SLP Affidavit under Article 136
A Special Leave Petition invokes the discretionary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. The petition and supporting material must comply with the Supreme Court Rules, 2013, as amended from time to time, and applicable Registry filing requirements.
Current official Supreme Court resources
Order XXI of the Supreme Court Rules deals with Special Leave Petitions under Article 136. The petition should remain confined to the pleadings and material before the court or tribunal whose order is challenged, subject to the Rules and any permission granted by the Supreme Court.
Specimen Affidavit for Special Leave Petition
| IN THE MATTER OF: | |
| ____________________________ | ...PETITIONER |
| VERSUS | |
| ____________________________ | ...RESPONDENT(S) |
I, ____________________________, aged about ____ years, son/daughter/wife of ____________________________, resident of ________________________________, do hereby solemnly affirm and state as follows:
- That I am the Petitioner / authorised representative of the Petitioner in the accompanying Special Leave Petition and am well acquainted with the facts and records of the case and competent to swear this affidavit.
- That I have read the contents of the List of dates and Synopsis (Pages ____to ___), Special Leave Petition (Pages ___ to ___, Para 1 - 8), and accompanying application/s and the contents of the same are believed to be true and correct to the best of my knowledge and based on the records of the case.
- I state and certify that the Special Leave Petition is confined only to the pleadings before the Hon'ble High Court whose order is under challenge and to the other documents relied upon in those proceedings. No additional facts or grounds have been taken therein or relied upon in the Special Leave Petition.
- I further state that all the Annexures to this Special Leave Petition are true copies of their respective originals.
- I state that I have accordingly instructed my advocate on record and the Special Leave Petition and the accompanying documents, applications have been drafted on the basis of my instruction as stated above. I have fully understood and I am aware that on the basis of my instructions the advocate on record will file a certificate certifying the above before this Hon'ble Court.
VERIFICATION
I, the above named deponent do hereby verify that the contents of the aforesaid affidavit from Para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, no part of it is false nothing material has been concealed there from..
Verified at __________________ on this ____ day of __________________, 20___.
Drafting and filing notes
Insert the correct SLP category, case number (when assigned), party names, deponent details, accompanying applications, paragraph/page references and place/date of verification. Ensure that the affidavit is properly sworn, identified and attested in the manner accepted by the Supreme Court Registry. For the latest filing requirements, always cross-check the Supreme Court Rules, official forms and current Registry checklist before filing.
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