Bharat Chugh

Category: Judgeship

Criminal Justice System, criminal law, Diary of a Young Judge, Judgeship, Judgment Writing, Law Reform, law students, legal writing, Mentorship

January 1, 2023

A Judgment that I wrote in a case of false implication by the Police

Many of you have reached out to me, over the last few months and years, for copies of judgments and orders that I wrote – during my tenure as a Trial Court Judge. Many of these are available on IndianKanoon, but not all. Here’s one that was sent to me recently by someone, which wasn’t…
Criminal Justice System, criminal law, Diary of a Young Judge, Judgeship, Judgment Writing

June 27, 2022

Law in 100 Words | Part 13 | Judgment Writing #101 | How to write facts in a judgment (for aspiring trial court judges)

■Facts are key. A trial court is essentially a court of fact. ■At the High Court, all that a lawyer needs to do in order to get the leave to appeal is to demonstrate factual aspects not dealt-with in order get the leave granted in his/her favour. ■Good practice to read and internalize the whole file…
Diaries of a Young Lawyer, Diary of a Young Judge, Judgeship, Law Reform, law school, law students, legal writing, Mentorship, Op-Ed, Probono, Slice of Life, social justice

December 23, 2020

The Art of Justicing: The Story of Justice Gita Mittal

First published on Bar and Bench A call from the High Court is a big thing, whoever and wherever one is – in life. Especially when you are a 25-year-old Magistrate, and it is your parent High Court. It fills you with excitement and dread. One late afternoon, during my stint as a Magistrate at Dwarka Courts,…
Criminal Justice System, Judgeship, Judgment Writing

June 12, 2020

A MasterClass on The Art of Judgment Writing for young judges and judiciary aspirants

“Don’t Tell Me the Moon Is Shining; Show Me the Glint of Light on Broken Glass” Anton Chekhov It is easy to preach what you don’t have to practice yourself. This is precisely what I would be accused of doing, given the fact that I no longer serve as a judge myself and consequently don’t…
Judgeship

February 12, 2020

Letters to an Aspiring Judge (Part I) From judging to Justicing.

let us move on to what I believe is the real heart of the matter. Have you asked yourself – ‘WHY’ do you want to be a Judge? As someone wise said (probably my mother) if you have figured out the ‘WHY’ of doing something, you’ll figure out the ‘HOW’ of doing it any ‘HOW’;…
Judgeship

August 13, 2017

How to prepare for judicial services exams? A few thoughts.

This was first published at Rahulsiasblog.com and is being republished. This is a guest post by our alumnus Mr. Bharat Chugh. Bharat was with Rahul’s IAS and did coaching in the final year of college. Thereafter, he practiced law for sometime, before going-on to secure first rank in the prestigious Delhi Judicial Service Examination in 2013,…