K.Raghul v. M.S.Keerthana
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; REV.APLW No. 114 of 2025 (with WMP Nos. 12492 and 12495 of 2025); decided 07-04-2025 by Justice M. Dhandapani; review application under Order XLVII Rule 1 read with Section 114 CPC; review sought of order dated 18.10.2024 in W.P.No.28830/2024; writ prayer was restoration of TANGEDCO electricity service connection to wife's portion of shared house amid divorce dispute; same-day restoration directed; liberty recorded at para 5 to pursue civil Court remedy; limited grounds of review; no error apparent on the face of the record; request for direction to accept alternative accommodation branded abuse of process of review; review dismissed, no costs; parties K. Raghul, S. Kannan v. M.S. Keerthana and TANGEDCO engineers; counsel D.S. Ramesh.
What did the court decide?
The power of review is very limited and the matter cannot be reheard; the Court may allow review only on three specified grounds: (i) discovery of new and important matter or evidence which after due diligence was not within the applicant's knowledge or could not be produced when the decree/order was made, (ii) mistake or error apparent on the face of the record, and (iii) any other sufficient reason.