Supreme Court of India
Pathapati Subba Reddy (died) by L.rs. & Ors. v. The Special Deputy Collector (la)
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Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in refusing to condone the delay of 5659 days in filing the proposed appeal against the judgment of the reference court under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, by some of the Legal Representatives of a deceased Claimant who died pending the reference and who were not impleaded in the reference proceeding. Headnotes Limitation – Object of the law of limitation – Explained Held: The law of limitation is based on public policy and is enshrined in the legal maxim “interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium”, meaning there might be an end to
Authorities it was built on
- 1987 Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. v. Mst. Katiji & Ors.
- 2013 Basawaraj & Anr. v. The Spl. Land Acquisition Officer
- 1961 Ramlal, Motilal and Chhotelal v. Rewa Coalfields Ltd.
- 2011 Lanka Venkateswarlu (d) by Lrs. v. State of A.P. & Ors.
- 2007 Bhag Mal (alias) Ram Bux and Ors. v. Munshi (d) by Lrs. and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
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- 2026 State of Odisha v. Managing Committee of Namatara Girls High School, Namatara
- 2025 Inder Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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