Suntel Limited vs Electroteks Network Services Private Limited and Dialog Broadband Network (Private) Limited – SC APPEAL 53/2012-2023

In the case between Dialog Broadband Network (Private) Limited (as successor to Suntel Limited) and Electroteks Network Services Private Limited, the Supreme Court addressed whether its own final judgment could be revisited or reviewed based on claims of judicial bias, alleged irregularities in judgment pronouncement, and improper conduct. It was held that the Supreme Court’s final decisions, as constituted under Article 132(3)(iii) of the Constitution, are conclusive and not subject to review absent express statutory provision. The findings established that the Court’s inherent jurisdiction is limited strictly to the correction of accidental errors or omissions and may not be invoked to revisit substantive conclusions or introduce a new right of review on allegations of bias or judicial m