R.P.(Crl.) No. 000373 / 2013

A review petition under criminal jurisdiction may be dismissed both on grounds of inordinate, unexplained delay and on merits where no error apparent on the face of the record is discernible in the impugned judgment. As analysed on casestatus.in, courts are not obligated to condone delay merely because the petition is also examined on merits. The absence of a satisfactory explanation for delay is itself an independent, sufficient ground for dismissal.