Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 631 · Decided 7 October 2021
The State of Rajasthan & ORS. v. Surji Devi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 631 · [2021] 8 S.C.R. 641
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6205/2021
- Decided
- 7 October 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India - Writ petition - Delay and laches - Respondent's husband terminated from service in 1996 - Appeal filed by him, however, during the pendency of the said appeal he passed away in 2009 - Appeal not pursued by respondent - Writ petition order - Allowed - Held: Writ petition was barred by delay and laches - Single Judge erred in entertaining the same - Further, despite the pending appeal and the respondent's specific prayer in writ petition to direct the authority to decide the same, the Single
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