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…No suit should be summarily dismissed unless it appears so hopeless that it plainly and obviously discloses no reasonable cause of action and is so weak as to be beyond redemption and incurable by an amendment.…

…If a suit shows a mere semblance of a cause of action, provided it can be injected with real life by amendment, it ought to be allowed to go forward for a court of justice ought not to act in darkness without the full facts…

…One must look to the Miscellaneous Amendment Act No 11 of 1991 in which the law has exempted technical witnesses to be called to give evidence before Court and documents so produced by then can be done without calling the…

…It was understood by the trial court correctly that the amendments to the Land Control Act came into force on December 24, 1980 did not apply to this case, and having looked at its provisions, there is no was of construing…

…The amendment to the Act of December 1980 does not affect this transaction. The board could not extend the time of three months in the act.…

…According to rule 5(b) of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules, 1984 (Legal Notice No.16 of 1984 made on 10th February 1984).…

…Thirdly, after February 10, 1984, according to rule 5 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1984, this suit could only be set down for hearing after the summons for directions had been dispensed with or in accordance with…

…The Defendants on their part opine that since no documentation was produced to show the precise earnings of the Deceased, the Court ought to employ the Minimum Wage (General/Amendment) Order 2017, which set the minimum wage…

…Indeed the learned judge recognized this principle in the instant case for he stated it in so many words when ruling on the amendment sought by Mr Pandya.…