Higher Courts Advised to Avoid Unnecessary Remand of Cases to Lower Courts: Supreme Court
The dispute involved the correction of a revenue map that had attained finality after an appeal was dismissed in 2001. The private respondents had repeatedly sought to relocate their plot, but authorities rejected their claims on two prior occasions. Despite this, the Allahabad High Court reopened the matter on the ground of an alleged breach of natural justice, remanding it to the Additional Collector (Judicial). Supreme Court Observations: The Court…