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2020 ] DEPARTMENTAL CLARIFICATIONS T89

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet The registration process is
fairly simple and requires only an e-mail address.
III. Technical and Infrastructural Requirement
To have a proper hearing on the video conferencing platform it is
necessary that the exchange of information should be seamless and without
interruption. The minimum requirements are the following :
1. Desktop/Laptop : The system should have a proper processor
and RAM. The system should be equipped with a webcam which
will support HD video. It should also have an inbuilt mike and
speakers. However, external headphones with mike may be used
during the hearing, i pads of proper configuration may also be
used. Mobile phones should be avoided as the hearing can be
interrupted by incoming calls and screen size constraints.
2. Internet Connection : The internet connection should have good
speed and it is advisable that no other device is connected to the
wifi router during the hearing.
3. Telephone/Mobile phone : A telephone/mobile phone maybe
kept as an alternative mode for uninterrupted hearing in case
there is an unforeseen break in video streaming.
IV. Procedure for listing
1. Any party desirous of getting an appeal heard by video conferencing
may send a request, as prescribed in the Annexure, to the Registry by e-mail. The
party making the request must also indicate the time that it would take to make
submissions so that hearing is conducted in a time bound manner.
2. Where a regular Division Bench/Single Member Bench of the
Tribunal is sitting, the parties have an option of making a request for e-hearing of
the Appeal with the help of the paper books already submitted. Each Member,
then, would have the paper books as also both the parties.
3. The Assistant Registrar will, with the approval of the Senior Member
available, issue a cause list. The cause list will contain cases in the order the
appeals were filed i.e. a case filed earlier will be listed first. The list will also
indicate the time at which each hearing will start. The cause list will be uploaded
on the website of the Tribunal every Thursday evening.
4. The parties who are called for the e-hearing shall send copies of the
following in separate files by e-mail attachments.
(a) Brief synopsis stating the facts;
(b) Written submissions with reference to the paper book already
submitted;
(c) Compilation of relevant provisions of the statute and case laws.
5. The Brief synopsis/Written submissions/Compilation referred in
paragraph 4 above shall be filed at least two days before the date of hearing with
copy to the other side by e-mail. All such documents should be typed on double
space on A4 size paper, arranged in separate paragraphs and consecutively page
numbered and must be legible such that they are readable on the screen.
6. The e-mail address of the Commissioner (Authorised
Representative) at all Benches is available in the Tribunal’s website.

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