Tech-savvy Supreme Court directs service of Notice by E-Mail to avoid delay

CERC Vs National Hydroelectric Power Corp (Supreme Court of India) HELD vide order dated 26th July 2010: In various Courts, the statistical data indicates that, on account of delay in process serving, arrears keep on mounting. In Delhi itself, the input indicates that fifty per cent of the arrears in Courts particularly in commercial cases is on account of delay in process serving. For the above reasons, the following directions, as mentioned herein below, are given: [i] In addition to normal mode of service, service of Notice(s) may be effected by E-Mail for which the advocate(s) on-record wi...