Supreme Court mandates colour photographs in petitions and documents
Court directs use of colour images with dimensions and conceptual plans; black-and-white photos to be treated as defects
The Supreme Court has directed that all photographs appended to paper-books (petitions and other case documents) must be in colour, not black-and-white. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant (now Chief Justice of India), SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi ordered that the Registry must not clear any matter for listing if the photographs are black-and-white, and such cases will remain under “defects not cured” until proper colour images are filed.
The Court further directed that every set of photographs, particularly of land or immovable properties, must carry distance dimensions and be supported by a conceptual plan. Advocates-on-Record have been instructed that material not meeting these standards will not be placed on record.
Where photographs are filed by e-mail or through the e-filing portal, AoRs must simultaneously submit hard copies of the colour photographs.