Warning of Costs for Filing Petitions Without Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court
In a strongly worded judgment, the Delhi High Court has deprecated the growing trend of filing writ petitions in matters where jurisdiction clearly lies with the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). The Court warned that it may soon begin imposing costs, even when such petitions are withdrawn, to deter this misuse of judicial resources. Petition wrongly filed under writ jurisdiction instead of approaching CAT The matter came before Justice Prateek Jalan,…
