lawlights- types of case, petition and its abbreviation

LAW LIGHTS-  TYPES OF CASES,

 PETITION  AND ITS

 ABBREVIATION

Hello my budding lawyers, in the course of during 

practices you may come across many suits,

 petitions, writs, and different types of cases.

For this you must be well familiar with the terms 

and its short forms,

 for example, your senior asked you to check for the

 RCOP cases or petition, you may not blink

 at at that time right, 

don’t worry I’m here to help you………………..

CASE TYPES:

1.         APPELLATE SIDE

2.      CRIMINAL SIDE

3.      WRIT SIDE  

4.      ORIGINAL SIDE

5.       MISCELLANEOUS

Appellate side:

1.         AP-   Approval Petition            

2.       AS-   Appeal Suit

3.       C-     Complaint Petition

4.       CMA- Civil miscellaneous Appeal

5.       CMSA - Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal

6.      Caveat- Caveat

7.       CC-  Calendar Case

8.       CP-  Claim Petition

9.       CA-  Contempt Appeal

10.     COS-  Commercial Original Suit

11.       CRP-  Civil Revision Petition

12.     DIST.APP-  DISTRESS APPLICATION

13.     DVC-  Domestic Violence Case

14.     EP-  Execution Petition

15.     EOCC-  Economic Offence Case

16.     IA- Interlocutory Application  

17.     JC-  Juvenile Case

18.     MC-  Maintenance Case

19.     MCOP-  Motor Accidents Claim Original petition

20.   MTA- Municipal Taxation Appeal

21.     NT-  New Trial Application

22.    OS- Original Suit

23.   PWA - Payment Wages Appeal

24.    RC- Reference Case

25.   RCP- Rent Control Appeal

26.   RCOP- Rent Control Original Petition

27.    RLTOA- Regulation of Landlord and Tenant rent

                    Authority Appeal

28.   RLTOP-  Regulation of Landlord and Tenant rent 

                     Authority Petition

29.   RP-  Review Petition

30.   SC-  Sessions Case

31.     SCS-  Small Cause Suit

32.   SOA- Standing Order Appeal

33.   STC-  Summary Trial Case

34.   SA-  Second Appeal

35.   STP-  Special Tribunal Petition

36.   STA =Special Tribunal Appeal

CRIMINAL SIDE:

1.         HCB = Habeas Corpus Petition

2.       CRL.RC = Criminal Revision Case

3.       CRL.A =Criminal Appeal

4.       RT =Referred Trial

5.       CRL.OP =Criminal Original Petition

ORIGINAL SIDE:

1.         CS =Civil Suit

2.       IP =Insolvency Petition

3.       IN =Insolvency Notice

4.       OP =Original Petition

5.       CP =Company Petition

6.       OS =Original Suit

7.       CONT.PETN =Contempt Petition

8.       EP =Election Petition

9.       TOS =Testamentary Original Suit

10.     OMS =Original  Matrimonial  Suit

11.       OA =Original Application

WRIT SIDE:

1.         WP =Writ Petition

MISCELLANEOUS SIDE:

1.         MP =Miscellaneous Petition

The above listed petition types are most familiar ones,

to come across in a daily basis in a legal profession, 

in further upcoming article will explain which petition 

is to be filed based on the types and nature of cases.

 

 

      

        

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