THE STATE OF JHARKHAND vs BHARAT PRASAD GUPTA Advocate - RICHA SANCHITA, ,TARUN KUMAR NO.1,MAC LINCON EMMANUEL KUJUR — LPA/589/2025

Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 23rd March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: JHHC010095052025

Filing Number

LPA/3094/2025

Filing Date

19-Mar-2025

Registration No

LPA/589/2025

Registration Date

10-Sep-2025

Judge

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

Coram

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

CIVIL PROCEDURE & LIMITATION ( 113 )

Sub-Category

Clause 10 Of Letters Patent ( 24 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

23-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 26-Mar-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

    Adv. RISHI BHARATI

  2. 2.THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, GIRIDIH,

  3. 3.THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATION OFFICER, GIRIDIH,

  4. 4.THE DISTRICT TREASURY OFFICER, GIRIDIH,

  5. 5.THE PRINICIPAL, MIDDLE SCHOOL MANGRODIH,

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.BHARAT PRASAD GUPTA Advocate - RICHA SANCHITA, ,TARUN KUMAR NO.1,MAC LINCON EMMANUEL KUJUR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 23-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh ShankarView PDF

    Summary of LPA/589/2025 The Jharkhand High Court rejected the State's application seeking condonation of a 1286-day delay in filing an appeal against Bharat Prasad Gupta. The court found that the State offered only routine administrative explanations (file movements, election duties) without demonstrating sufficient cause, and held that government departments cannot claim separate limitation periods or excuse delays through bureaucratic inefficiency claims. Consequently, the appeal itself was dismissed as it could not survive the rejection of the delay condonation application. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 23-Mar-2026

    Orders

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

  4. 04-Feb-2026

    Orders

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice (Tarlok Singh Chauhan) , Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

  5. 04-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice (Tarlok Singh Chauhan),HON'BLE Mr.justice Rajesh ShankarView PDF

  6. 23-Apr-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  7. 19-Mar-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. LPA/589/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of LPA/589/2025 The Jharkhand High Court rejected the State's application seeking condonation of a 1286-day delay in filing an appeal against Bharat Prasad Gupta. The court found that the State offered only routine administrative explanations (file movements, election duties) without demonstrating sufficient cause, and held that government departments cannot claim separate limitation periods or excuse delays through bureaucratic inefficiency claims. Consequently, the appeal itself was dismissed as it could not survive the rejection of the delay condonation application. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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