2026 CJ Review 10Muhammad Saleh Bhotani vs. Chief Election Commission and others
--- Proceedings --- Scope --- The word “proceedings” is a very comprehensive term and generally means a prescribed cause of action for enforcing a legal right --- It includes every step taken towards further progress of a cause in Court or Tribunal from its commencement till its disposal for the purposes of relief, redressal of injuries or damages or for remedial objects --- It comprehends all steps taken or measures adopted in prosecution or defense of an action --- In legal terminology the word “proceeding” means the institution or carrying of an action of law --- The purpose of interpreting or construction of the word “proceedings” is to understand the true intention to be gathered by its clear meaning without committing any mistake to attach a meaning other than the one carried in their ordinarily grammatical sense attached to the word.