2022 (11) TMI 1300

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....r.M.Balasubramanian For Respondent : Mrs.Hema Muralikrishnan, Senior Standing Counsel. JUDGMENT Mrs.Hema Muralikrishnan, learned senior standing counsel takes notice for the respondent. By consent of the parties, the writ appeal is taken up and disposed of. 2. The appellant has filed the Writ Appeal against an order dated 11.08.2022 passed in W.P.No.20575 of 2022. The writ petition was....

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....he writ petition and also imposed costs of Rs.50,000/- on the ground that neither the petitioner's wife nor the said Ilavarasan has been made a party in the said writ petition. The relevant portion of the order reads as follows: 6. The petitioner refers to a suit filed by his wife against the third party. Neither the wife nor the third party are before me in this Writ Petition. Theref....

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....t, the appellant cannot rely on Section 120 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, to justify in filing of the Writ Petition. Section 120 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 reads as under:- 120. Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands. Husband or wife of person under criminal trial. - In all civil proceedings the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to the suit, s....