HARNAM SINGH vs MOHINDER PAL SAHNI

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$~46 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 24.07.2025 + C.R.P. 210/2025 HARNAM SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Samprikta Ghoshal and Ms. Mahima Malhotra, Advocates. versus MOHINDER PAL SINGH SAHNI .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU TARA VITASTA GANJU, J.: (Oral) CM APPL. 44083/2025 [Exemption from filing certified copies] 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The Application stands disposed of. C.R.P. 210/2025 & CM APPL. 44082/2025 [Stay] 3. The present Petition has been filed under Section 115 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [hereinafter referred to as “CPC”] seeking to challenge an order dated 25.03.2025 passed by the learned District Judge, Patiala House Court, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Order”]. By the Impugned Order, an Application under Section 151, CPC has been dismissed. 4. The maintainability of this Petition is a subject matter of challenge. It is no longer res integra that the provisions of Section 115 of the CPC cannot be invoked except where an order, if made in favour of the revisionist, Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed C.R.P. 210/2025 Page 1 of 4 By:HONEY ARORA Signing Date:25.07.2025 22:50:44 would have finally disposed of the suit or proceedings. This is set out in the proviso to Section 115 of the CPC below: “Section 115 – Revision The High Court may call for the record of any case which has been decided by any Court subordinate to such High Court and in which no appeal lies thereto, and if such subordinate Court appears (a) to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law, or (b) to have failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested, or (c) to have acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction illegally or with material ir