Courts burdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court

Far too often, courts are burdened with dishonest litigants trying to dodge debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts, the Madras High Court remarked recently while imposing costs of Rs 1 lakh on one such frivolous petitioner (P Sudhakar v The Union Secretary, Ministry of Finance and ors).