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 Live Law (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, 2023)
BS Hari v. UOI 2023 (SC), MANU/SC/0378/2023 / www.itatonline.org
[Coram : Hon’ble Justice Shri Krishna Murari and Hon’ble Justice Shri Ahsanuddin Amanullah]