Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 502 · Decided 20 September 2021
Ishwarlal Mali Rathod v. Gopal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 502 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 35
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 14117/2021
- Decided
- 20 September 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
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 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
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