STATE OF BIHAR . vs UPENDRA NATH PATHAK — SLP(C) No. 12404/2003

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the State of Bihar's Special Leave Petition and condonation of delay application on 22/09/2003. The Court found that while the 147-day delay in filing the SLP was adequately explained (correcting a typographical error in the application), the State had failed to show sufficient cause for the original 198-day delay in filing Second Appeal No. 309/1997 before the High Court. The High Court had properly declined to condone that delay and dismiss the appeal, and the Court found the State had no merits to its case. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.