Supreme Court of India

State of Karnataka and Ors. v. S.M. Kotrayya and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 426
Bench K. Ramaswamy and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 2 September 1996

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Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985. S.21-Delay in approaching the Tribunal-Explanation therefor that 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 melltioned in sub-sections ( 1) or (2) of S.21-But explanation should be given 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 in similar cases is no proper

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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