Harish tandon biography

A Calcutta High Court Bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Prasenjit Biswas has criticized the practice of lawyers using procedural formalities as a "circuitous route" to reopen an already decided issue and seek a review of an order under the pretext of recall.

In that context, it was said that, "The manner in which the argument is advanced, it leaves an impression in us that a desperate attempt is made to have the order reviewed in the garb of recall."

Counsel Deepak Khosla appeared for the applicants, while Counsel Sreeboyee Mitra appeared for the Bank.

In this case, the Bench was considering a recall application against an order issued where the Court had rejected the request to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondents, as requested by M/s Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infra Ltd.

The applicants claimed that the respondents had committed "serious fraud" on the Court, resulting in specific findings regarding the pipeline ownership.

The respondents argued