Unit 7 of Legal Language including Legal Writing and General English (syllabus: Module 7). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Why are only some judgments reported, and can you cite one that is not?
- What is inside a law report, and why is the head note not the law?
- How do you read a citation, and how do you check the case is still good law?
- What part of a judgment actually binds?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Indian Law Reports Act 1875, s. 3
Leading cases
- Eastern Book Company v D.B. Modak (2008)
- Ajay Hasia v Khalid Mujib Sehravardi
- Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala
- State of Orissa v Sudhansu Sekhar Misra (1968)