Question : Law Reports

a) whether the Supreme Court and High Courts are regularly publishing law reports;
b) if so, the details thereof;
c) if not, the details of the Courts, out of those mentioned in part (a) above, which are not regularly publishing law reports and the steps taken by the Government to ensure that these reports are published regularly;
d) whether the Government is planning to involve private publishers to publish law reports and if so, the details thereof; and
e) the steps taken by the Government to prevent commercial monopoly being created by few private publishers?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHONOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to(e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.


STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*198 FOR ANSWER ON 4TH MARCH, 2020.

(a) to (e): Publication of Law Reports is a matter which falls within the purview of the judiciary. Reportable decisions of the Supreme Court are published in Supreme Court Reports (SCR). SCR is the official journal of reportable Supreme Court decisions, which is published under the authority of the Supreme Court of India. In respect of High Courts, as per information received, while some are publishing Law Reports like the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & Haryana, Orissa, Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, Madras, Rajasthan and Calcutta certain High Courts like Uttarakhand, Manipur, Patna, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Gauhati and Telangana are not publishing any Law Report.