Rule 13. Power to exempt

Chapter II · Powers and Functions

13.1 The rule

The Appellate Tribunal may on sufficient cause being shown, exempt the parties from compliance with any requirement of these rules and may give such directions in matters of practice and procedure, as it may consider just and expedient on the application moved in this behalf to render substantial justice.

13.2 What it does

Rule 13 lets the Bench relieve a party of a procedural requirement that these Rules impose, where insisting on it would defeat the case rather than serve it. It is the answer to a requirement that cannot be complied with, as distinct from one that has not yet been complied with.