Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Preliminary Objection — Duty of Court to Consider Pending Processes

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

This principle establishes that a court has no jurisdiction or discretion to refuse to consider a pending process, and must entertain and decide any application on its merits regardless of perceived strength or weakness. The principle applies in all proceedings. It ensures that applications are…

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