The Supreme Court, while setting aside a high court order granting bail to murder accused, on Tuesday held that writing judgments is "an art", and quality can never be sacrificed for quantity. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah said: "Writing judgments is an art, though it involves skillful application of law and logic. We are conscious of the fact that the judges may be overburdened with pending cases and the arrears, but at the same time, quality can never be sacrificed for quantity."

It noted that a judgment should be coherent, systematic, and logically organised, and enable the reader to trace the fact to a logical conclusion on the basis of legal principles. "The judicial opinion is to be written in such a way that it elucidates in a convincing manner and proves the fact that the verdict is righteous and judicious. What the court says, and how it says it, is equally important as what the court decides."