CJI launches neutral citations for all Supreme Court judgments, expects High Courts to follow suit

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Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud announced on Thursday that the Supreme Court has introduced neutral citation for all of its judgments passed so far.

Making the announcement in the open court today, the CJI said the neutral citation would be for more than 30,000 verdicts delivered by the Apex Court, to be carried out in three phases.

As per the CJI, the first tranche, which includes judgments starting from 2014 till present, has already been completed. The second tranche would be from 1995 to 2013 and the third from 1950 to 1994, he added.

CJI Chandrachud further said that the Court was employing machine learning tools to translate its judgments from English to vernacular languages.

He said sometimes, literal translations could create difficulty. For example, “leave granted” may literally translate to “avakash prapt ho gaya”.

To overcome this problem, the Supreme Court has deployed a team of District Judges, Law Researchers and High Court judges to check that the machine learning translations were foolproof.

All expenses for this project would be borne by the Supreme Court, added the CJI.

He said so far, 2,900 Apex Court judgments have been translated, adding that the District Judges have also been asked to check the machine learning translations of the judgment.

The Supreme Court had constituted a three-member panel of High Court Judges in November, 2022, to develop and implement a uniform and unique citation for Apex Court judgments.

Delhi, Kerala High Court and Madras High Courts have already introduced neutral citation for its judgments.

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