‘Garbage can’t be thrown in SC’: Top court appeals for diligence in legal drafting
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday underscored the high standards of professionalism and precision expected in legal drafting, especially at the apex court level, as it admonished a lawyer for submitting a poorly drafted petition riddled with factual errors and inconsistencies. Can any garbage be thrown in the Supreme Court?” a vacation bench of justices Rajesh Bindal and PB Varale asked a counsel arguing in a bail matter. Is your petition against the rejection of an anticipatory bail?” the court asked the lawyer, who replied that the plea was for a regular bail in a cheating case. The bench’s sharp critique extended to the overall quality of the drafting, emphasising that such sloppiness is unacceptable in any legal setting, let alone the Supreme Court.