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1 - 8 of 8 (0.24 seconds)The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
Article 227 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
M/S Bagai Construction Tr.Prop vs M/S Gupta Building Material Store on 22 February, 2013
“8.In this context, we may fruitfully refer to Bagai Construction v.
Gupta Building Material Store [Bagai Construction v. Gupta Building
Material Store, (2013) 14 SCC 1 : (2014) 2 SCC (Civ) 382]. In the said
case the Court had expressed its concern about the order passed by the
High Court whereby it had allowed the application preferred under Order
18 Rule 17 that was rejected by the trial court on the ground that there
was no acceptable reason to entertain the prayer. Be it stated, this Court
set aside the order passed by the High Court. In the said case, it has also
been held that it is desirable that the recording of evidence should be
continuous and followed by arguments and decision thereon within a
reasonable time. That apart, it has also been held that the courts should
constantly endeavour to follow such a time schedule so that the purpose of
amendments brought in the Code of Civil Procedure are not defeated.
K.K. Velusamy vs N. Palaanisamy on 30 March, 2011
17.Vadiraj [Vadiraj Naggappa Vernekar v. Sharadchandra
Prabhakar Gogate, (2009) 4 SCC 410 : (2009) 2 SCC (Civ) 198] and
K.K. Velusamy [K.K. Velusamy v. N. Palanisamy, (2011) 11 SCC 275 :
M/S Shiv Cotex vs Tirgun Auto Plast P.Ltd.& Ors on 30 August, 2011
10.In this context, we may profitably reproduce a passage
from Shiv Cotex v. Tirgun Auto Plast (P) Ltd. [Shiv Cotex v. Tirgun Auto
Plast (P) Ltd., (2011) 9 SCC 678 : (2011) 4 SCC (Civ) 817] wherein it
has been stated that : (SCC p. 682, para 15)
“15. It is sad, but true, that the litigants seek—and the courts grant
—adjournments at the drop of the hat. In the cases where the Judges
are little proactive and refuse to accede to the requests of
unnecessary adjournments, the litigants deploy all sorts of methods
in protracting the litigation.”
The Court has further laid down that : (SCC p. 682, para 15)
“15. … It is not surprising that civil disputes drag on and on. The
misplaced sympathy and indulgence by the appellate and revisional
courts compound the malady further.”
Vadiraj Naggappa Vernekar (D) Th. Lrs vs Sharad Chand Prabhakar Gogate on 24 February, 2009
17.Vadiraj [Vadiraj Naggappa Vernekar v. Sharadchandra
Prabhakar Gogate, (2009) 4 SCC 410 : (2009) 2 SCC (Civ) 198] and
K.K. Velusamy [K.K. Velusamy v. N. Palanisamy, (2011) 11 SCC 275 :
Sajid Ismail Haji Noor Mohammed vs Sohail Haji Noor Mohammed . on 21 February, 2014
11.In Noor Mohammed v. Jethanand [Noor Mohammed v. Jethanand,
(2013) 5 SCC 202 : (2013) 2 SCC (Civ) 754] commenting on the delay
caused due to dilatory tactics adopted by the parties, the Court was
compelled to say : (SCC p. 215, para 28)
“28. In a democratic set-up, intrinsic and embedded faith in the
adjudicatory system is of seminal and pivotal concern. Delay
gradually declines the citizenry faith in the system. It is the faith
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and faith alone that keeps the system alive. It provides oxygen
constantly. Fragmentation of faith has the effect-potentiality to
bring in a state of cataclysm where justice may become a casualty.
A litigant expects a reasoned verdict from a temperate Judge but
does not intend to and, rightly so, to guillotine much of time at the
altar of reasons. Timely delivery of justice keeps the faith
ingrained and establishes the sustained stability. Access to speedy
justice is regarded as a human right which is deeply rooted in the
foundational concept of democracy and such a right is not only the
creation of law but also a natural right. This right can be fully
ripened by the requisite commitment of all concerned with the
system. It cannot be regarded as a facet of Utopianism because
such a thought is likely to make the right a mirage losing the
centrality of purpose. Therefore, whoever has a role to play in the
justice-dispensation system cannot be allowed to remotely
conceive of a casual approach.”
And, again : (SCC p. 216, para 31)
“31. Thus, from the aforesaid, it is clear as day that everyone
involved in the system of dispensation of justice has to inspire the
confidence of the common man in the effectiveness of the judicial
system. Sustenance of faith has to be treated as spinal sans
sympathy or indulgence. If someone considers the task to be
Herculean, the same has to be performed with solemnity, for faith
is the “élan vital” of our system.”
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