2024 INSC 932 REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) Diary No. 48636 of 2024
State of Madhya Pradesh …Petitioner
Versus
Ramkumar Choudhary ...Respondent
O R D E R
1. This Special Leave Petition is filed by the petitioner - State of Madhya Pradesh
against the judgment dated 24.01.2024 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of
Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur1 in Second Appeal No.2895 of 2019, whereby, the
High Court dismissed the appeal on the ground that it was filed with inordinate
delay of 5 years 10 months and 16 days and no satisfactory reason was adduced
for the same.
2. We have heard Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, learned Deputy Advocate General
appearing for the petitioner, who submitted that the delay caused in filing the
1 Hereinafter shortly referred to as “the High Court”
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second appeal was well explained by the State and the same was not intentional.
However, the High Court erroneously dismissed the second appeal on the
ground of delay, without considering the merits of the case, wherein, valuable
Government lands measuring total extent of 1,300 Hectare situated at Village
Majhganwa, Tehsil and District Katni, were involved. He further submitted that
though the trial Court passed the well-reasoned judgment dismissing the suit
filed by the resp...