Bare Act

The Goa High Court (Hearing of Writ Petitions by Division Bench and Abolition of Letters Patent Appeals) Act, 2013

This Act regulates how constitutional writ petitions are heard at the High Court of Bombay at Goa, applying to all litigants filing cases in the state. It mandates that these crucial petitions must be heard by a division bench consisting of two judges instead of a single judge, unless specific rules permit otherwise. Additionally, it abolishes internal appeals, known as Letters Patent Appeals, against a single judge's decisions. This matters because it streamlines the judicial process, reduces court delays, and ensures that major legal disputes are decided by multiple judges initially, eliminating a costly, unnecessary, extra layer of internal appeal.

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