Accordingly, the Court issued following directions,
● If any special leave petition, arising out of civil proceedings or criminal proceedings, is accompanied by an application for exemption from filing certified copy of the judgment or order under challenge, such application must have, as an annexure, the receipt that has been provided by the concerned Section/Department of the high court as acknowledgment of receipt of an application from the applicant for certified copy of the impugned judgment and/or order and the reason for seeking exemption.
● It must have an averment that the application for certified copy has not lapsed owing to non-filing of requisites or otherwise.
● The application must contain an undertaking of the applicant to place the certified copy of the impugned judgment and/or order on record as soon as possible after the same is furnished to him by the concerned Section/Department of the high court.
The Court directed the Secretary General of Supreme Court to bring its order to the notice of all concerned by issuing an appropriate circular.
“This practice direction has to be observed by all litigants who propose to file special leave petitions both on the civil side as well as on the criminal side with effect from 20th August, 2024,” ordered the bench.
Source: Barandbench
