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2021 (1) TMI 1169

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..... lethargy and incompetence of the petitioner Government, there is nothing which has been put on record. We have repeatedly discouraged State Governments and public authorities in adopting an approach that they can walk in to the Supreme Court as and when they please ignoring the period of limitation prescribed by the Statutes as if the Limitation statute does not apply to them. We have also cate .....

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..... with the Supreme Court Advocates On Record Welfare Fund within four weeks - SLP dismissed as time barred. - Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No(s). 17559/2020 - - - Dated:- 13-1-2021 - Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari And Mr. Justice Hrishikesh Roy For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR. For the Respondent(s) : None. ORDER .....

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..... he Petitioner has prima facie a good case on merits. The aforesaid itself shows the casual manner in which the State Government has approached this Court without any cogent or plausible ground for condonation of delay. In fact other than the lethargy and incompetence of the petitioner Government, there is nothing which has been put on record. We have repeatedly discouraged State Governments .....

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..... gment of this Court in Office of the Chief Post Master General Ors. v. Living Media India Ltd. Anr. (2012) 3 SCC 563. Despite this, there seems to be a little change in the approach of the Government and public authorities. We have also categorized such kind of cases as certificate cases filed with the only object to obtain a quietus from the Supreme Court on the ground that nothing .....

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..... or wastage of judicial time, which has its own value and the same be deposited with the Supreme Court Advocates On Record Welfare Fund within four weeks. The amount be recovered from the officers responsible for the delay in filing the Special Leave Petition and a certificate of recovery of the said amount be also filed in this Court within the same period of time. The Special Leave Petition .....

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