Primary tabs. The entry into a lawsuit by a third party into an existing civil case who was not named as an original party but has a personal stake in the outcome. The nonparty who intervenes in a case is called an intervenor. The intervener joins the suit by filing a motion to intervene.
A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant.
(1) Joining a plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint. (2) Uniting with a defendant in resisting the claims of a plaintiff. (3) Demanding anything adverse to both a plaintiff and a defendant. (c) A nonparty shall petition the court for leave to intervene by noticed motion or ex parte application.
A complaint-in-intervention establishes the intervenor's position on the claims raised in the action.
A judge may always intervene to clarify the evidence or to ensure that time is not wasted, but the trial process can be distorted if the judge intervenes too much.
Under Order 1 Rule 8A of the Code of Civil Procedure[ii], court can permit a person or group of persons to intervene in a suit if court is satisfied with the reason to intervene. Such a person can intervene even though he is not a party to the case.
It provides: A person may, at any period of a trial upon motion, be permitted by the court to intervene in an action or proceeding, if he has legal interest in the matter in litigation, or in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both.
: a petition in which a person seeks to be permitted to intervene in a lawsuit involving other parties so that his own rights and interests may be protected by a judgment or decree binding all.
A third party (the intervener) may file an intervention application to 'interrupt' the proceedings of a case and claim a right to hearing in the interest of justice. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) provides an extensive mechanism for addition of third parties to a suit under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC.
A third party permitted by a court to make arguments in a case. Interveners are sometimes referred to as "friends of the court" (amicus curiae), or as public interest advocates.
An intervenor is a trained professional who acts as the “eyes” and “ears” of a person who is deafblind, providing specialized communications services and supports. An intervenor facilitates the interaction of the person who is deafblind with other people and the environment.
In law, intervention is a procedure to allow a nonparty, called intervenor (also spelled intervener) to join ongoing litigation, either as a matter of right or at the discretion of the court, without the permission of the original litigants.