Case Note & Summary
The Supreme Court was presented with a Review Petition concerning a previously dismissed Special Leave Petition. The procedural background involved the High Court having taken a view with which the Supreme Court agreed, leading to the dismissal of the Special Leave Petition. The petitioner then filed a Review Petition, which was delayed, and the court first condoned this delay. The core legal issue was whether the grounds raised in the Review Petition demonstrated any error apparent on record that would warrant judicial interference. The court analyzed the grounds presented and concluded that they failed to establish any such error. Consequently, the Review Petition was dismissed. The decision reaffirms the principle that review jurisdiction is limited to correcting errors apparent on the face of the record and does not permit re-examination of matters on merits unless such error is clearly demonstrated.
Headnote
A) Civil Procedure - Review Petition - Error Apparent on Record - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, Order XLVII - Review Petition was filed seeking reconsideration of dismissal of Special Leave Petition - Court examined grounds and found they did not make out any error apparent on record - Held that no interference was justified and Review Petition was dismissed (Paras 1-2).
Issue of Consideration
Whether the grounds taken in the Review Petition make out any error apparent on record to justify interference
Final Decision
Delay in preferring Review Petition condoned. Review Petition dismissed as grounds do not make out any error apparent on record to justify interference.
Law Points
- Delay condonation
- Review petition grounds
- Error apparent on record
- Interference justification
