Inquire against officers liable for inordinate delay in Appeal Filing: SC

Administrator Jammu Municipality and Anr. Vs Swarn Theatre and Ors. (Supreme Court) There are large gaps which are unexplained and there are no instructions with the counsel whether any action was taken against the officers who are responsible for the inordinate delay. The highest Court of the land cannot be a walk in place, more so for State Governments to file any time irrespective of period of limitation prescribed. To blame it on the inefficiency of the administration is no more a good excuse. We thus dismiss the applications for condonation of delay in filing and refiling and direct the S...