Supreme Court of India

Amalendu Kumar Bera & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 484
Bench Surlnder Singh Nijjar and M.Y. Eqbal JJ.
Decided 22 March 2013

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons we do not find any justification in condoning the delay in filing the revision petition.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

DELA YILACHES: c Decree against State Government - Execution of - Objection u/s 47 - Rejected - Delay in filing revision - Held: In the application for condonation of delay, no sufficient cause ·· has been shown which may entitle the respondent to get a favourable order for condonation of delay - Merely because 0 the respondent is the State, delay in filing appeal ot revision cannot and shall not be mechanically considered; and in absence of 'sufficient cause' delay shall not be condoned - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s.47 - Limitation Act, 1963 - s.5. Delay - 'Sufficient cause' -

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Of those, 1 referred to

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