Khushi Doshi
Published on: April 21, 2022 at IST
“The practise of declaring Final Judgments without a reasoned Judgement needs to be halted and discouraged,” the Supreme Court ruled in overturning an Acquittal Judgement issued by the Allahabad High Court in a Murder Case.
In this instance, there was a five-month delay between the High Court issuing the Operational Order and issuing the Reasoned Order, which overturned the Trial Court’s Conviction of the Accused in a Murder Case.
The High Court Ordered that the Accused be freed from Jail immediately when it issued the Operative brief Order, but the Court issued the detail Order five months later.
“The reasoned Judgement appears to have been pronounced and uploaded after a period of roughly five months, according to the Record of Proceedings.”
“As a result, we set aside the Impugned Judgement and Order Issued by the High Court, using the Law established by this Court in the Preceding Judgments, without further considering the merits of the matter or expressing any opinion on the merits in favour of either party. We remand the Appeals to the High Court, which will decide them on their own merits and in line with the Law “ the Bench remarked.
