Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 352 · Decided 31 July 2003
State of Orissa v. Lochan Nayak (Dead) BY LRS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 352 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 63
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1681/2003
- Decided
- 31 July 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, S.B. SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950 Article 226-Writ petition-Delay in filing-Allotment of lam:f to C respondents under The Orissa Land Reforms Act cancelled in 1986, as 1the same was found illegal-Writ petitions before High Court in 1992 challenging the cancellation-Writ petitions allowed-Government respondents before The High Court were extremely belated and suffered from /aches-Held, the matters were decided in the year 1986, whereas the writ petitions were flied D in the year 1992-There was an inordinate delay for which no sufficient cause was shown before the High Court and the High
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