Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 64 · Decided 18 January 2007
Shiv Dass v. Union of India and Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 64 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 1127
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 274/2007
- Decided
- 18 January 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950: - )- Art. 226-Delay and /aches in filing writ petition-Effect of-Held, Court to consider dekry while exercising discretionary powers-In case of c belated approach, writ petition liable to be dismissed. In 1982, appellant suffered from medical problem and was He filed writ petition in 2005, which was dismissed on the ground of delay and !aches. Hence the present appeal. D ~ Disposing of the appeal and remitting the matter to High Court to r hear writ petition on merits, the Court HELD: 1. Normally, in the case of belated approach writ petition has
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)