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Obdurate legal obscurantism

Obdurate legal obscurantism, Hardened (stubborn) tendency to oppose enquiry, enlightenment or reform, '...the obdurate legal obscurantism of litigants leads to protraction of proceedings' [Jas Raj v. Hem Raj, AIR 1977 SC 1011 (1013), para 2] - here the judge is hinting at the tendency of litigants to be oversmart and their habit of concealing certain material facts from the court. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...