Supreme Court of India
P.S. Sadasivaswamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu
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Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 226-Laches and stale claims as grounds for refusal to exercise powers unier. person aggrieved by an order promoting a junior over his head should ap proach the court within six months, or a.t the most, within a year after such promo tion, though there is no period of limitation for the exercise of powers under Art. 226. Except in exceptional cases, it would be n sound ~nd wise exercise of discretion for the courts to refuse to exercise their extra-ordinary powers under the article in the case of persons who do not approach expeditiously for relief and who
Where later benches applied it
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- 2018 Union of India and Others v. Chaman Rana
- 2013 State of Uttaranchal and Another v. Sri Shiv Charan Singh Bhandari and Others
- 2025 P. Maruthi Prasada Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
- 2024 Dharnidhar Mishra (d) and Another v. State of Bihar and Others
- 2023 State of Orissa & Anr. v. Laxmi Narayan Das (dead) Thr. Lrs & Ors.
- 2020 Chairman/managing Director, U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. & Others v. Ram Gopal
- 2019 Union of India & Ors. v. C. Girija & Ors.
- 2012 Vijay Kumar Kaul and Others v. Union of India and Others
- 2011 High Court of Judicature at Patna v. Madan Mohan Prasad & Ors.
- 2026 Hemant Kumar v. The State of Haryana
- 2025 Bernard Francis Joseph Vaz and Others v. Government of Karnataka and Others
- 2022 Sukh Dutt Ratra & Anr. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.
- 2020 D.B. Basnett (d) Thr. Lrs. v. The Collector & Anr. East District, Gangtok, Sikkim & Anr.
- 2012 Tukaram Kana Joshi & Ors. Thr. Power of Attorney Holder v. M.I.D.C. & Ors.
- 2010 Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai v. M. Meiyappan and Ors.
- 2009 Shiba Shankar Mohapatra & Ors. v. State of Orissa & Ors.
- 2008 Tridip Kumar Dingal & Ors. v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
- 2004 S.I. Paras Kumar and Ors. v. S.I. Ram Charan and Ors.
- 2000 K. Thimmappa and Ors. v. Chairman, Central Bd. of Dirs. Sbi and Anr.
Of those, 3 relied on · 7 referred to · 10 mentioned
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