Judgment is regarded as an important aspect in the legal system as after all the proceeding argument the facts are summed up in a form of writing which gives justice to the people and people abides with it, it’s a decision of the court who adjudicate the rights and matters of both the parties before finally coming to a decision. The typical requirement for a court’s decision to be reviewed is a final judgment. Writing a judgment is not at all an easy task it requires a lot of brilliant creative skills in every area writing, researching, listening, interpreting, etc. it’s a tiresome process and the judgment is more like a process from the rules and law applicable to the case so judgment writing is an important phenomenon in today’s generation. Various landmark cases are known because of their efficient influential judgment writing skills which give a deep impact on the citizen while reading .to understand the cases more often people tend to seek the summary of the judgment rather than reading the actual judgment as not every citizen is familiar with the legal term and language which leads in missing out some essential points which sometimes not mention in the society it is a critical instrument in fostering the law properly and curbing it out.
In the recent guideline issued by honorable supreme court judges JUSTICE DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna crucially analyzed this problem while dealing with the 18-page judgment of Himachal Pradesh which was considered incomprehensible while dealing over disciplinary proceedings against a bank employee. They rightly stated that the judgment should not confound the reader they urge the court tribunal to rather provide an easy and subtle manner of writing the issue law and fact. The practice of uploading paper copies of judgments was criticized by the court as being pointless, time-consuming, and ineffective. The quote “Judgments are primarily meant for those whose cases are decided by judges. Judgments of the High Courts and the Supreme Court also serve as a precedent to guide future benches. A judgment must make sense to those whose lives and affairs are affected by the outcome of the case. While a judgment is read by those as well who have training in the law, they do not represent the entire universe of discourse. Confidence in the judicial process is predicated on the trust that its written word generates. If the meaning of the written word is lost in language, the ability of the adjudicator to retain the trust of the reader is severely eroded”
It is rightly stated as this judgment issued helps as a precedent in a future case proceeding and when the other authorities and people are not only able to understand the meaning perspective of the judgment stated earlier due to such intensive writing then it’s of no use. judgment is considered as a manifestation of the reason for the case held. The judgment provides a basic understanding of a specific reason on what circumstance the case was filled what are the laws that were applicable tend to manifest the reason establish these reason helps in judicial analysis of the case, explaining wisely to readers the critical aspect of it so that it cannot be interpreted in another manner. A basic structure must be held for writing a judgment specifically stating the terms of judgment. it would be beneficial for courts to structure them in a manner such that the “Issue, Rule, Application and Conclusion‟ known as IRAC METHOD is easily understandable to every c0mmon citizen, highlighting the main segment of case in each aspect.[1]
ISSUE “refers to the legal question before the court. In the same judgment, a court may address multiple issues. Identifying these issues aids in the structure of the judgment determining for the reader the specific issue of law is decided in a particular segment of a judgment
RULE “refers to the portion of the judgment that condenses counsel’s submissions on the applicable law and doctrine for the issue at hand”
APPLICATION refers to the analysis recording of the reasoning presented in front of the court
CONCLUSION summarizing the case based on the determination of the application, issue and rule applied
The court stated that a judgment must make sense to those whose lives and affairs are affected by the outcome of the case, as well as reflect a commitment to protecting legal principles and imparting certainty to the law. The court added that a judgment must reflect a commitment to protecting legal principles and imparting certainty to the law. This extensive method will help the judgment to be simpler and more lucid, and highly approachable to people. But in today’s time a new generation of lawyers are more focused to follow the path of the intensive long elongated model of writing which confuses people now often, even the supreme court issued guidelines acknowledging this fact about simple writing judgment, even people writing the judgment won’t describe that style of writing. in this modern contemporary world where the world is evolving rapidly, people seek more resources in aspects of every sector in the field of law as well. Simple writing judgment guidelines will help the citizen to be more accessible to the cases and will encourage the youth to read and understand easily without deliberately searching out the meaning of the legal terms.