Indian Polity & Constitution
Context: Recently, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud announced that the Supreme Court will adopt a “neutral citation system” for its judgments.
About the Neutral citation system :
- A case citation is an identification tag for a judgment that would contain a reference number, the year of the judgment, the name of the court that delivered that judgment, and a shorthand for the journal publishing the judgment.
- A neutral citation means that the court would assign its own citation — distinct from those given by traditional Law Reporters.
- For example: in the All-India Reporter (AIR), the citation is AIR 1973 SC 1461
Significance of a Neutral citation :
- With artificial intelligence (AI) enabling the translation of judgments and transcribing of court proceedings, a uniform citation is necessary.
- To ease the adjudicatory process.
- To avoid confusion arising out of one case being cited by different people in a number of different ways.
- Several High Courts including Delhi High Court have started a neutral citation format.
Implementation :
- All 30,000 judgments are going to have neutral citations.
- The first tranche will be till January 1, 2023, then the other tranche will be till judgments from 2014 and then finally it will go back to 1950.
Source: THE INDIAN EXPRESS
Previous Year Questions
Q.1) With reference to India, consider the following statements: (2022)
- Government law officers and legal firms are recognized as advocates, but corporate lawyers and patent attorneys are excluded from recognition as advocates.
- Bar Councils have the power to lay down the rules relating to legal education and recognition of law colleges.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Q.2) With reference to Indian Judiciary, consider the following statements. (2021)
- Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit by the Chief Justice of India with the prior permission of the President of India.
- A High court in India has the power to review its own judgment as the Supreme Court does.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
