New Delhi, May 29 -- The Supreme Court on Friday issued a set of guidelines, to operate as "binding directions", for High Courts to prevent delays in pronouncing judgments in reserved matters. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi fixed a three-month time limit for delivering judgments in cases where orders have been reserved.
The court further directed that bail orders should ordinarily be pronounced on the same day. In cases where the order is reserved, it must be pronounced and uploaded by the following day.
The apex court also said that if a bench fails to deliver a reserved judgment within four months, a party may move an application before the Chief Justice seeking transfer of the matter to another ...