Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Issues for Determination – Court Bound by Pleadings

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Both parties and the court are bound by the pleadings. Parties must keep within their pleadings; the court must not stray away to decide issues not properly before it. The court cannot introduce new issues sua sponte without hearing parties. The principle ensures fair hearing…

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