Court Can Allow Substitution Petition Even Without Explicit Plea For Setting Aside Abatement If Application Justifies Relief: Jharkhand HC

Recently, the Jharkhand High Court has held that abatement by necessary implication can allow a substitution petition even without a specific plea to set aside, provided the entire application makes out a case for such relief.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, presiding over the case, observed, “In a case where the relief of setting aside of abatement has not been specifically claimed, the court...