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…In this application which is expressed to be brought under rule 80 of the rules of this court and section 5(d) of the Court of Appeal Rules (but we think the Appellate Jurisdiction Act was intended) he asks this court to…

…It is important to state at the outset that section 5 (d) of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, while donating the power to make rules providing for the summary determination of any appeal which appears to the court to be frivolous…

…The respondent, a judge, holding administrative office of Chief Justice while executing his judicial duties in Court or in execution of his administrative duties within the jurisdiction, enjoys absolute privilege from being…

…It was then that the appellant, acting upon the instructions of his client, requested the respondent in his capacity as Chief Justice, and exercising the jurisdiction conferred on him as such, to constitute a bench of five…

…cited various Indian cases in support of his proposition that where in a rule the procedure to be adopted for a remedy is excluded, except in relation to the procedure laid down in the rule; in other words, the Court has no jurisdiction…

…Prohibition is a relief that is only available where an inferior court or tribunal or a public authority like the Council, is proposing to adjudicate upon or determine a matter which is not within its jurisdiction.…

…individual personal capacities, not being an inferior court or tribunal or a public authority, neither the Council nor the other defendants are proposing to adjudicate upon or determine a matter which is not within their jurisdiction…

…There has been an irregularity in the pleadings but this Court will not usually interfere with a judgment if it is satised that there has been no failure of justice or lack of jurisdiction.…

…There was also a prayer for the court to make such other or further order as the court may deem necessary to make in its inherent jurisdiction, plus costs of the application.…

…There was also a prayer for the court to make such other or further order as the court may deem necessary to make in its inherent jurisdiction, plus costs of the application.…

…client, but in my view we must treat each of the cases, not as a matter of form, not as a matter to be decided on the mere proof of a former acting for a client but, as a matter of substance, before we allow the special jurisdiction…