Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Pirthwi Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 935
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 24 April 2018

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Judicial Deprecation – Frivolous or infructuous cases filed by Union of India – Engagement of huge number of lawyers for the matter involving the issues already settled by binding p recedents – Burdening the Justice Delivery System – Union of India filing matters even after dismissal of similar matters – Moreover, 10 lawyers engaged creating a huge financial liability for an appeal whose fate could be easily imagined on the basis of exist ing orders of dismissal in similar cases – Union of India’s lack of conce rn for the Justice Delivery System, deprecated – Appeal dismis sed with cost of

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