Supreme Court of India

State of Nagaland v. Lipok Ao and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 108
Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 1 April 2005

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Limitation Act, 1963-Section 5-Application filed by Appellant-State in terms of S.378, CrPC seeking leave to appeal before High Court against c acquittal of accused-respondents by Trial Court-Delay of 57 days in filing the app/ication-Condonation of-Held: High Court erred in rejecting the application for condonation of delay- "Sufficient cause" for condonation of delay should be considered with pragmatism-Factors peculiar to functioning of the State such as procedural red-tape cannot be excluded from consideration-8tate being an impersonal machinery cannot be put on the c same footing as an

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