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But shorthand is still mandatory in some professions. The National Council for the Training of Journalists insists trainees achieve a written speed of 100 words per minute to pass its diploma. It ...

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Shorthand note book in which a court stenographer takes dictation from the judge is not a “record” held by a public authority and therefore cannot be sought under the Right to Information Act, the ...

Court further clarified shorthand note books were not retained and cannot be equated with a judgment New Delhi: Notes dictated by a judge to a stenographer during the hearing of a case would not be ...