The Officer in Charge, Police Station, Kuchchaveli vs. Muttiah Mohan – CA PHC APN NO.65/2022-2022

In the case between the Officer in Charge, Police Station, Kuchchaveli (Informant-Complainant/Respondent) and Muttiah Mohan, George Zal Ajith Chetty, and Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed Ikras, the court addressed the issue of revisional jurisdiction in the context of a land possession dispute under section 66 of the Primary Courts’ Procedure Act, No. 44 of 1979. The court held that no exceptional circumstances or miscarriage of justice were established to warrant interference with the High Court’s order restoring police action and awarding restitution of possession, reaffirming the principle that revisionary powers under Article 138 of the Constitution are invoked only in rare and compelling instances where a substantial injustice is demonstrated. This decision relied on prevailing Supreme Court pre