A review petition allows parties in India to request that the Supreme Court or High Court review a previous binding decision for apparent errors. The courts are generally reluctant to overturn decisions without a strong justification due to the legal principle of stare decisis. A review petition must be filed within 30 days of the original judgment or order and is usually considered by the same panel of judges who made the original decision. Even after dismissing a review petition, the Supreme Court may consider a curative petition in rare cases to prevent serious miscarriages of justice. Civil and criminal review petitions can be filed on different grounds according to Indian civil and criminal procedure codes.
A review petition allows parties in India to request that the Supreme Court or High Court review a previous binding decision for apparent errors. The courts are generally reluctant to overturn decisions without a strong justification due to the legal principle of stare decisis. A review petition must be filed within 30 days of the original judgment or order and is usually considered by the same panel of judges who made the original decision. Even after dismissing a review petition, the Supreme Court may consider a curative petition in rare cases to prevent serious miscarriages of justice. Civil and criminal review petitions can be filed on different grounds according to Indian civil and criminal procedure codes.
A review petition allows parties in India to request that the Supreme Court or High Court review a previous binding decision for apparent errors. The courts are generally reluctant to overturn decisions without a strong justification due to the legal principle of stare decisis. A review petition must be filed within 30 days of the original judgment or order and is usually considered by the same panel of judges who made the original decision. Even after dismissing a review petition, the Supreme Court may consider a curative petition in rare cases to prevent serious miscarriages of justice. Civil and criminal review petitions can be filed on different grounds according to Indian civil and criminal procedure codes.
In India, a binding decision of the Supreme Court/High Court can be reviewed in Review Petition. The parties aggrieved on any order of the Supreme Court on any apparent error can file a review petition. Taking into consideration the principle of stare decisis, courts generally do not unsettle a decision, without a strong case. This provision regarding review is an exemption to the legal principle of stare decisis.[1][need quotation to verify] Article 137 of the Constitution provides that subject to provisions of any law and rule made under Article 145 the Supreme Court of India has the power to review any judgement pronounced (or order made) by it. Under Supreme Court Rules, 1966 such a petition needs to be filed within 30 days from the date of judgement or order. It is also recommended that the petition should be circulated without oral arguments to the same bench of judges that delivered the judgement (or order) sought to be reviewed.[2][3] Furthermore, even after dismissal of a review petition, the SC may consider a curative petition in order to prevent abuse of its process and to cure gross miscarriage of justice.[2] While a civil review petition can be moved in accordance with Order XLVII, Rule 1(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure,1908 a criminal review petition can be moved only on the ground of an error apparent on the face of the record. (Source: CPC, 1908 and CRPC, 1973)