Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Panel of Justices — Judgment Must Be Delivered by Justices Who Heard the Appeal

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Judgment must be delivered by the same justices who heard the appeal. A justice absent from hearing cannot be part of the deciding panel. The principle applies to appellate practice. The only exception is delivering another justice's opinion due to unavoidable absence. That exception does…

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