What is Judgment?

Judgment also spelled Judgement

Judgment is a decision of a court regarding the rights and liabilities of parties in a legal action or proceeding.

A judgment generally operates to settle finally and authoritatively matters in dispute before a court.

Judgments may be classified as in personam, in rem, or quasi in rem.

An in personam, or personal, judgment, the type most commonly rendered by courts, imposes a personal liability or obligation upon a person or group to some other person or group.

An in rem judgment imposes no personal liability on anyone but adjudicates the interests of all persons in a specific thing or property in the custody of the court or otherwise subject to its jurisdiction.

State of Uttar Pradesh v. Association of Retired judges

Civil Case

Note:- Supreme Court lays down rules for summoning government officials; asks courts not to humiliate them
Case Citation:- Civil Appeal Nos 23-24 of 2024

Judgement:- (CJI) DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra

Bilkis Yakub Rasool Vs Union of India

Supreme Court case

Note:- The Court held that the convicts who were set free by the State have to report back to the jail authorities within two weeks
Case Citation:- Writ Petition (Criminal) 491 of 2022

Judgement:- Bench : BN Nagarathna & Ujjal Bhuyan

SATYA PAL SINGH Vs STATE OF M.P & Others

Note:- Supreme Court held that the father of the deceased has a locus standi to present an appeal to the High Court under the proviso of Section 372, as he falls within the definition of “victim”, to question the correctness of judgment and order
Case Citation:- CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1315 OF 2015 arising out of S.L.P. (Crl) NO. 7954 of 2014

Judgement:- V. GOPALA GOWDA, J. (2015)

SHANTI BHUSHAN Vs SCI THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR & ors

Supreme Court is Master of Roster

Case Citation:- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 789 OF 2018 arising out of DIARY NO. 12405 OF 2018

Judgement:- A.K.SIKRI, J (2018)

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