M/S Tirupati Build -Con Pvt. Ltd., v. Rahul Agrawal
Review – scope of review jurisdiction
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur, REVP No. 295 of 2025, decided 23/09/2025 by Justice Arvind Kumar Verma. Review petition against the order dated 29/07/2025 in WPC No.432/2025, which had dismissed, for availability of alternative remedy under the MSME Act, the writ petition challenging an exparte award dated 29.12.2023 of the MSME Facilitation Council, Raipur. Key point: scope of review — a review petition cannot be used to re-argue the entire case afresh; doing so converts the review into an appeal and is not sustainable. Authorities relied on: Meera Bhanjan v. Smt. Nirmal Kumar Chowdhary (AIR 1995 SC 455); Lily Thomas etc. v. Union of India and others (AIR 2000 SC 1650); Ajit Kumar Rath v. State of Orissa and others (AIR 2000 SC 85); Government of T.N. & Others v. M. Ananchu Asari and others ((2005) 2 SCC 332); Kerla State Electricity Board v. Hitech Electrothermicsm & Hydropower Ltd. and others ((2005) 6 SCC 651). Result: review petition dismissed; liberty to pursue alternative remedy (as granted in the earlier order) stands.