High Court bench invokes Article 227, sets aside orders of lower courts

Madurai | Wednesday | 18th April, 2018

Summary:

The court was hearing the revision petition filed by secretary Pastor Ambrose and treasurer Jeyaraj Thangavelu of South-East India Union of Seventh Day Adventists, Chennai. The election to the North Tamil Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, Tiruchi, shall be completed as per its bylaw within two months, the court said. The HC held that the lower courts were misled and the process of law was abused and struck down the orders of the lower courts. The court will take up the case for hearing after the election completion report is filed by the election officer. more-inThe Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday invoked its power under Article 227 of the Constitution (power of superintendence) and Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure (power to call records of subordinate courts) to set aside orders of lower courts..