NDLI: Ishwarlal Mali Rathod Vs. Gopal and Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Abuse of process of law Administration of Justice
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Order
Jurisdiction	India
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2
Case Type	Special Leave Petition
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Petition Dismissed
Headnote	Administration of Justice – Abuse of process of law – Repeated adjournments – Respondent-plaintiff filed suit inter alia for eviction in 2013 – Petitioner-defendant’s right to cross examine the plaintiff ’s witness was eventually closed in 2020 – Confirmed by High Court – Held: Ten times adjournments were given between 2015 to 2019 – Twice the adjournments were granted as a last opportunity and even cost was imposed – Trial Court and even the High Court continued to grant adjournments and as such contributed the delay in disposal of the suit – Adequate liberty was given to the defendant to cross examine the plaintiff ’s witness who never availed of the same and went on delaying the proceedings – Main suit is disposed of now – Petition dismissed.Administration of Justice – Justice delivery system – Delay – Grant of adjournments – Duty of Courts – Discussed.
Judge	N/A
Neutral Citation	2021 INSC 502
Petitioner	Ishwarlal Mali Rathod
Respondent	Gopal And Ors.
SCR	[2021] 9 S.C.R. 35
Judgement Date	2021-09-20
Case Number	14117

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Ishwarlal Mali Rathod Vs. Gopal and Ors.