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2025 Supreme(SC) 1644

MANMOHAN, DIPANKAR DATTA
Balkar Singh – Appellant
Versus
UT Of Jammu And Kashmir – Respondent


Table of Content
1. introduction of the case and judgment details. (Para 1)
2. judicial proceedings must be fair, regardless of procedural errors. (Para 2 , 3)
3. litigants shouldn't suffer due to counsel's mistakes. (Para 4 , 5)
4. remand for fresh consideration of rival claims. (Para 6 , 7 , 8)

JUDGMENT :

1. Leave granted.

2. We are a little taken aback having read the impugned judgment and order dated 3rd May, 2024 of the relevant Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court disposing of the intra-court appeal LPA No.148 of 2023 in the manner it did. After dismissing the intra-court appeal agreeing with the Single Bench that the writ petition suffered from unexplained delay of 8 (eight) years, the penultimate paragraph refers to an order of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice requiring counsel for the parties to give a list of judgments in advance so that they are placed before the Court without wastage of any time and also records learned counsel for the appellants having referred to certain judgments which were not so informed earlier. Under such circumstances, the concluding paragraph records the refrain exercised by the Division Bench from adverting to those

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