JUDICIAL AND JUDICIOUS EXERCISE OF DISCRETION

• Date: 06 February 2019

(1) "When one exercises his discretion judicially he will be expected to act critically, so also, when a discretion is required to be judiciously exercised one expects the person so acting to do so with high degree of prudence and good Judgment. Thus, when a Judge is called upon to exercise his discretion judicially and judiciously, it follows that in reaching his decision on the subject-matter in which his discretion is called into play, he must be involved in the judicial balancing of the pros and cons or the strength...