Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 262 · Decided 10 October 1975
Mangu Ram v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 262 · [1976] 2 S.C.R. 260
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 918/1975
- Decided
- 10 October 1975
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Limitation Act Section 5
Headnote
Limitation Act, 1963-ss. 5. 29 (2)-Scope of. The respondent sought special leave to appeal to the High Court under s. 417 ( 3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, I 898 against the acquittal of the petitioner by the trial court. The application was made beyond the period of limitation but the High application for special leave to appeal to this Court the petitioners ~ D E F contended that the time limit of 60 days prescribed under s. 417(4) was mandatory and as such the High Court had no jurisdiction to extend the time limit by resort to s. 5 of the I.imitation Act, 1963. Dismissing the
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