Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1182 · Decided 22 October 2019
The State of Manipur & ORS. v. Koting Lamkang
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1182 · [2019] 13 S.C.R. 565
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8298/2019
- Decided
- 22 October 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Delay/Laches: Appeal by State - Delay of 312 days in preferring the Regular First Appeal (RFA) - Condonation of - Dismissal of application for condonation of delay - Condonation was sought by the appellant on the ground that they made a bonafide mistake in preferring the forum i.e. District Judge - The District Judge held that it had no pecuniary jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and disposed of appeal permitting the appellant to appeal before High Court - Appeal to High Court - Time spent by appellant in wrong forum was 44 days -
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