In the Rules of High Court 1980 and Subordinate Courts Rule 1980, one will find provisions which allow parties with claims to pursue a quick Judgment against the other side. This is referred to as Summary Judgment. You will find it in Order 14 and Order 26A, respectively.
A party with a claim would usually refer to the Plaintiff suing a Defendant, but a Defendant with a Counter Claim against the Plaintiff may also apply the same.
Basically the party seeking Summary Judgment would have to show the Judge that they have a claim so good that a Trial is not necessary. Usually Banks suing defaulting borrowers will use this procedure for a quick Judgment.
The party facing this application would need to show at least one of these in Court:-
1. that there are issues which can only be ventilated and decided in a Trial, or
2. some other reason which the Court deems fit to call for a Trial.
In DCB Bank v NS Bahtera [1999] 2 AMR 1790, the High Court held that a party seeking summary judgment has to show at least a prima facie case against the other party, before the other party is expected to show one of the 2 above rebuttals.
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