In Brief
A Government authority filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court significantly outside the prescribed statutory time limit. The Court held that statutory limitation periods are binding on all parties, including the Government, and that judicial condonation of delay cannot be used to remedy systemic Government inefficiency. The Court emphasized that the solution must come from the Legislature, not the Judiciary. Finding that the petition appeared designed merely to obtain a dismissal certificate to shield officers from accountability, the Court dismissed the petition and imposed costs recoverable from responsible officers, warning of contempt proceedings if compliance orders were not followed.
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