Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 980 · Decided 2 September 1996
State of Karnataka and ORS. v. S.M. Kotrayya and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 980 · [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 426
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12037/1996
- Decided
- 2 September 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. S.21-Delay in approaching the Tribunal-Explanation therefor that C relief granted in similar cases came to notice late-Tribunal condoning the delay-On appeal held, it is not necessary that explanation should be given for the delay which occasioned for the peliod for the delay which oc­ caSioned after the expiry of the peliod-T1ibunal to satisfy itself whether the explanation offered was proper explanation-Coming to know of relief granted D in similar cases is no proper explanation-Hence T1ibunal wholly unjustified . in condoning the delay. CIVIL
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