the ITAT in e-filing mode but during that period not much ITAT were enabled for electronic filing. This is expected to increase substantially following the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide order dated 6th February 2023. Data of appeals/ petitions filed before the High Courts and ITAT in the e-filing mode from 01/04/2022 to 31/01/2023 is as under: Sr No   Pr. CCIT (CCA) Charge   Total No. of Appeals /Petitions before High Court Total No. of Appeals/ Petitions filed in High Court through e-filing   Whether e-filing of appeal is enabled or not  Total No. of Appeals/ Petitions before ITAT Total No. of Appeals/ Petitions filed in ITAT through e-filing   Whether e-fil....

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.... Yes  16 Pr. CCIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan  42  18  Yes  52  51  Yes  17 Pr. CCIT, (UP West & UK), Kanpur  80  0  No  98  1  Yes  18 Pr. CCIT, UP(East), Lucknow  92  0  No  140  0  Yes  19 Pr. CCIT (Exemptions)  266  108  Yes  226  5  Yes  Total  8353 5145 (62%)    17522  125 (1 %)                     ITAT: ITAT has informed that: a) ITAT has already launched e-Filing Portal....

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....one wise report is as under: Table A Zones (1) Petitions (Jan to Mar) (2) Petitions filed through E-Filing (Jan to Mar) (3) GST Zones     BENGALURU 3 3 BHOPAL 9 6 BHUBANESWAR 4 4 CHANDIGARH 0 0 DELHI 3 3 HYDERABAD 0 0 JAIPUR 5 5 KOLKATA 3 3 LUCKNOW  4 2 MEERUT 5 5 MUMBAI 2 2 NAGPUR 0  0 PANCHKULA 0 0 PUNE 0 0 RANCHI 2 0 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 4 4 VADODARA 8 6 Customs Zone     BENGALURU 4 3 DELHI 22 22 DELHI (PREVENTIVE) 5 5 KOLKATA 5 5 MUMBAI ZONE-I 1 1 MUMBAI ZONE-II JNCH 5 5 MU....

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....er of this Court dated on 6 February 2023; (iii) Only 1% of the appeals before the ITAT have been filed in the e-filing mode; (iv) As of date, even after e-filing, the ITAT is insisting on physical submission of appeals; (v) 90.29% of cases under falling the jurisdiction of the Chief Commissionerates have been e-filed; and (vi) The e-filing module developed by NIC for CESTAT has been tested during the first week of March 2023 and its module is undergoing security audit. 3 Recently, a communication has been addressed by the Chief Justice of India to all the Chief Justices of the High Courts to facilitate the process of e-filing, particularly in appeals by the revenue and to gear up for the implementatio....