The aim of this system is to permanently identify a judicial decision independent of its mode of publication.
“The major advantage of neutral citation for the litigants, advocates, government department and students of law is that, same are Court assigned Citations having source of authenticity and accessible through internet. More importantly, there will be no access or subscription barriers ensuring easy access to all,” a notice by the High Court said.
“Similarly, in the Judgments menu of the High Court website when navigated, there is a provision of search by citation number, in which, search of citation number by order date is provided, which further provides for viewing/downloading the Judgments corresponding with Case details, party details, Neutral Citation number and order date, same also now has value addition like QR code to verify the authenticity of content of Judgments and digital signature without any water mark,” it said.
Earlier, CJI in februrary made an announcement regarding the same.
The neutral citation will be for all the judgments delivered by the Court and will be done in three phases, he had said.
The Supreme Court of India, Delhi, Kerala, Madras and Bombay High Courts have already introduced neutral citations for their judgments.
