Supreme Court Forms Checklist
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MODIFIED CHECK LIST
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1.
(i) Whether SLP (Civil) has been filed in Form No. 28 with certificate as per
Yes/No
Notification dated 17.6.1997.
(ii) Whether the prescribed court fee has been paid.
Yes/No
2.
(i) Whether proper and required numbers of paper-books (1+3) have been
Yes/No
filed?
(ii) Whether brief list of dates/ events has been filed?
(iii) Whether paragraphs and pages of paper books have been numbered
Yes/No
Yes/No
consecutively and correctly noted in Index?
3. Whether the contents of the petition/appeal, applications and accompanying
documents are clear, legible and typed in double space on one side of the
paper.
Yes/No
4. Whether the petition and the application bear the signatures of the
Yes/No
counsel/In-person.
5. Whether an affidavit of the petitioner in support of the petition/appeal/
Yes/No
application has been filed, properly attested and identified.
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8.
If there are any vernacular documents/portions/lines and translation of such
documents are not filed, whether application for exemption from filing
Official Translation, with affidavit and court fee, has been filed.
Yes/No/
NA
If a party in the court below has died, whether application for bringing LRs
on record indicating the date of death, relationship, age and addresses along
with affidavit and court fee has been filed.
Yes/No/
NA
(i) Whether the Vakalatnama has been properly executed by the Petitioners/
appellants and accepted and identified by the Advocate and Memo of
Appearance filed.
(ii) If a petitioner is represented through power of attorney, whether the
original power of attorney in English/translated copy has been filed and
whether application for permission to appear before the court has also
been filed?
Yes/No
Yes/No
(iii) (a) Whether the petition is filed by a body registered, under any Act
Yes/No
or Rules?
(b) If yes, is copy of the Registration filed?
(iv) (a) Whether the person filing petition for such incorporated body has
Yes/No
Yes/No
authority to file the petition?
(b) If yes, is proof of such authority filed
9. Whether the petition/appeal contains a statement in terms of order XVI/XXI
of Supreme Court Rules as to whether the petitioner has filed any petition
against the impugned order / Judgment earlier, and if so, the result thereof
stated in the petition.
Yes/No
Yes/No
10. Whether certified copy of the impugned judgment has been filed and if
certified copy is not available, whether an application for exemption from
filing certified copy has been filed.
Yes/No
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11. Whether the particulars of the impugned judgment passed by the Court(s)
Yes/No
12.
below are uniformly written in all the documents.
(i) Whether the addresses of the parties and their representation are
complete and set out properly and whether detailed cause title has
been mentioned in the impugned judgment and if not, whether the
memo of parties has been filed, if required?
Yes/No
(ii) Whether the cause title of the petition/ appeal corresponds to that of the
Yes/No
impugned judgment and names of parties therein?
13. Whether in case of appeal by certificate the appeal is accompanied by
judgment and decree appealed from and order granting certificate.
Yes/No
14.
If the petition/appeal is time barred, whether application for condonation of
delay mentioning the no. of days of delay, with affidavit and court fee has
been filed.
Yes/ No
/NA
15. Whether the Annexures referred to in the petition are true copies of the
documents before the Court below and are filed in chronological order as per
list of dates.
Yes/No
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Whether the petition/appeal is confined only to the pleadings in the
Court/Tribunal below and
Yes/No.
If not whether application for taking additional grounds/ documents with
affidavit and court fee has been filed.
Yes/No
17.
(i) In SLP/Appeal against the order passed in Second Appeal whether
copies of the orders passed by the Trial Court and First Appellate
Court have been filed.
Yes/No
/NA
(ii) If required copy of the judgment / order / notification / award etc. is
not filed, whether letter of undertaking has been filed in civil matters?
Yes/No
/NA
18.
In matters involving conviction whether separate proof of surrender in
respect of all convicts or application for exemption from surrendering has
been filed (Please see judgment dated 16.6.2006 in Crl. Appeal No.685/2006
entitled Mayuram Subramanian Srinivasan Versus C.B.I) ( Copy of
surrender proof to be included in the paper books.)
Whether in case where proof of surrender/ separate certificate from the jail
Authority has not been filed, an application for exemption from filing
separate proof of surrender has been filed.
Yes/No
/NA
Yes/No
19.
In case of quashing of FIR whether a copy of the petition filed before the
High Court under section 482 of Cr.P.C. has been filed.
Yes/No
20.
In case of anticipatory bail whether a copy of FIR or translated copy has been
filed.
Yes/No
21.
(i) Whether the complete listing proforma has been filled in, signed and
included in the paper-books?
Yes/No
(ii) If any identical matter is pending/ disposed of by Supreme Court,
whether complete particulars of such matters have been given?
Yes/No
/NA
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