https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194385 A litigant seeking discretionary relief must disclose all material facts and approach the court with clean hands; here, the explanation for a 401-day delay in filing the special leave petition was rejected because the record showed prior knowledge of the High Court's order and the contrary plea was treated as misleading. On merits, a writ of mandamus for delivery of possession of acquired land was refused because the appellant's own correspondence was inconsistent with its later challenge, and nearly three decades had passed with an intervening slum rehabilitation scheme and completed third-party construction. The doctrine of laches and the discretionary nature of writ jurisdiction barred relief. en-us Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194385 A litigant seeking discretionary relief must disclose all material facts and approach the court with clean hands; here, the explanation for a 401-day delay in filing the special leave petition was rejected because the record showed prior knowledge of the High Court's order and the contrary plea was treated as misleading. On merits, a writ of mandamus for delivery of possession of acquired land was refused because the appellant's own correspondence was inconsistent with its later challenge, and nearly three decades had passed with an intervening slum rehabilitation scheme and completed third-party construction. The doctrine of laches and the discretionary nature of writ jurisdiction barred relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194385