{"id":351449,"date":"2025-06-25T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=351449"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T09:23:25","slug":"finance-ministry-digital-filing-drt-drat-electronic-filing-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/25\/finance-ministry-digital-filing-drt-drat-electronic-filing-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Paperwork! Govt mandates e-filing for all Debt Recovery cases before DRTs and DRATs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 23-6-2025, the Ministry of Finance<\/span> notified \u2018Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing (Amendment) Rules, 2025\u2019<\/span> to introduce digitalisation way of filing before Debt Recovery Tribunals (\u2018DRTs\u2019) and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals (\u2018DRATs\u2019), marking as a major reform in debt recovery framework. These Rules came into effect from 23-6-2025.<\/p>\n

Key points:<\/h3>\n
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  1. These Amendment Rules aim to update the existing framework under the Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal Electronic Filing Rules, 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. As per the amended Rule 4<\/span>, all legal pleadings must now be submitted electronically, using the government\u2019s designated platform.<\/li>\n
  3. The ministry will make e-filing the default and mandatory method<\/span> for submitting pleadings before DRTs and DRATs<\/span>, a significant step towards streamlining and modernizing the adjudication of financial disputes.<\/li>\n
  4. All pleadings under major financial legislations, including the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993<\/a><\/span> and the SARFAESI Act, 2002<\/a><\/span>, must now be filed through the official e-DRT portal<\/span>.<\/li>\n
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    To assist applicants, a Standard Operating Procedure (User Manual)<\/span> will be made available on the e-DRT portal<\/span>, offering step-by-step instructions on how to use the system.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Finance Ministry notified ‘DRTs and DRATs Electronic Filing (Amendment) Rules, 2025’ to introduce digitalisation way of filing before Debt Recovery Tribunal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67525,"featured_media":351456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1193],"tags":[4871,84095,4861,28984,45729,7401,84097,84096],"class_list":["post-351449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-notifications","tag-debt-recovery","tag-debt-tribunal","tag-drat","tag-drt","tag-e-filing","tag-finance-ministry","tag-judicial-digitization","tag-paperless-courts"],"yoast_head":"\nE- filing before DRTs and DRATsnow mandatory | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about e-filing before DRTs and DRATs under the new amendment rules, effective from June 23, 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/25\/finance-ministry-digital-filing-drt-drat-electronic-filing-rule\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No More Paperwork! 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