TMI Blog2023 (4) TMI 826X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y audit. 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 implementation of Phase III of the e-Courts project - The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court shall forward a copy of this order to the Registrars General of the High Courts of Allahabad, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Guwahati, Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya. Necessary steps should be taken to facilitate e-filing at least of revenue appeals. As regards the ITAT, it is incumbent on the tribunal to ensure that revenue appeals are filed only in the e-filing mode and a target date of 30 June 2023 should be set down - The Ministry of Finance shall depute a senior officer to engage with the Acting President of the ITAT. If the rules are required to be amended, they should be amended to incorporate e-filing requirements. An updated status report shall be placed on the record on the next date of listing - List the Civil Appeals on 28 July 2023. - HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE , HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA And HON'B ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... .05.2023. It is one of the targets of Interim Action Plan 2022-23 issued by the CBDT to the field formations for strict compliance. To summarize, in the last year only 1% of appeals have been filed 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-filing of appeal is enabled or not 1 Pr. CCIT, Delhi 3022 3022 Yes ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 700 0 No 14 Pr. CCIT, Nagpur 22 0 Yes 10 0 Yes 15 Pr. CCIT, Bihar Jharkhand 91 7 Yes 101 0 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... arly 62% of appeals by the revenue have been filed before the High Courts in e-filing mode which is expected to increase following the order 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 implementation of Phase III of the e-Courts project. 4 The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court shall forward a copy of this order to the Registrars General of the High Courts of Allahabad, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Guwahati, Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya. Necessary steps should be taken to facilitate e-filing at least of revenue a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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