What is the Supreme Court Yearly Digest (SCYD)?
The Supreme Court Yearly Digest (SCYD) is a comprehensive annual publication that compiles and summarizes all important judgments delivered by the Supreme Court of India in a given calendar year.
This yearly digest, published by Eastern Book Company (EBC), serves as a single-point reference for case law.
What Does the Supreme Court Yearly Digest (SCYD) Include?
Contents of SCYD:
- Summaries of All Important Supreme Court Judgments
➤ Digest-format case summaries focusing on key legal issues, principles, and outcomes. - Topic-Wise Arrangement
➤ Judgments are organized under major legal subjects such as Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Family Law, Property Law, etc. - Statute-Wise Digesting
➤ Judgments grouped under relevant provisions of key statutes (e.g., IPC, CrPC, CPC, Indian Constitution, etc.). - List of Acts of Parliament
➤ A comprehensive index of all Acts referenced in the year’s judgments. - List of Sitting Judges of the Supreme Court
➤ Names and tenures of all judges who served on the bench during the year. - Chronological Case Index
➤ A time-wise listing of cases for quick historical reference. - Table of Cases Digested
➤ Alphabetical list of all cases covered, along with digest references. - Subject Index & Statute Index
➤ Helps readers locate cases based on legal issues or statutory provisions. - Volume References to SCC™
➤ Indicates the SCC volume where the full judgment can be found.
Key Features:
- Includes cross-citations from major law journals such as AIR, ITR, Company Cases, ELT, Cri LJ, AIC, LLN, FLR, SLR, and others.
- Offers additional features like Notable Excerpts, List of Articles, and List of Acts of Parliament.
- Printed on superior-quality bible paper with a beautiful and professional get-up.
SCYD 2024
Now available in two meticulously bound large volumes, SCYD 2024 is printed on high-quality Bible paper for durability and ease of use. This edition offers exhaustive case law coverage, consolidating the content of approximately 25 volumes of SCC™. It includes:
- 10 volumes of SCC™ 2024 (Vol. 1 to 10)
- 10 volumes of SCC™ 2023 (Vol. 11 to 20)
- 5 volumes of SCC™ 2022 (Vol. 16 to 20)
Highlights:
- No other Yearly Digest can match the comprehensive case-law coverage of SCYD 2024.
- An analytical, systematic, and comprehensive Yearly Digest with multiple cross-references, comparative citation tables, and extensive cross-citations of all important journals.
- Includes a Table of Overruled, Reserved, Followed, etc., Cases.
- Bench strength and Coram details assist in assessing the relative strength of the rulings.
- SCYD is the only answer to a quick, effortless, and accurate search for precedents.
Note: The SCYD of any year may include multiple SCC volumes of previous years as well, in digest form.
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