Reasoned orders are required when rejecting an application for a statement of the case after rule has been issued.

An application for calling for a statement of the case after rule has been issued should not be rejected without recorded reasons. The Court held that a non-speaking order does not disclose the basis for declining relief and is therefore unsustainable where the matter has already progressed to the stage of rule. The rejection order was set aside and the matter remanded to the High Court for fresh disposal in accordance with law.

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Issues: Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting, without recording reasons, an application for calling for a statement of the case after rule had been issued.

Analysis: The order under challenge was not a speaking order. Where rule has already been issued, an application for a statement of the case ought not ordinarily be rejected without reasons, since the court must disclose the basis on which it declines the relief sought.

Conclusion: The rejection order could not be sustained; it was set aside and the matter was remanded to the High Court for disposal in accordance with law.

Ratio Decidendi: An application for calling for a statement of the case, after rule has been issued, should not be dismissed without a reasoned order.

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