SC impose costs on Govt petitioner for wastage of judicial time

Commissioner of Customs Vs Sikkim Manipal University (Supreme Court of India) FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT/ORDER We have perused the application for condonation of delay. No doubt some time period was spent in the High Court, but the High Court ultimately held that the appeal would not be maintainable but will lie to this Court vide order dated 06-12-2019. As per the averments in the application on 17-01-2020, the proposal was sent to file a Civil Appeal. It is averred that this aspect whether to file the appeal or not was decided only on 31-12-2020 i.e. after one year. Delay of 350...