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Showing posts with label Judgment writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judgment writing. Show all posts
Monday, 2 February 2026

Delhi HC: Judge Who Reserved Judgment Must Pronounce Verdict Despite Transfer, Successor Judge Can't Order Rehearing.

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The Delhi High Court has held that once final arguments in a criminal trial are concluded and the matter is reserved for judgment, the judge...
Sunday, 11 January 2026

Supreme court guidelines for Preparation of Tabulated Charts in all the judgments of Criminal cases

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82. Preparation of Tabulated Charts in all the judgments: 82.1 All trial Courts dealing with criminal matters shall, at the conclusion of th...
Monday, 26 August 2024

Bombay HC :Judgment writing tip : How trial court should appreciate evidence while deciding criminal cases?

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  The trial Courts are required to decide this issue every now and then. So I deem it fit to lay down certain guidelines about approach of t...
Friday, 23 August 2024

Supreme Court Judgment writing tip: A judgment of the Court must not contain the Judge's personal opinions or his advise

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JUDGMENT 13. When a Court deals with an appeal against an order of conviction, the judgment must contain (i) a concise statement of the fact...
Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Questions and answers on law (Part 70)

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Q 1:-    Whether civil court can grant injunction even if issue of tenancy is referred to tenancy court? Ans:- The question is not ultimatel...
Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Whether evidence of a witness is liable to be discarded if he dies before his cross examination?

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Wigmore has laid down the following principle in dealing with the statement of a witness who dies before his cross-examination :- " BUT...

Supreme Court: An appellate court is not competent to impose a punishment higher than the maximum that could have been imposed by the trial court.

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We have seen the three decisions to which the learned Judge has made reference and they undoubtedly support his conclusion. This decision wa...
Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Important Supreme Court Caselaws on Judgment writing

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  1) Supreme Court: Court should direct to take departmental action against investigating officer or experts witness who are guilty of derel...

Supreme Court: Life imprisonment shall always be Rigorous Imprisonment

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As limited notice was issued in both the SLPs, we heard arguments on the point of rigorous imprisonment while convicting a person Under Sect...
Sunday, 21 April 2024

Whether defence counsel can make out contradictions from statement made in FIR without putting its contents to informant at the time of his evidence?

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Some contradictions were sought to be pointed out in the statement as given in the First Information Report and in the evidence of the witne...

Supreme Court: Judgment writing Tip- The court should not use the word complainant for state in criminal prosecution initiated by state

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 Before we part with the case, we may observe a common error creeping in many of the judgments including the present one. No distinction is ...
Friday, 12 May 2023

Judgment writing- A personal perspective by Lord Burrows, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 20 May 2021

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  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5fIU-AVGttUiZQFxL-zSUhoWWY7lIQd/view?usp=sharing
Friday, 14 April 2023

Supreme Court Directs all Courts and Tribunals to have uniform format, number paragraphs in Judgements and Orders

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ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS: 53. The Impugned Judgment annexed in the paperbook is a certified copy obtained from the High Court. However, it is n...
Sunday, 4 September 2022

Supreme court guidelines for Judgment writing

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The purpose of judicial writing is not to confuse or confound the reader behind the veneer of complex language. The judge must write to prov...
Sunday, 20 March 2022

Supreme court: Judgment Must Have Clarity On Exact Relief Granted So As To Avoid Difficulty In Execution

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Even otherwise, it is to be noted that there is no clarity on the actual market price and while passing the final order, the High Court has ...
Saturday, 17 April 2021

Excellent Tips for Judgment writing

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  1) Master the facts of the case 2) Read applicable statutory law. 3) Thereafter apply your mind considering ratio of binding precedent rel...
Thursday, 18 March 2021

Supreme court guidelines to Judges about Judgments writing in sexual offences

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   Having regard to the foregoing discussion, it is hereby directed that henceforth: (a) Bail conditions should not mandate, require or perm...
Monday, 2 November 2020

Whether delay in delivery of reasoned judgment violates Article 21 of the Constitution?

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  The report was submitted by the Registrar (Judicial) stating that the order was pronounced on 21.01.2020 being only the operative portion,...
Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Whether the court can pass two separate decrees in one eviction suit filed by the landlord?

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 Before I proceed to examine the ground of reasonable and bona fide requirement of the landlord, as pressed into service before the Court ...
Sunday, 26 May 2019

Whether appellate court is required to frame separate points for determination and record his findings on each points?

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  Normally, the first Appellate Court is last Court of appreciation of facts. It should record the arguments advanced from both the sides ...