Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 667 · Decided 1 October 2010
State of Jharkhand & ORS. v. Krishna Pradhan & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 667 · [2010] 12 S.C.R. 201
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 29275/2010
- Decided
- 1 October 2010
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
GOVERNMENT LIT/GA TION: A B Inordinate delay in filing writ petitions/appeals - Held: c Cases are coming before Supreme Court and High Courts where appeals or writ petitions are filed by the government or the State Authorities after inordinate delay and an explanation is sought to be given in the that the file was moved from one desk to another or the D approval was sought from the higher authority which took considerable time - This practice is often adopted by officials of various State Governments and has become a regular feature - The explanation usually given for the delay is the
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