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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
STATE (CBI)/s. P. E.
Versus
P. V. NARASIMHA RAO
Decided On December 16, 1998
Delay Condonation - Review Petitions - The court rejected the application seeking condonation of delay in filing review petitions due to vague and unsatisfactory explanation, leading to the dismissal of the review petitions as barred by time.
Fact of the Case:
The review petitions were filed with an inordinate delay of 179 days. The application seeking condonation of delay was vague and contained no reasonable explanation.
Finding of the Court:
The court rejected the application seeking condonation of delay, leading to the dismissal of the review petitions as barred by time.
Issues: Inordinate delay in filing review petitions, sufficiency of explanation for delay
Ratio Decidendi: The court found the explanation for the inordinate delay in filing review petitions to be vague and unsatisfactory, leading to the rejection of the application seeking condonation of delay.
Final Decision: The review petitions were dismissed as barred by time due to the rejection of the application seeking condonation of delay.
Judgment
A. S. ANAND, JJ.
( 1 ) THERE is an inordinate delay of 179 days in filing these review petitions. The application seeking condo-nation of delay is vague, indefinite and contains no reasonable or satisfactory explanation. That the delay has occurred because of "paucity of staff, is hardly an explanation for seeking condo-nation of such an inordinate delay. The application seeking condo-nation of delay is; therefore, rejected. Consequently, the review petitions shall stand dismissed, as barred by time.
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