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VIVEK KUMAR BIRLA, DONADI RAMESH
Secretary, India Council of Agricultural Research – Appellant
Versus
Ravinder Kumar Tyagi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard Sri Narendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners.
2. Present petition has been filed for quashing the impugned order dated 17.12.2021 passed in Original Application No. 330/1069 of 2021 (Ravinder Kumar Tyagi vs. Union of India and Others).
3. The Stamp Reporter has reported latches of 638 days on the date of reporting of the present petition on 15.12.2023. Subsequently, present petition was filed on 18.12.2023.
4. On a pointed query learned counsel for the petitioners submits that latches have been explained in paragraph 15 of the petition, therefore, delay in challenging the impugned order dated 27.12.2021 is not intentional and is liable to be quashed. Paragraph 15 of the petition is quoted as under:
Delay cannot be condoned without a plausible and acceptable explanation.
Condonation of delay should not be routine and should only be granted when there is a sufficient cause, as emphasized by the court in this judgment.
Delay/Latches/Limitation - Latches of 1267 days in filing petition – Latches have not been sufficiently explained - It clear that for almost two years and ten months matter was not at all pursued, ev....
Period of limitation – Condonation of delay – No event or circumstance arising after expiry of limitation can constitute sufficient cause – Expression ‘sufficient cause’ cannot be liberally interpret....
Delays in filing appeals must be satisfactorily explained; inadequate reasons result in dismissal of applications for condonation.
Leeway which was given to the Government/public authorities on account of innate inefficiencies was result of certain orders of this Court which came at a time when technology had not advanced and th....
Huge delay of 1,633 days in filing Special Leave Petition cannot be condoned.
Points Of Law : Leeway which was given to Government/public authorities on account of innate inefficiencies was the result of certain orders of this Court which came at a time when technology had not....
The court emphasized the accountability of State-Authorities for inaction and held that the impersonal machinery of the government cannot be used as a ground for condonation of delay.
The court ruled that bureaucratic delays do not constitute sufficient cause for condonation of delay in filing appeals, emphasizing that the law of limitation binds all parties.
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