UNDT/2012/119 | SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

UNDT/2012/119, Tiwathia

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

The Tribunal finds that jurisprudence does not constitute a new decisive fact.

Decision Contested or Judgment Appealed

The Applicant submitted a request for revision of Judgment UNDT/2012/109 on the ground that the Tribunal did not take into account relevant jurisprudence, the discovery of which constitutes a new decisive fact which renders the original judgment ripe for revision.

Legal Principle(s)

Legal Pronouncement: Jurisprudence relates to matters of law such as the interpretation and/or application of a law and not questions of fact. Identifying Jurisprudence that a tribunal may/may not have relied on does not constitute a new decisive fact which would enable the Tribunal to revise a judgment.

Outcome

Revision, correction, interpretation or execution

Outcome Extra Text

N/A (judgment for Respondent)

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Full Judgment

Applicants/ Appellants

Tiwathia

Entity

MSD/UNHQ

Case Number(s)

UNDT/NY/2012/068

Tribunal

UNDT

Registry Location :

New York