REVISED RULES ON SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF SUPREME COURT-BOUND PAPERS PURSUANT TO THE

EFFICIENT USE OF PAPER RULE1

Coverage: Submission of electronic copies of ALL Supreme Court-Bound papers and their annexes.

Must be submitted within 24 hours from the filing of the hard copies by transmitting them through electronic mail.

* The electronic copy submitted should be the exact copy of the paper filed in Court personally, by registered mail, by accredited courier, by e-mail,
or other means of electronic transmission. The title of each electronic copy shall contain sufficient information to enable the Court to ascertain from
the title:
(a) the party of parties filing,
(b) nature of the paper,
(c) the party or parties against whom relief, if any, is sought; and
(d) nature of the relief sought

MANNER OF DATE AND TIME PROOF OF FILING OF ELECTRONIC FILE E-MAIL FORMAT PRESCRIBED FORMAT
FILING OF OF FILING HARD COPY FORMAT OF THE BODY OF THE
PAPER OR EMAIL
HARD COPY

The electronic copy The electronic copies Note: An email shall 1. Manner of Filing:
submitted shall: must: contain only electronic choose one – personal
1. Contain the 1. Be in PDF format, documents pertaining filing, registered mail,
official receiving 2. Individually to one case. accredited courier, or online
stamp of the saved, filing
docketing office 3. Attached General Rule: All
Personal Deemed to have
clearly showing individually to the electronic copies of 2. Date of Filing or Date of
Filing been filed on the
the date and email, and Supreme Court-bound Electronic Transmission
date and time of
time of filing of 4. Has a filename papers and their -indicate the date of filing if
filing of the hard
the hard/paper the same as the annexes pertaining to filed personally, by
copy
copy; and document title the same case shall be registered mail, or by
2. Must be duly attached to one email. accredited courier or
signed by the Ex: Petition for Review indicate the date of
receiving clerk should have a filename Exception: In case the electronic transmission if
or records
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Effective on 01 June 2022
 officer “Petition for Review.pdf” total size of the filed online
Registered The electronic copy electronic documents
mail shall include the Annex A should have a exceeds maximum size 3. Case Data:
Accredited scanned copy of the filename “Annex A.pdf” allowed for uploading a.) Case Number
Courier following: by the e-mail service b.) Case Title
1. Proof of mailing provider, the filer shall c.) Name of Filing Party
i.e. Affidavit of send the electronic d.) Contact Numbers
Service of the documents in several e.) Other Email
person who batches. Address/es, if any
delivered the f.) Title of Attached
paper to the post Provided that each Documents:
office or the email must be clearly (1) Petition for
accredited courier marked by: Review on
including proof of (a) indicating in the Certiorari
delivery to the post subject of the e-mail the (2) Annex A-[Court
office and/or batch of the e-mail, of Appeals
accredited courier (b) the total batches of Decision in CA-
clearly showing the e-mail sent (batch 1 of G.R. SP No.
date and time of 3); and xxxxx]
mailing or delivery (c) complying with the (3) Annex B-[NLRC
to the post e-mail format. Decision in NLRC
office/accredited LAC No. xxxxx]
courier; and The submission of (4) Annex C-[Labor
2. Proof of payment electronic copies by Arbiter’s Decision
of fees, when electronic mail must be in NLRC-RAB
applicable (a) addressed to the No. xxxxxx]
i.e. Postal Money appropriate docketing
Order, cash office, and 4. Verified Declaration
deposit, etc. (b) shall have the -the filer shall attach to the
Online (i.e. The date of the The electronic copy following format: email a PDF copy of the
transmittal via electronic shall include the Verified Declaration
electronic mail transmission shall following documents: To: [e-mail address of attached to the hard copy
or other be considered as the the appropriate filed in Court.
electronic date of filing, 1. PDF copy of docketing office} -the declaration states that
means) provided that there the Affidavit of the pleading and annexes
pursuant to is an EXPRESS Electronic From: [filer’s e-mail submitted electronically are
Sec. 3(d), Rule PERMISSION Filing of the address] complete and true copies of
13 of the 2019 granted by the court
Amendments for the online filing Supreme the printed document and
to the 1997 of: Court-bound Subject: [Case annexes filed with the
Rules of paper and its Number or Docket Supreme Court.
Procedure 1. Initiatory annexes (if any) Number AND Case
pleadings and -must be with Title] – [Pleading or
initial responsive an undertaking Document Title]
pleadings, such that the filer will
as an Answer to submit the exact Example: G.R. No.
a Complaint or a paper/hard copy 123456 or UDK No.
Comment to a to the Court in 1111 (John Die vs,
Petition person or by Juan Dela Cruz) -
registered mail Petition for Review
2. Appendices and or by accredited
exhibits to courier, within Attachment: [Petition
motions, or other 24 hours from for Review-G.R. No.
documents that the date of the 1233456.pdf], [Annex
are not readily electronic A-Petition for Review-
amenable to submission. G.R.No.123456.pdf],
electronic 2. Express [Annex B-Petition for
scanning; and authority from Review-G.R. No.
the Court to file 123456.pdf]
3. Sealed and the initiatory
confidential pleadings and
documents or initial
records responsive
pleadings, etc.2

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In compliance with Section 14, Rule 13 of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Procedure
 Appropriate Docketing Office

Case Type Docketing Office E-mail Address

Efile_jro.sc@judiciary.gov.ph (personal
Judicial Cases Judicial Records Office (JRO) filing, registered mail, or accredited courier

Judicialrecordsoffice.sc@judiciary.gov.ph
(online filing)

Administrative complaints against SC Cds_jib.sc@judiciary.gov.ph

personnel and its decentralized units (e.g. Judicial Integrity Board (JIB)
OCA, PHILJA, JBC, MCLEO

Administrative complaints and matters

involving the CA, SB, CTA, and lower courts,
its justices, judges and personnel

Administrative matters involving the SC and Office of the Clerk of Court En Banc enbanc.sc@judiciary.gov.ph
its decentralized units
Complaints against lawyers and other bar Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) efile_bar.sc@judiciary.gov.ph
matters