Angrej Singh v. State Of Punjab And ORS
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Court should refuse to exercise its jurisdiction in favour of a party who moves it after considerable delay and is otherwise guilty of laches. Discretion must be exercised judiciously and reasonably. In the event that the claim made by the applicant is legally sustainable, delay should be condoned. Where illegality is manifest, it cannot be sustained on the sole ground of laches. When substantial justice and technical considerations are pitted against each other, the cause of substantial justice deserves to be preferred. State cannot deprive vested right because of a non- eliberate delay.
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In the absence of any plausible reason, this Court finds that present petition suffers from doctrine of delay and laches. Thus, the petition deserves to be dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. 6.
Dismissed.
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