FIFTH SCHEDULE

1THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978 1THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978. PART VIII MISCELLANEOUS FIFTH SCHEDULE RULES AS TO PREPARATION OF RECORD. 1. All records and other proceedings in appeals or other matter pending before the Supreme Court shall be typed or cyclostyled. 2. The size of the paper used shall be such that the sheet, when folded and trimmed, will be of 11 inches length and 8-1/2 inches in width. 3. The type to be used in the text shall be pica type, but Long Primer shall be used in cyclostyling accounts, tabular matters and notes. The number of lines in each page of; pica type shall be 47 or thereabouts, and every tenth line shall be numbered in the margin. 4 Records shall be arranged in two parts in the same volumes, where practicable, viz. Part I: The pleadings and proceedings, the transcript of the evidence of the witnesses, the judgments, decrees, etc. of the Courts below down to the order admitting appeal. Part II: The exhibits and documents. 5. The index to Part I shall be in chronological order and shall be placed at the beginning of the volume. The index to Part II shall follow the order of the exhibit mark, and shall be placed immediately after the index to Part I. 6. Part I shall be arranged strictly in chronological order, i.e., in the same order as the index. Part II shall be arranged in the most convenient way for the use of the Supreme Court as the circumstances of the case require. The documents shall be printed as far as suitable in the chronological order. Each document shall show its exhibits mark and whether it is plaintiff's or defendant's document (unless this is clear from the exhibit mark), and in all cases documents relating to the same matter such as- (a) a series of correspondence; or (b) proceedings in a suit other than the one under appeal; shall be kept together. The order in the record of the documents in Part II may be different from the order of the index and the proper page number of each document shall be inserted in the printed index. The parties shall be responsible for arranging the record in proper order for the Supreme Court, and, in difficult case, counsel may be asked to settle it. 7 The document in Part I shall be numbered consecutively. The documents in Part II shall not be numbered, apart from the exhibit mark. 8 Each document shall have a heading which shall consist of the number of exhibit mark and the description of the document; in the index without the date. 9. Each document shall have a marginal note which shall be repeated on each page over which the document extends. PART I (a) Where the case has been before more than one court, the short name of the court shall first appear. Where the case has been before only one court, the name of the court need not appear. (b) The marginal note of the document shall then appear consisting of the number and the description of the document in the index, with the date, except in the case of oral evidence. (c) In the case of the oral evidence, "Plaintiff's evidence" or "Defendant's evidence" shall appear beneath the name of the Court and then the marginal note consisting of the number in the index and the witness's name, with examination", "cross examination," or "re‑examination", as the case may be. PART II The word "exhibits" shall first appear, The marginal note of the exhibit shall then appear consisting of the exhibit mark and the description of the document in the index with the date. 10. The parties shall agree to the omission of formal and irrelevant documents, but the description of the document may appear (both in the index and in the record), if desired, with the word "not printed" against it. A long series of documents such as accounts, rent rolls, inventories, etc., shall not be printed in full, unless counsel so advises, but the parties shall agree to short extracts being printed as specimens. 11. In cases where maps are of an inconvenient size or unsuitable in character, the appellant shall, in agreement with the respondent, prepare maps drawn properly to scale and of reasonable size showing, as far as possible, the claims of the respective parties in different colours. 12 Charges for cyclostyling the record:‑ (i) For preparing rough estimate of printing/typing charges. Rs. 16.00 (ii) Typing charges for first 12 copies. Rs. 2.50 per page. (iii) For every additional copy other than the first 12 copies. Rs. 0. 15 per page (iv) Preparation of index for every ten entries. Rs. 22.00 per page. (v) Binding charges (with card‑board sides) Rs. 2.00 per copy