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SUSHANT KUMAR v. STATE OF BIHAR

Supreme Court of India | Diary 10013/2015

Status

ROP - of Main Case

Decided On

Bench

Petitioner

SUSHANT KUMAR

Respondent

STATE OF BIHAR

Primary Holding

An inordinate and unexplained delay in filing a special leave petition is sufficient ground for dismissal, independent of the merits of the case.

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ITEM NO.27 COURT NO.10 SECTION XVI S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s). 13137/2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 14/08/2013 in LPA No. 925/2010 passed by the High Court Of Patna) SUSHANT KUMAR AND ORS Petitioner(s) VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for permission to file SLP and office report) Date : 24/07/2015 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.Y. EQBAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN For Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajan K. Chourasia,Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Permission to file special leave petition is granted. There is an inordinate delay of 499 days in filing the special leave petition and 82 days in refiling the same, for which no reasonable explanation has been given. Even otherwise there is no merit in this special leave petition. The same is accordingly dismissed both on the ground of delay and merit. [INDU POKHRIYAL ] [SUKHBIR PAUL KAUR] COURT MASTER A.R.-CUM-P.S.

à ITEM NO.27 COURT NO.10 SECTION XVI S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)......CC No(s). 13137/2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 14/08/2013 in LPA No. 925/2010 passed by the High Court Of Patna) SUSHANT KUMAR AND ORS Petitioner(s) VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for permission to file SLP and office report) Date : 24/07/2015 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.Y. EQBAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. NAGAPPAN For Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajan K. Chourasia,Adv. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R Permission to file special leave petition is granted. There is an inordinate delay of 499 days in filing the special leave petition and 82 days in refiling the same, for which no reasonable explanation has been given. Even otherwise there is no merit in this special leave petition. The same is accordingly dismissed both on the ground of delay and merit. [INDU POKHRIYAL] [SUKHBIR PAUL KAUR] COURT MASTER A.R.-CUM-P.S.Signature Not VerifiedDigitally signed bySukhbir Paul KaurDate: 2015.07.2416:26:33 ISTReason:

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