Madras HC Has Stopped The Practice Of Treating Cases As 'Part Heard' [Read Judgment]

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2 March 2019 10:27 AM IST

“In case the parties are of the view that it would be in the interest of both sides to continue to hear and decide a particular matter by a learned Judge who heard it earlier, notwithstanding the change of roster, it is open to them to submit a joint application to the Hon'ble Chief Justice for posting before the very same learned Judge.”

Asserting the role of the Chief Justice as Master of Roster, the Madras High Court has made it clear that it has barred the practice of "treating the matter as part heard". The Bench comprising Justice KK Sasidharan and Justice PD Audikesavalu dealt with a contention taken in a writ appeal that there is no provision to keep the Writ Petition part heard after the change of roster and...

Madras HC Has Stopped The Practice Of Treating Cases As 'Part Heard' [Read Judgment]

LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK

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