Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE – Grounds of Appeal – Court’s Power to Disregard Particulars to Save Grounds

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Couurt

The court will not disregard or excise parts of a ground of appeal to salvage it. If a ground is defective, the appellant must seek amendment through the proper procedure. The court cannot rewrite the appellant's case. The principle maintains the adversarial nature of appeals.…

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