Supreme Court of India

Rahimal Bathu & Others v. Ashiyal Beevi

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 697
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 26 September 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that where an appealable decree has been passed in a suit, no revision should be entertained under Section 115 of the CPC against an order rejecting on merits a review of that decree.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Whether a revision u/s.115, CPC is maintainable against an order of the subordinate Court rejecting on merits an application for review of an appealable decree passed in a civil suit. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.115 – Exercise of revisional powers: Held: Exercise of revisional powers cannot be claimed as of right – It is a discretionary power – Revisional Court is not bound to interfere merely because any of the three conditions, as laid down i n s.115 for exercise of such power, is satisfi ed – The Court, exercising revisional powers, must bear in mind, inter

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