'Courts, With Dockets Already Over-Flowing"': P & H HC Restricts Filing Of Multiple Writ Petitions On Similar Cause Of Action [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week restricted the practice of filing multiple writ petitions with regard to the same or similar cause of action. Noting that "the dockets of the Courts are already over-flowing", Justice Anil Kshterpal opined that the filing of the multiple petitions is "neither in the interest of justice nor in the interest of the Judicial Institution". The...