New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Reaffirming the narrow limits of review jurisdiction, the Delhi High Court on Saturday refused to reopen its earlier judgment upholding the transfer of proceedings involving former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay from the Kolkata Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to its Principal Bench in New Delhi.

The Division Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Jyoti Singh observed that a review petition cannot be treated as an appeal in disguise and courts cannot revisit conclusions merely because a party seeks reconsideration of arguments already examined.

The Court held that interference in review proceedings is permissible only when a clear and self-evident error exists on the face ...