Supreme Court of India

Office of the Chief Post Master General & Ors. v. Living Media India Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 1 S.C.R. 1045

Bench P. Sathasivam and J. Chelameswar JJ.

Decided 24 February 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in the facts and circumstances, the Department cannot take G advantage of various earlier decisions.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

APPEAL: Appeal by Government Department - Delay in filing - Condonation of - Delay of 427 days in filing SLPs by the Government Department - Held: The law of limitation binds everybody including the Government - The Government Departments are under a special obligation to ensure that they perform their duties with diligence and commitment - Condonation of delay is an exception and should not be used as an anticipated benefit for Government Departments - In the instant case, the certified copy of the impugned judgment was applied by the Department after a period of nearly four months - There

Authorities it was built on

1987 Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. v. Mst. Katiji & Ors. cited by 24
1988 G. Ramegowda, Major, Etc. v. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Bangalore. cited by 9
1996 State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani and Ors. cited by 6
2005 State of Nagaland v. Lipok Ao and Ors. cited by 5
1996 State of U.P. and Ors. v. Harish Chandra and Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2024 Union of India & Anr. v. Jahangir Byramji Jeejeebhoy (d) through His Lr relied on
2026 State of Odisha v. Managing Committee of Namatara Girls High School, Namatara referred to
2024 The State of Punjab and Ors. v. Bhagwantpal Singh Alias Bhagwant Singh (deceased) through Lrs. referred to
2024 Delhi Development Authority v. Tejpal & Ors. referred to
2018 Union of India v. Nareshkumar Badrikumar Jagad & Ors. referred to
2014 State of Tamil Nadu by Ins.of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption v. N. Suresh Rajan & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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