The court emphasized the stringent requirements for condoning delays in review applications, necessitating a clear demonstration of sufficient cause.

ORDER

This petition has been filed seeking to condone the delay of 1287 days in filing the review petition, in respect of the order dated 13.06.2022 passed in W.P.No.27734 of 2021.

2. In the affidavit filed in support of this petition, no sufficient cause has been shown by the petitioner for condoning the inordinate delay of 1287 days in filing the review petition. In the normal course, the review application will have to be filed at the earliest point of time. Even if there is a delay in filing the review application, the party will have to show sufficient cause for the said delay to enable the court to condone the delay. The yardstick for condoning the delay in filing a review application is stringent and is not the same as that of any other condone delay petition. If such an inordinate delay in filing the review application is entertained, there will be no finality of any litigation.

3. Since sufficient cause has not been shown in the affidavit filed in support of this petition to condone the inordinate delay of 1287 days, and since the condone delay petition pertains to a review application, the question of entertaining this petition does not arise. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. Consequently, the aforesaid review application stands rejected at the SR stage itself.