2021 (5) TMI 886

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....d Virant Yadav, Advocates, for the Petitioner. ORDER A bail order passed in NDPS matter is sought to be assailed on the ground that the High Court failed to consider the mandatory requirements of Section 37 of the NDPS Act. The order of bail was passed on 20-12-2018 and the appeal has been filed after a delay of 607 days. 2. In our view, the explanation given is hardly satisfactory and, in....

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.... Living Media India Ltd. & Anr. - (2012) 3 SCC 563 = 2012 (277) E.L.T. 289 (S.C.) which has dealt with the issue that consideration of the ability of the Government to file appeal in time would have to be dealt with in the context of the technology now available and merely shuffling files from one table to the other would no more be a sufficient reason. 4. We have also categorized such cases....

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....bai & Ors. v. Uday N. Murdukar [SLP [C] Diary No. 9228/2020] decided on 15-10-2020]. 5. We have been imposing costs for wasting judicial time in such matters which are filed with this oblique motive of saving the officers. We thus, consider appropriate to follow the same action in the present case and impose costs of Rs. 25,000/- on the petitioner to be recovered from the officers concerned.....