Frivolous, Groundless Filings Serious Menace to Justice Administration

Courts across the legal system – this Court not being an exception – are choked with litigation. Frivolous and groundless filings constitute a serious menace to the administration of justice. They consume time and clog the Productive resources which should be deployed in the handling of genuine causes are dissipated in attending to cases filed only to benefit from delay, by prolonging dead issues and pursuing worthless causes. No litigant can have a vested interest in delay. Sending across a strong message to litigants who file frivolous and groundless petitions in courts, the Supre...