Should Indian courts do more to save our forests? The answer to the question can only be a ‘yes’ and you can’t be faulted if your mind whirrs to conjure an image of the gavel going down as a judge rules in favour of an environmental cause. But Indian courts are doing a lot more than just ruling on cases that impact our environment. They are leading by example.
The Bombay high court – easily one of the busiest high courts in the country – earlier this month made use of A4 size paper mandatory for all kinds of litigation and internal communications, discontinuing use of the larger foolscap paper, a hangover from the colonial era. More significantly, it allowed printing/writing on both sides of an A4 sheet.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-bombay-hc-will-save-1500-trees-every-year/articleshow/84726413.cms
