Abdul Hafeel Ahamed Abbas vs Brown and Company PLC – CA PHC APN 77/2015-2015

In the case between Abdul Hafeel Ahamed Abbas (Petitioner) and Brown and Company PLC (Respondent), the court addressed whether prior orders relating to possession of disputed property by the lower courts were correct in law and fact, and whether the Petitioner’s application for revision should be entertained. The court determined that no sufficient error existed in the High Court’s order setting aside the Magistrate’s restoration of possession to the Petitioner, as the requirements for invoking revisionary jurisdiction—such as the presence of exceptional circumstances—were not met. The principle reaffirmed is that revisionary jurisdiction is an exceptional remedy exercised only when there are manifest miscarriages of justice or legal errors, and laches or lack of exceptional circumstances