Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
There should be a diary or index of proceedings called the Roznama, an example of which is appended as Form No. 7. The following general instructions are issued for the maintenance of the Roznama:— (i) The Roznama should clearly show the course of a suit or case from the beginning to the end in chronological order. It should show in a concise form the progress of the suit or proceeding from day to day. The reasons for every adjournment shall also be stated. The Roznama should be a faithful, complete and concise history of the case and of all proceedings taken in it. It should contain a correct list and description of the exhibits, the date of the delivery of the judgment, of the signing of the decree and of any application for review of judgment, for amendment of the decree or for final decree. It should show in chronological order all proceedings subsequent to the passing of a preliminary decree, if any, and also contain a note of other proceedings, such as Commissioner's Reports, if any. (ii) An entry should be made in the Roznama, stating whether all witnesses summoned or present have been examined and if any such witness has not been examined, the reason for not doing so. (iii) The Roznama must be kept from day to day as an original document by the Bench Clerk or the clerk on duty and must always remain in file 'B'. Entries other than those made at the time of institution of the suit or proceeding shall normally be signed by the Judge. (iv) Every document admitted in evidence and recorded should be mentioned in the Roznama in chronological order. The description of the document and the date of the document according to the Gregorian Calendar should also be mentioned in the Roznama. (v) At the end of the Roznama of each case the Bench Clerk concerned should make a note that all the Court-fee stamps have been punched and should sign the note. (vi) The name of the Presiding Judge should be written in the Roznama when a case is filed, and when it is taken up by another Judge his name should also be entered. (vii) The notice prescribed by rule 1 of Order XX where judgment is reserved or postponed should be set out in the Roznama. (viii) The category of the file (A, B, C, D), in which each paper or document mentioned in the Roznama is kept, should be noted in red ink or pencil in the margin of the Roznama against each paper or document. Similarly, a note as regards the return or loss or destruction of a document should be made in red ink, in the Roznama. (ix) Before transmitting the record to the District Court record room, the Bench Clerk concerned shall verify and make an endorsement mentioning that the documents are properly classified and kept in the appropriate files A, B, C, D. (x) In every appealable case, the Roznama shall be written in English.