Supreme Court of India

Baljeet Singh (dead) through Lrs. and Others Etc. Etc. v. State of U.P. and Others

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Reported as [2019] 11 S.C.R. 646
Bench Arun Mishra, Abdul Nazeer and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 8 August 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, w e refuse to condone the huge delay of 7534, 7542 and 7886 days respectively in filing the special leave petitions.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Delay/laches: Delay in filing Special Leave Petitio ns – Condonation of – On facts, SLP’s filed with regard to inadequacy of compensation awarded by the High Court in 1996, claiming parity in compensation awarded to their co-villagers in a different location – Inordinate delay of 21 years in filing SLPs challenging t he order passed by the High Court – Applications seeking con donation of delay –Held: Petitioners miserably failed to make o ut a case to condone the huge delay of 21 years – No sufficient cause ha s been shown – Only explanation in approaching this Court is given in the

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