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Email filing of pleadings in lower court takes effect Sept. 1
The Supreme Court (SC) has issued new guidelines mandating the electronic filing of all cases and pleadings before trial courts nationwide, effective September 1.
Under the new rules, trial court judges will not process any case or pleading submitted without its electronic copy being transmitted to the courts.
These Guidelines on Submission of Electronic Copies of Pleadings and Other Court Submissions aim to streamline the transition to electronic filing as the main method for submitting documents to first and second-level courts.
The first-level courts include municipal trial courts (MTC), municipal circuit trial courts (MCTC), municipal trial courts in cities (MTCC), and metropolitan trial courts (MeTC).
Regional trial courts (RTCs) constitute the judiciary's second-level courts.
The complete text of the guidelines will be made available on the SC's official website.
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