Pila Pahan @ Peela Pahan vs State of Jharkhand - Judgment Pronouncement - HC Practice

Practice and Procedure - Judgments - High Courts directed to suitably modify their existing practice or formats to ensure that (i) the date when the judgment is reserved; (ii) the date when the judgment is pronounced; and (iii) the date when the judgment is uploaded on the website are clearly mentioned in the uploaded/certified copy of judgment.- The revised format to be followed by the High Courts, therefore, will also have a column to specify whether the pronouncement was of the operative part only or whether the full judgment was pronounced - In respect of the judgments where only the operative part has been pronounced and the reasoned judgment is yet to be issued, the reasons ought to be uploaded within five days of the pronouncement of the operative part - Referred to Ratilal Jhaverbhai Parmar vs. State of Gujarat - High Courts, are bound to follow the said dictum unless, on account of some practical difficulties that the High Courts might experience, this Court deems it appropriate to revise the timeline from five days to ten or fifteen days (maximum). (Para 6-8)