https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277407 A party who knows of a jurisdictional objection but elects to argue the case on merits before the inferior tribunal may later be refused certiorari. The governing principle is that certiorari is a discretionary remedy, and a litigant who submits to the tribunal's jurisdiction without first pressing the objection cannot afterwards repudiate that jurisdiction and claim the writ as of right. Where the applicant participates fully on the merits before both authorities and does not confine the challenge to jurisdiction, that conduct can disentitle him to discretionary relief. en-us Thu, 07 Oct 1926 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:28:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277407 A party who knows of a jurisdictional objection but elects to argue the case on merits before the inferior tribunal may later be refused certiorari. The governing principle is that certiorari is a discretionary remedy, and a litigant who submits to the tribunal's jurisdiction without first pressing the objection cannot afterwards repudiate that jurisdiction and claim the writ as of right. Where the applicant participates fully on the merits before both authorities and does not confine the challenge to jurisdiction, that conduct can disentitle him to discretionary relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Oct 1926 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277407