Per Incuriam

Per Incuriam : An exception to rule of Precedents

The maxim ‘per incuriam’ is derived from the latin expression which means ‘through inadvertence’. “Incuria” means ‘carelessness’. In practice, per incuriam appears to mean per ignoratium. At times a decision may be given in ignorance or forgetfulness of some statutory provision or of some authority binding on the Court concerned,…