2021 (1) TMI 1170

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..... V. N. Raghupathy, AOR. For the Respondent(s) : None. ORDER The Special Leave Petition has been filed with delay of 1288 days with an explanation given in the application for condonation of delay as under: "4. It is submitted that, the impugned order was passed on 23.08.2016 and the office of the Advocate General immediately after disposal of the same applied for certified copy ....

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.... before the Government Advocate for the purpose of drafting this special leave petition. It is submitted that the Government Advocate was busy in attending to Court work, could not prepare the petition immediately." The aforesaid itself shows the casual manner in which the petitioner has approached this Court without any cogent or plausible ground for condonation of delay. In fact, other than t....

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....n technology had not advanced and thus, greater indulgence was shown. This position is no more prevalent and the current legal position has been elucidated by the judgment of this Court in Office of the Chief Post Master General & Ors. v. Living Media India Ltd. & Anr. - (2012) 3 SCC 563. Despite this, there seems to be a little change in the approach of the Government and public authorities. W....

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....ooking to the period of delay and the casual manner in which the application has been worded, we consider appropriate to impose costs on the petitioner(s) of Rs. 25,000/- for wastage of judicial time which has its own value and the same be deposited with the Supreme Court Employees Welfare Fund within four weeks. The amount be recovered from the officers responsible for the delay in filing the Spe....