Neutral Citation System

On 23rd February, 2023, Chief Justice of India (CJI) announced that the Supreme Court will adopt a “neutral citation system” for its judgments.

  • The Delhi, Kerala, and Madras High Courts have already introduced neutral citation.

Need

  • A few decades ago, the exercise of citing cases was simple because the number of litigation was low, resulting in fewer judicial pronouncements, managed by a handful of official law reporters as the number of litigation escalated numerous law reporters also emerged.
  • With artificial intelligence (AI) enabled translation of judgments and transcribing of court proceedings, a uniform citation is necessary.
  • For easing the adjudicatory process and ....
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