Tuesday 26 May 2015

Taking cognizance

A newspaper carries a story and a judge takes notice of the issue. This leads to the judge issuing instructions to the court's registrar to register a case basis the newspaper report. The expression generally used is that 'the court took cognizance'. 
And that's our word this week: Cognizance. It means a realization or knowledge, to notice, to take note of or to heed to a plea, to regard. With judicial activism gaining momentum one is bound to hear of such acts of cognizant.