Supreme Court of India · 2009-07-21
Inderchand Jain (D) Th.Lrs vs Motilal (D) Th.Lrs
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Inderchand Jain (D) Th.Lrs
- Respondent
- Motilal (D) Th.Lrs
- Author
- S.B. Sinha
- Bench
- Deepak Verma, S.B. Sinha
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the jurisdiction of the High Court to review its own decisions under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It held that the High Court exceeded its review jurisdiction by effectively acting as an appellate court and re-evaluating evidence, which is not permissible under Section 20 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. The Court set aside the High Court's order allowing the review petitions and reinstated the earlier judgment, emphasizing that findings of fact should not be reappraised in review.