Disclaimer
This disclaimer applies to all of JudgmentDesk: the website at judgmentdesk.com, the Landmark Judgments, and the Counsel Section at tracker.judgmentdesk.com. Please read it before you use any part of it.
About this website
JudgmentDesk offers two things: commentary on landmark judgments (the Landmark Judgments), and a private workspace that helps advocates keep track of their matters (the Counsel Section). Both are provided for information and as aids to legal research and practice management only.
Not legal advice
Nothing on JudgmentDesk is legal advice or a legal opinion, and nothing on it should be relied on as such. It is not a substitute for reading the judgment or order itself, for checking the court’s record, or for your own professional judgment. If a matter turns on anything described here, the facts always need counsel’s assessment.
Using JudgmentDesk does not create an advocate–client relationship, or any other professional relationship, with JudgmentDesk or its founder.
Not solicitation
This website is published purely for educational and informational purposes and is not an advertisement, solicitation or inducement of any kind, in keeping with the Bar Council of India Rules. Nothing here is an attempt to solicit work or to advertise through touting. By using this website, you acknowledge that you are accessing it of your own accord and for your own information.
Landmark Judgments
The verbatim guarantee, and its limits
Every quotation attributed to a court is copied verbatim from the judgment and tagged with a paragraph number. Where a page interprets, it says so: “Our reading” is always labelled and kept visually separate from “The Court”. “Our reading” is our own interpretation and may differ from other views of the judgment.
Paragraph numbering
Paragraph numbering follows the original text of each judgment. Law reports may number paragraphs differently after editorial changes, so verify against your edition before citing a pin-point paragraph in court.
Figures and aftermath
Where a page mentions amounts, filing counts or events from the aftermath of a case, these come from the public record as indicated on the page, and not necessarily from the judgment itself.
Currency
The law moves. Each judgment’s treatment is checked when its page is published, but later legislation or decisions may affect any holding described here. Always verify the current position before relying on it.
Interactive aids
The charts, self-tests and guided tours are illustrative aids built from each judgment’s own facts. They simplify by design and do not capture every limb, proviso or exception of the provisions they illustrate.
The Counsel Section
Where the information comes from
Case details, hearings, orders and listings in the Counsel Section are collected automatically from the public websites of courts and tribunals. Those sources can be delayed, incomplete, changed after publication, temporarily unavailable, or simply wrong, and the automatic collection can itself miss or misread information.
Not the official record
The Counsel Section is an aid to your diary, not a substitute for it, and it is not an official record of any court or tribunal. Always confirm dates, orders and directions against the court’s own record, its cause list and certified copies.
Updates
Matters are refreshed automatically, usually each night. A refresh can fail or be delayed, so the information shown may not be the latest.
Hearing calendar and compliance
Dates and directions are drawn from the available record and may be incomplete. A hearing may be missing or out of date, and a direction may be missed, misread or attributed to the wrong party.
Limitation and appeal windows
Any limitation date or appeal window is worked out from the information available and from what you confirm. It is an aid only, and it may not account for every rule, exclusion, extension, holiday or court practice that applies.
You remain solely responsible for computing and meeting every limitation period, deadline and direction in your matters, whatever the Counsel Section shows.
Access and features
We may change, suspend or discontinue any feature, or withdraw access, at any time and without notice.
Artificial intelligence
Parts of JudgmentDesk use artificial intelligence, including summaries of orders, notes on hearings, and the reading of directions from orders. AI can make mistakes. Its output may be inaccurate, incomplete, out of context or out of date, even when the underlying order is correct.
Treat every AI-generated summary, note or direction as a pointer to the source document, and always read the order itself before acting on it. AI output is not legal advice.
Accuracy, errors and availability
We take care in preparing JudgmentDesk, and our systems are built with checks to keep information accurate and reliable. Even so, errors can happen. Information may be posted incorrectly, attached to the wrong matter, shown incompletely or become out of date, and the website may be unavailable from time to time.
JudgmentDesk is provided “as is” and “as available”, without any warranty, express or implied, as to its accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability or fitness for any particular purpose.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, JudgmentDesk, its founder, and anyone involved in creating or running it will not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or claim of any kind, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential, arising from or connected with:
- your use of, or inability to use, the website or the Counsel Section;
- any error, omission, delay or misposting in any information, including information collected from courts and tribunals;
- any output generated by artificial intelligence;
- any missed hearing, deadline, limitation period or direction;
- any interruption, failure, loss of data or security incident; or
- any decision you take, or do not take, in reliance on JudgmentDesk.
This includes, without limitation, the loss of a case or claim, costs, fees, loss of business or reputation, and any professional consequences.
Your responsibility
You use JudgmentDesk entirely at your own risk. You are responsible for verifying all information against official sources, for your own professional judgment, and for keeping your own diary and records. If you do not agree with this disclaimer, please do not use JudgmentDesk.
Third-party websites
JudgmentDesk links to, and draws information from, websites and services that we do not control, including the websites of courts and tribunals and sign-in with Google. We are not responsible for their content, accuracy, availability or practices.
Privacy
How we handle your data is described in our Privacy Policy. In short, your matters are visible only to your own account, and we do not sell, rent or share your data with any third party.
Changes to this disclaimer
We may update this disclaimer at any time by publishing a revised version on this page. Your continued use of JudgmentDesk after a change means that you accept the revised version.
Governing law
This disclaimer is governed by the laws of India.