decisions affecting citizens and then contesting the same on
technical pleas without justification. It declared.
"5. Statutory authorities exist to discharge statutory
functions ... Governments and
public authorities adopt the practice of not relying
upon technical pleas for the purpose of defeating
legitimate claims of citizens and do what
liabilities and obligations
under the guarantee bonds themselves, as being "technical
pleas". The High Court, however, directed the respondent to
keep alive ... obligations
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under the guarantee bonds themselves, as being "technical
pleas."
On 17th May, 1983, as mentioned hereinbefore, an
agreement had been executed
fulfilled in this case but
the High Court having allowed the technical plea of the
defendants, the plaintiffs have - - been deprived of their
legitimate claim ... section.
It is unfortunate that the defendants came forward with a
technical plea that the suit was not maintainable at the
instance of the plaintiffs
deprived of that by the respondents by taking shelter of the technical plea of limitation. In this connection, he referred to two decisions ... governments and public authorities adopt the practice of not relying upon technical pleas for the purpose of defeating legitimate claims of citizens and do what
Court has frowned upon the practice of the Government to
raise technical pleas to defeat the rights of the citizens in Madras Port
Trust ... governments and public authorities adopt the practice of not
relying upon technical pleas for the purpose of defeating legitimate claims
of citizens and do what
stand at par in such cases and
thirdly, whether on mere technical pleas, this Court should
interfere under Article 136 of the Constitution.
Dismissing ... interere under Article 136 of
the Constitution on a merely technical plea. It is only if
patent facts disclose a serious enough infringement
governments and
public authorities adopt the practice of not
relying upon technical pleas for the purpose of
defeating legitimate claims of citizens and do
what ... course, if a government or a public authority
takes up a technical plea, the Court has to
decide it and if the plea is well
benefited itself by money belonging to employees cannot resist claim on technical plea of limitation."
11. In the next judgment , the Honourable Apex Court ... Plea of Limitation raised by employer cannot be characterised as technical plea and rule 10 prescribing limitation for making application to the Controlling Authority
reason that he may not like to rely on a mere technical plea, or because in the case of cross-appeals, he may have ... sufficient for purposes of the cross-appeal. An abandonment of a technical plea of abatement and the consequential dismissal of the appeal, is therefore
assail the order of the High Court dated
29.10.2011, on a technical plea, that the High Court in exercise of its
contempt jurisdiction could ... Constitution
of India, for debating and deciding the technical pleas advanced by the
appellants. We would rather invoke our jurisdiction under Article
