Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
The Judge should also keep memoranda books in the Forms Nos. 8, 9 and 10, for which the following instructions should be followed :— (i) Form No. 8.—This form is to be kept by all District Judges (including Joint and Assistant Judges). It should contain on one page the following heading and columns :— Heading : Day of week and date. Columns : 1. Sessions cases and criminal appeals and applications. 2. Original suits and civil applications. 3. Regular and miscellaneous appeals. 4. Any suit or proceeding coming before the Court on this date and not entered in columns 1, 2 or 3. (ii) No. 9.—This form is to be kept by all Civil and Small Cause Court Judges. It should contain on one page the following heading and columns :— Heading : Suits. Day of week and date. Columns : 1. Suits fixed for final disposal. 2. Suits fixed for settlement of issues. 3. Adjourned hearings. 4. Suits coming before the Court on this date without having been previously fixed. If the Civil Judge is invested with Appellate Powers, appeals should be entered in columns 1 and 3. This form should also be used for interlocutory proceedings which take place during the progress of the suit, for example, the appointment of a guardian. (iii) Form No. 10.—Civil and Small Cause Court Judges should keep a separate memorandum book, Form 10 for darkhasts and miscellaneous applications for which it is necessary to fix a date. This form should contain the following heading and columns :— Heading : Darkhasts and miscellaneous applications. Day of the week and date. Columns : 1. Fixed for first hearing. 2. Adjourned hearing. 3. Remarks. (iv) Every case entered in any memorandum book should, if the case has on the day in question advanced a stage, be then and there marked with the mark √ . If the case is taken up and simply to be adjourned, the mark × should be made against it. If the case is taken up and decided, a line should be drawn through the entry. (v) Every suit and proceeding should be entered by its number and year. (vi) The object of these forms is two-fold— (a) to show the presiding Judge what work is fixed for any particular day ; (b) to show an inspecting authority what work was done on any particular day. (vii) Form No. 8 should be kept in English. Forms Nos. 9 and 10 should be kept in the regional language by the clerk in charge of the duties of Sheristedar, unless the presiding Judge prefers that they should be kept in English.