September 2026

Part-IV The power of a court to secure the ends of justice is not confined to the expressly enumerated provisions of procedural law. As discussed in the earlier parts of this series, the law recognises certain inherent powers that enable courts to respond to situations where the ordinary procedural framework may not provide an adequate

Part-V As the discussion in the previous part demonstrated, the inherent powers of civil courts have a wide and significant practical role in ensuring that the administration of justice is not frustrated by procedural limitations. However, in attempting to cover the various situations in which these powers may be invoked, some important and practically recurring instances