Apex Court Dictum of automatic vacation of stay in Asia Resurfacing case not applicable in all facts & circumstances

Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency P. Ltd. Vs Central Bureau of Investigation (Supreme Court of India) The Apex Court in the historic case of Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Private Limited and Another v. Central Bureau of Investigation (2018) 16 SCC 299 had ruled that in all civil & criminal cases stay granted by a court shall automatically expire at the end of 6 months from the date of the order. This was ordered so to remedy the long inordinate delay in disposal of cases in the lower courts due to grant of stay by the higher court. It would be trite to refer to the operating para of the ...