Government Has No Right To Walk Into The Court As When They Want: SC Dismisses SLP Filed By State Of WB For 'Enormous Delay' [Read Order]

Government has no right to walk into this Court as and when they want, the Supreme Court remarked while dismissing a Special Leave Petition filed by State of West Bengal for being barred in time. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph was considering a plea to condone delay in filing an SLP. A delay of 1697 days was sought to be condoned on the ground that there is a...