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ITEM NO.4 Court 4 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XVII-A

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s).674/2021

C.C.E. AND S.T., SURAT I Appellant(s)

VERSUS

BILFINDER NEO STRUCTO CONTRUCTION LTD. Respondent(s)

(WITH IA No.7353/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA

No.7355/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and

IA No.7354/2021-EX-PARTE STAY)

WITH

C.A. No. 4465-4466/2021 (XVII-A)

(WITH IA No.12176/2021-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED

JUDGMENT and IA No.12175/2021-STAY APPLICATION and IA

No.12174/2021-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL)

Date : 29-11-2021 These appeals were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA

For Appellant(s)

Mr. Balbir Singh, ASG

Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG

Mr. A.K.Panda, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR

Mr. S.A.Haseeb, Adv.

Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv.

Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv.

Mr. Digvijjay Dam, Adv.

Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.

Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.

Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, Adv.

Mr. Bhuvan Mishra, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran, AOR

Mr. Aditya Bhattacharya, Adv.

Ms. Apeksha Mehta, Adv.

Ms. Mounica Kasturi, Adv.

Mr. Akash Pratap Singh, Adv.

Digitally signed by

Sanjay Kumar

Date: 2021.12.01

17:17:08 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

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Mr Balbir Singh, Additional Solicitor General, has tendered a statement titled

“Reducing Delays in Litigation Management” in pursuance of the order of this

Court dated 27 August 2021.

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A Committee was constituted in order to facilitate the objective of ensuring

that litigation involving the Union of India and the Tribunals constituted under

revenue legislation, is duly monitored so as to provide seamless integration

at all stages by adopting Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

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Pursuant to the earlier direction, the Committee has undertaken a

comprehensive exercise, which needs to be appreciated. The note which has

been tendered by the ASG is reproduced in its entirety for facilitating future

reference:

“REDUCING DELAYS IN LITIGATION MANAGEMENT

Ref: Supreme Court Order in Civil Appeal No.674/2021

Background:

1. In the aforesaid Civil Appeal No.674/2021 an order

dated 27^th August, 2021 was passed by the Hon’ble

Supreme Court for constitution of a Committee comprising of

various stakeholders to adopt ICT (Information and

Communication

Technology)

initiatives

to

streamline,

monitor and provide seamless integration of all stages in

government revenue litigation across the board and the

Hon’ble Supreme Court will review the progress achieved on

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the above points after three months from the date of the

order.

Constitution of LIMBS Committee:

2. Accordingly, a Committee comprising of the following

stakeholders has been constituted:

i)

Shri Ashish J. Shiradhonkar, Sr. Technical Director, NIC

ii)

Shri Rajinder Kumar Kaul, Sr. Technical Director, NIC

iii) Shri R.K. Srivastava, Addl. Legal Adviser, MoL&J

iv) Shri Pankaj Jain, Additional Commissioner, Directorate

of Legal Affairs, CBIC

v)

Shri Gaurav Bansal, Joint Director, Supreme Court Cell,

Directorate of Legal & Research, CBDT

vi) Dr. N. Gandhi Kumar, Director (Coordination),

Department of Revenue [Convenor]

to: -

• guide the changes required in LIMBS to make it more

effective for litigation management.

• ensure integration of LIMBS with the IT system of

Courts, Tribunals etc. including e-Courts system of NIC.

• guide the process of integration of LIMBS with e-office.

• guide universal adoption of LIMBS and e-office in the

relevant offices under Department of Revenue.

• suggest changes in the IT solutions adopted in