P&H: Dismisses LPA in Pond Land Dispute, Says Second Round of Writ Litigation Not Maintainable

(i) Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, S.172A(1) — Letters Patent of Punjab and Haryana High Court — Letters Patent Appeal — Appellants sought to reopen very controversy which had already been considered in earlier writ proceedings and carried before Supreme Court — Since, present proceedings constituted second round...

(ii) Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, S.172A(1) — Letters Patent of Punjab and Haryana High Court — Letters Patent Appeal — Dispute concerning title, possession, demarcation and identification of land was a matter requiring adjudication on evidence before appropriate forum — High Court declined to examine those...

(iii) Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, S.172A(1) — Letters Patent of Punjab and Haryana High Court — Letters Patent Appeal —  Abuse of process of court — After failing to avail remedy made available within extended period, appellants instituted subsequent writ petition challenging same notices and demolition...

(vi) Letters Patent Appeal — Party cannot be permitted to repeatedly invoke jurisdiction of Court in successive proceedings arising out of same cause of action is founded upon larger public policy that litigation must attain finality — Petitioner cannot circumvent effect of orders passed in...