1. Review petition filed against a judgment in a writ petition. (Para 2 )
2021 Supreme(SC) 865
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta, S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ.
Union Of India - Appellant
Versus
Shiv Sangram & Ors. - Respondents
Review Petition (C) No. 592 of 2021 in Writ Petition (C) No. 938 of 2020
Decided On : 28-06-2021
Important Points
Subject
Review Petition - Dismissal
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Dealt with in the main judgment - Do not fall within the limited ground - Court gone through review petition filed against judgment in Writ Petition grounds taken in review petition do not fall within limited ground on which review petition can be considered.
Finding Of The court :
Various grounds taken in review petition have already been dealt with in main judgment – Court do not find any sufficient ground to entertain this review petition.
Result : Petition dismissed
Legal Category Hierarchy
Table of Contents
2. Grounds raised for the review of a prior judgment. (Para 2 )
3. Grounds for review are limited and the issues raised were already addressed in the original judgment. (Para 2 )
4. Review petitions are maintainable only on limited grounds and not when issues were already decided in the main judgment. (Para 2 )
5. Application for oral hearing rejected and review petition dismissed. (Para 1 , 3 )
6. Under what circumstances is a review petition maintainable?
A review petition is maintainable only on limited grounds and cannot be entertained if the grounds raised have already been addressed in the main judgment. (Para 2 )
ORDER
1. Application for oral hearing is rejected.
2. We have gone through the review petition filed against the judgment dated 05.05.2021 in Writ Petition (C) No.938/2020. The grounds taken in the review petition do not fall within the limited ground on which review petition can be considered. The various grounds taken in the review petition have already been dealt with in the main judgment.
3. We do not find any sufficient ground to entertain this review petition. The review petition is dismissed.