ASIF AHMAD WANI Vs. YASIR ALTAF WANI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner, through the medium of instant review petition, seeks review of final judgment of this Court dated 3rd of November, 2017, passed in Civil Revision No. 23/2017; MP No.01/2017, in terms whereof, it was observed as under:

(2.) What requires to be stated, at the outset, is that in the instant review petition, the petitioner has touched the merits of the case, which, in a review petition, is unwarranted as per law. It is well settled that the scope of review of an order is very limited and it cannot be a forum to re-argue the matter already decided by the Court. A review cannot also be used as a tool for changing the opinion/ view of the Court. In a review petition, it is only an error, apparent on the face of the record, which can be considered and gone into by the Court.

(3.) Law on the subject is no more res integra. The Apex court of the country, in case titled Kamlesh Verma v. Mayawati & Ors., (2013) 8 SCC 320, while dealing with a similar issue, held as under: