Practice and Procedure -- Procedural defect - May fall within the purview of irregularity and capable of being cured - It should not be allowed to defeat the substantive right accrued to the litigant without affording reasonable opportunity...........
Practice and procedure -- Citing decisions - While citing decisions in all petitions, affidavits, memorandum of appeal and other proceedings, names of parties should also be given, along with citation...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A, 9 -- Civil Rules of Practice (Kerala) Rr.11, 15 - Counter claim - Counter claim is a subsequent pleading and need not be headed by a cause title - Only a plaint or an original petition that needs to be headed with a cause title as per Kerala Rules...........
Practice and procedure -- Pendency of matter for the same cause of action before High Court and National Green Tribunal - Continuation of proceedings before NGT for the same cause of action, which is seized with the High Court, would not be in the interest of justice - Proceedings pending before NGT quashed and set aside...........
Practice and Procedure -- Tribunals and High Court - Tribunals are subordinate to High Court in so far as territorial jurisdiction of High Court is concerned...........
Medical Education -- Private Medical colleges - Levy of capitation fee - Directions issued to curb the practice of levying capitation fee...........
Practice and procedure -- Patent illegal order - When there is patent illegal order and is put under challenge, it cannot be said that same is merged with a subsequent order passed by Court, that too when subsequent order is put under challenge by JD also...........
Practice and procedure -- Final relief cannot be granted by way of passing an interim order...........
Bar Council of India Rules -- Training Rules - Challenged the validity of the Rule, prohibiting enrollment as an Advocate unless he/she is eligible to do so on having undergone training under the Rules - The Rules 47 to 49 of Part VI, Chapter II, Section VII of the BCI Rules stipulate that a person who was entitled to practice would not be engaged in any other employment..........
Criminal trial -- Practice of pronouncing final orders without a reasoned judgment has to be stopped and discouraged...........