SLP(Crl) No. 001510 / 2016

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Under Article 136 of the Constitution, a petitioner seeking Special Leave to Appeal in a criminal matter cannot claim exemption from surrendering as a matter of right, and the Court may reject such exemption while granting limited time to file proof of surrender as a pre-condition for the SLP to be heard on merits. This procedural principle, as analysed on casestatus.in, reinforces that compliance with surrender is integral to the maintainability of criminal petitions before the Supreme Court.