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Short Shrift

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Short shrift (n), little time between condemnation and execution [Oxford Concise Dic. 5th Edn.] used by Iyer, J. to denote trivialization or lack of adequate judicial attention. '... the tribunal made short shrift of the workmen's plea' [Mumbai Kamghar Sabha v. Abdul Bhai, AIR 1977 SC 1455 (1457) (para 5)]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

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