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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS - June 2022

Jun 2022

Feb 24, 2023

CJI Chandrachud Launches Neutral Citations for all Supreme Court Judgments, Expects High Courts t...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud announced that the Supreme Court introduced neutral citation for all of its judgments passed so far.
He said that 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.
CJI Chandrachud further said that the Court was employing machine learning tools to translate its judgments from English to vernacular languages.
As per him, 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 deployed a team of District Judges, Law Researchers and High Court judges to check that the machine learning translations were foolproof.

Feb 23, 2023

Centre Extends Term of 22nd Law Commission till August 2024

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the extension of the term of the 22nd Law Commission of India up to August 31, 2024.
The tenure of the present 22nd Law Commission of India ended on February 20, 2023.
The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body, constituted by the Government of India from time to time.
The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is re-constituted from time to time.
The various Law Commissions have been able to make important contributions towards the progressive development and codification of the Law of the country. The Law Commission has so far submitted 277 reports.
Ritu Raj Awasthi is an Indian Judge. He is currently serving as the Chairperson of 22nd Law Commission of India. He was Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court from October 11, 2021 to July 2, 2022.

Feb 22, 2023

In a First, Kerala High Court Begins Publishing Judgements in Vernacular

Kerala High Court published two of its recent judgements in the state's vernacular language, Malyalam. This is a first of its kind development in the country.
There has been a renewed push towards publishing High Court and Supreme Court judgements in regional languages since Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud took office in November 2022.

Feb 21, 2023

First-ever: Supreme Court Starts Live Transcription of its Hearings

The Supreme Court scripted history as it started live transcription of its hearings with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology driven by Natural Language Processing.
The live transcription was launched on an experimental basis in courtroom no. 1, wherein a Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud was hearing the case related to the Constitutional crisis of Maharashtra.
The transcription service is being provided by TERES Legal Services, a company which has been providing this facility to arbitration practitioners.
In another first, the Kerala High Court started publishing some of its judgments in Malayalam.

Feb 19, 2023

Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra is New Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC

Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended for elevation in December 2022.
He has previously served as Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and Judge of Orissa High Court.

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