Dr. J.J. Merchant & Ors vs Shrinath Chaturvedi on 12 August, 2002
FRIDAY,
THE TENTH DAY OF JULY
TWO
THOUSAND NINE
Oral Order (Per Sri K.Satyanand,
Honble Member)
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This
is a petition filed by the petitioners/opposite parties seeking permission to
cross examine the witness, Dr.Mrs.Tasneem M.Ahmed W/o.Dr.S.M.Ahmed, who it
seems filed affidavit on behalf of complainant, levelling
some allegations against the witness as she
having formed her own self imposed association, colluded with 11 defaulters
forming a Mafia and lodging false Police complaints etc.,
Though the other side endorsed to the
effect that orders may be passed on merits in this regard, we are very much
bound by the guide lines issued by the Honble
Supreme Court of India in Dr.J.J.Merchant
and others V. Srinath Chaturvedi
in 2002 CTJ 757 = AIR 2002 SC 2931. In the above decision, the Honble Supreme Court, in order to avoid delay in disposal
of complaints within the time prescribed under the Act, suggested