Application for review in Court consisting of two or more Judges
Full Text
Where the Judge or Judges, or any one of the Judges, who passed the decree or made the order a review of which is applied for, continues or continued attached to the Court at the time when the application for a review is presented, and is not or not precluded by absence or other cause for a period of six months next after the application from considering the decree or order to which the application refers, such Judge or Judges or any of them shall hear the application, and no other Judge or Judges of the Court shall hear the same.
Plain English Summary
Mandates that a review application must be heard exclusively by the same Judge or Judges who passed the decree or order, provided they remain attached to the court and available within six months, prohibiting forum shopping.
Key Legal Elements
- Doctrine of Same Judge: Review is a reconsideration by the judge who rendered the decision.
- Continuity Requirement: Judge must remain attached to the court at presentation.
- Six-Month Availability Rule: If judge is absent or precluded for 6 months, another bench may be constituted.
- Strict Prohibition: Explicit statutory bar against any other judge hearing the review when the original judge is available.
Practical Note
Strict Adherence to Same Judge Principle: 1. Prevention of Forum Shopping: Rule 5 prevents litigants from seeking a second opinion from a different judge of co-ordinate jurisdiction. In Malthesh Gudda Pooja v. State of Karnataka (2011) 15 SCC 330, the Supreme Court held that hearing of a review petition by a judge other than the author judge when that judge is available is illegal and contrary to Order XLVII Rule 5. 2. Roster and High Court Practice: High Court registries automatically list review petitions before the same bench that authored the judgment, irrespective of current roster changes.
हिंदी पाठ
जहां वह न्यायाधीश या वे न्यायाधीश, अथवा उन न्यायाधीशों में से कोई एक, जिन्होंने वह डिक्री पारित की थी या आदेश किया था जिसके पुनर्विलोकन के लिए आवेदन किया गया है, पुनर्विलोकन के आवेदन के प्रस्तुत किए जाने के समय न्यायालय से जुड़े रहते हैं या रहे हैं, और आवेदन के पश्चातवर्ती छह माह की कालावधि तक अनुपस्थिति या अन्य कारण से उस डिक्री या आदेश पर विचार करने से निवारित नहीं हैं, तो ऐसा न्यायाधीश या ऐसे न्यायाधीश या उनमें से कोई उस आवेदन की सुनवाई करेंगे, और न्यायालय का कोई अन्य न्यायाधीश या न्यायाधीश उसकी सुनवाई नहीं करेंगे।