{"id":271583,"date":"2022-08-12T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=271583"},"modified":"2022-08-12T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T12:31:47","slug":"chief-justice-of-india-nv-ramana-releases-scc-pre-69-volumes-by-ebc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/08\/12\/chief-justice-of-india-nv-ramana-releases-scc-pre-69-volumes-by-ebc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Justice of India NV Ramana releases SCC Pre 69 Volumes by EBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCC Pre 69 Volumes were released by the Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana on August 10, 2022 at The Claridges, New Delhi.\u00a0 Justice BV Nagarathna, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Mr Arvind P Datar, Senior Advocate were the special guests for the evening.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event also witnessed the presence of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice JK Maheshwari, Justice CT Ravi Kumar and Justice AK Sikri, sitting and former Judges of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, Judge, Delhi High Court, Justice KK Lahoti, Former Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Senior Advocates Siddharth Luthra and Neeraj Kishan Kaul, members of the Editorial Board of SCC were also present for the event.\u00a0 Messages by Mr KK Venugopal, Attorney General for India, Mr Abhishek Singhvi, MP and Senior Advocate and Mr KK Viswanathan, Senior Advocate were read out by Mr Sumeet Malik, Associate Editor, SCC during the release as they could not make it because of bad health. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over a period of time, Supreme Court Cases has earned an enviable reputation of being the most accurate and reliable reporting of law in India. This reputation has been painstakingly built over years of hard work and quality control. Eastern Book Company, the parent company of SCC, was established in 1942 by Mr. CL Malik and PL Malik and the baton to lead the organisation was subsequently passed on to Mr Surendra Malik. Over the span of 50 years, he has held a tight leash over the quality of law reports and digests produced by EBC. So particular is Mr Malik about his workmanship, that every single judgment published by SCC has 27 copy-editing inputs in order to make it as readable and user-friendly as possible. It can be safely said that till a couple of years ago he had read almost every judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of India. <\/span>Today\u00a0 EBC, under his stewardship and of Mr. Sudeep Malik, Associate Editor, SCC, has embarked on reporting and publishing Supreme Court judgments since the inception of the Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chief Justice NV Ramana after releasing the volumes <\/span>congratulated SCC and EBC and stated that what they had achieved was owing to the hard work and contribution of three generations of the Malik family. <\/span>He stressed on the need for accurate reporting of judgments and court proceedings. \u201c<\/span>There is a need for accurate reporting. Otherwise people are confused<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>Majority reports don’t know what is order, proceedings, judgment, oral observations. It is very unfortunate. Suppose a judge asks a negative question, immediately it is reported, <\/span><\/i>he said. <\/span>He implored upon Mr Surendra Malik, Chief Editor, SCC to start a daily reporting service for accurate reporting of judgments since SCC has the expertise to be able to do it. His Lordship was informed of the SCC Online Blog which already carries analytical reports of judgements delivered. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chief Justice requested the judges’ fraternity to focus on simplicity in judgments where the ratio\u00a0 and decision is clear. The Chief Justice emphasised\u00a0 that the reporting of law judgements is necessary because the people of India should be aware of their constitutional rights. He also implored that focus should be on making law reports reasonably priced and in regional languages. His Lordship\u2019s speech can be viewed here:<\/span><\/p>\n