Part-III The preceding part examined situations where recourse to Section 151 is neither permissible nor desirable, underscoring the principle that inherent powers cannot be employed to override or circumvent the express provisions of the Code. However, the converse is equally significant. There remain numerous situations in which the Code is silent, yet judicial intervention is
Part-II Having examined the conceptual foundations and the legal principles governing the exercise of inherent powers under Section 151 in the preceding part, it is now appropriate to turn to the arena where these principles are truly tested – the everyday functioning of civil courts. The exercise of inherent jurisdiction is seldom prompted by abstract
Part-I Introduction The genesis of this blog lies in a lecture that I had the privilege of delivering to trainee judges at the Rajasthan State Judicial Academy a few months ago on the scope and exercise of the inherent powers of civil courts under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure. While the statutory