In Brief
The Shia Central Board of Waqf, Uttar Pradesh, filed a Special Leave Petition against a Civil Judge's final judgment after a delay of nearly 69 years (24,964 days). The Supreme Court dismissed the petition due to the extraordinary and unexplained delay. The Court held that such an inordinate delay prevents meaningful adjudication and renders relief impractical. No examination of the merits was undertaken, as the delay itself was fatal to the petition.
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