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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 6974-6975 /2021 [@ SLP [C] NOS.3373-3374/2020]
RADHA GAJAPATHI RAJU & ORS. Appellant(s)
VERSUS
P. MADURI GAJAPATHI RAJU & ORS. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
Delay in filing application for substitution is
condoned.
Application for substitution is allowed.
Leave granted.
The review application filed by the appellants after
dismissal of the Special Leave Petition in limine has
been rejected by the learned Single Judge of the High
Court on the ground that there is no satisfactory
ground to condone the delay in filing the review
petition. Thus, the only short question is whether the
time spent before this Court can be good ground for
condoning the delay.
Learned senior counsel for the appellants submits
that the appellants cannot be deprived of their right
to seek a review of the order of the High Court since
the dismissal of the Special Leave Petition is in
limine and refers to the judgment in Khoday
Distilleries Ltd. (Now Known as Khoday India Ltd.) &
Ors. v. Sri Mahadeshwara Sahakare Karkhane Ltd.,
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Kollegal (Under Liquidation) Represented by the
Liquidator -(2019) 4 SCC 376.
Learned counsel for the respondents, on the
other hand, submits that the Special Leave Petition was
not pending for 722 days and he says so as there were
orders p...