Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 150 · Decided 30 January 1996
State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 150 · [1996] 1 S.C.R. 1060
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4118/1996
- Decided
- 30 January 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S. SAGHIR AHMAD, G.B. PATTANAIK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Limitation Act Section 5
Headnote
OF HARYANA v CHANDRA MANI AND ORS. JANUARY 30, 1996 [K. RAMASWAMY, S. SAGHIR AHMAD AND G.B. PATTANAIK, .JJ.] Limitation Act, 1963 : C S.5-De/ay-Condonation of-Appeals by State-Sufficient cause-To D be considered with pragniatisnz in justice--Oriented approach rather than technical down to prove st1ict sta11dards of sufficie11t cause-State can11ot be put on the same footing as an individual. Suggestions: Govenunent at appropriate levels to constitute legal cells to exanzine whether legal pn·nciples are involved-Officers in such legal cells to be autho1.ised to take
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