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2024 (7) TMI 485

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..... hairperson, NCLAT - Petition disposed off. - HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAJIV SHAKDHER AND HON'BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL For the Petitioner Through: Mr Deepak Khosla, Advocate. For the Respondents Through: Mr Rakesh Kumar, CGSC with Mr Rajesh Sharma, AR, NCLT. RAJIV SHAKDHER, J.: (ORAL) 1. Several prayers are sought in the above-captioned writ petition. However, the main thrust of the writ petition is to seek issuance of directions to have the proceedings carried out before the National Company Law Tribunals [in short, NCLT ], located in various parts of the country and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, [in short, NCLAT ] recorded. 2. Mr Deepak Khosla, learned counsel, who appears on behalf of the petitioner, has submitted tha .....

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..... riod this Hon ble Court deems fit. v. Issue a writ of mandamus to Respondent No. 1s (NCLT) and to Respondent No. 2 (NCLAT), or such other writ, order or direction, whose effect would be to compel them to provide a copy of the recording of the hearings to any interested party irrespective of locus standi, against furnishing of a suitable undertaking to not use the copy of the recording in any unauthorised manner, and on such other terms this Hon ble Court may deem fit.. vi. Issue a writ of mandamus to Respondent No. 1 (NCLT) and to Respondent No. 2 (NCLAT), or such other writ, order or direction, whose effect would be to compel them to provide officially-certified transcripts of what is argued in the course of oral hearings to any interested .....

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..... to a shorthand writer in open Court. xi. Issue a writ of mandamus to Respondent No. 1 (NCLT) and to Respondent No. 2 (NCLAT), or such other writ, order or direction, whose effect would be to compel them to observe the rigours of Order XX of the CPC in its letter and spirit, and to ensure that all orders are either dictated in open Court to a shorthand writer in the presence of the parties, or held in open Court to formally stand reserved, to the exclusion of some concept of an illegal category of daily orders which are either dictated in open Court, nor are stated in open Court to stand reserved for judgement (and eventually signed in the presence of the parties), but are dictated in chambers behind the backs of the parties, as well as sign .....

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..... generation of transcripts and creation of storage and preservation facility. 6.1 Amongst other things, deliberations will have to be carried out concerning deployment of trained manpower and technical equipments. The location of servers will also have to be looked into while taking a decision in the matter. 6.2 Insofar as specific cases are concerned, in our view, directions can be issued, if found necessary, in a given case by the concerned bench of the NCLT. 6.3 As far as proceedings conducted via Video Conferencing (VC) are concerned, various High Courts, including Delhi High Court, have already framed rules, based on the model rules framed by the inter-court subcommittee constituted by the Hon ble Chief Justice of India and Chairperson .....

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