Hameed v. Deen and Others – sllr 1988 volume 2 page 001

In the case between HAMEED and DEEN and Others, the court addressed the issue of whether the appellant’s notice and petition of appeal were validly executed when signed by the appellant instead of the registered attorney, contrary to the requirements of the Civil Procedure Code. The court held that such documents, when the party is represented by a registered attorney, must be signed by the attorney as stipulated by Sections 24, 27(2), 28, 755, and 759 of the Civil Procedure Code. The decision reaffirmed the principle that procedural acts undertaken by a represented party must strictly adhere to statutory requirements, and defects involving signature by the party instead of the registered attorney are not curable under Section 759(2). This holding relied on relevant statutes and establishe