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Siddharth Dev (Advocate)     14 May 2016

Lets discuss deep topic obiter dicta and ratio decidendi

all knows about obiter dictum or dicta and ratio decidendi.  my question is that how we can put out dictum part from ratio any idea if you would like to give?

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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     17 May 2016

Obiter dictum (more usually used in the plural, obiter dicta) is Latin for a word said "by the way" that is, a remark in a judgment that is "said in passing". It is a concept derived from English common law, whereby a judgment comprises only two elements: ratio decidendi and obiter dicta. For the purposes of judicial precedentratio decidendi is binding, whereas obiter dicta are persuasive only.

A judicial statement can be ratio decidendi only if it refers to the crucial facts and law of the case. Statements that are not crucial, or which refer to hypothetical facts or to unrelated law issues, are obiter dicta. Obiter dicta (often simply dicta, or obiter) are remarks or observations made by a judge that, although included in the body of the court's opinion, do not form a necessary part of the court's decision. In a court opinion, obiter dicta include, but are not limited to, words "introduced by way of illustration, or analogy or argument".Unlike ratio decidendiobiter dicta are not the subject of the judicial decision, even if they happen to be correct statements of law.

Siddharth Dev (Advocate)     26 June 2017

thank you advocate kalaiselvan for this information but you raised one question into my mind that weather it is necessary that any justice should mention part of a judgement an obiter dicta or we have to find it from any judgement

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