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7. On the date of hearing, the Court Master will send a mail to the
Counsel/Authorized Representative at the e-mail address as given in the
application with a link inviting the parties concerned for hearing.
8. The e-hearing on the video conferencing platform is secured by a
password which will be made known to the parties concerned one hour before
the commencement of hearing. The parties are required to enter appearance by
accepting the invitation link as intimated and they must not share the password
with any other person.
9. The hearing is scheduled allotting a specific time slot for each case.
The parties will not normally be permitted to seek adjournment. Any request for
adjournment under special circumstances must reach the Registry one day before
the hearing by e-mail with copy to the other side. In such case, the Bench may, in
its discretion, adjourn the hearing. In case of adjournment of a case, the next case
in the cause list will be taken.
10. If the party who has made a request for e-hearing does not wish to
be heard through video conferencing and seeks to rely only upon the facts stated
in the memo of appeal and/or written submissions then this fact shall be stated
in the request form. It is also open to the other party to indicate whether they
would like to be heard in person through video conferencing or not.
11. The Registry shall maintain an e-hearing Register containing the
details of the appeal, date and time of hearing, the names of Counsel and the
Authorized representative, the Coram and the nature of the order passed. The
SPS/Steno of each member in the Bench also will maintain similar Register for
the record of the Member concerned. The Court Master shall maintain the Court
Proceeding register as usual. Uploading of Court proceedings/Daily
Orders/Final Orders shall be done in the same manner as is now being done.
V. E-mail addresses
The e-mail IDs for the Principal Bench and the Regional Benches are
given below :

Sl. Bench E-mail address
No.
1. Principal Bench, New Delhi cestatdel.e@gmail.com
2. West Regional Bench, Mumbai cestatmum.e@gmail.com
3. East Regional Bench, Kolkata cestatkol.e@gmail.com
4. South Regional Bench, Chennai cestatche.e@gmail.com
5. South Regional Bench, Bengaluru cestatbang.e@gmail.com
6. West Regional Bench, Ahmedabad cestatahm.e@ gmail.com
7. North Regional Bench, Allahabad cestatall.e@ gmail.com
8. North Regional Bench, Chandigarh cestatcha.e@gmail.com
9. South Regional Bench, Hyderabad cestathyd.e@gmail.com
VI. Protocol
1. Quality time during e-hearing is the norm and the parties should
adhere to it. Only authorized Counsel/party in person/Department’s
Authorized Representative will be permitted to participate in the hearing
through video conferencing.
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