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S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal – Duties- Numbering of paragraphs in all orders – The Supreme Court urges the High Court and Tribunals to follow a uniform format for all its orders.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court referring to the case of Shakuntala Shukla v State of Uttar Pradesh LL 2021 SC 422 and State Bank of India v Ajay Kumar Sood 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 710, observed that it is desirable that all Courts and Tribunals, as a matter of practice, number paragraphs in all Orders and Judgments in seriatim, factoring in the judgements afore-extracted.  The bench further directed the Secretary-General of the Supreme Court to circulate this judgement to the Registrars General of all High Courts, to place the same before the Chief Justices, to consider the adoption of a uniform format for Judgments and Orders, including paragraphing. (Criminal Appeal No. 1890 of 2014 dated April 13 )