Union of India & Ors. vs Pirthwi Singh & Ors.

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

24 April 2018

Case No.

Civil Appeal Nos. 4415-16 of 2018

Result

Dismissed

Bench

Madan B. Lokur, Deepak Gupta

Citation

[2018] 3 S.C.R. 935 : 2018 INSC 408

Headnote

Judicial Deprecation – Frivolous or infructuous cases filed by Union of India – Engagement of huge number of lawyers for the matter involving the issues already settled by binding precedents – Burdening the Justice Delivery System – Union of India filing matters even after dismissal of similar matters – Moreover, 10 lawyers engaged creating a huge financial liability for an appeal whose fate could be easily imagined on the basis of existing orders of dismissal in similar cases – Union of India’s lack of concern for the Justice Delivery System, deprecated – Appeal dismissed with cost of Rs. 1 lakh.

National Litigation Policy, 2010 – Object of, discussed. Union of India v. Balbir Singh Turn 2017 (14) SCALE

189 – referred to.

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by MADAN B. LOKUR, J. 1. Leave to appeal is granted. 2. Delay condoned. 3. The couldn’t-care-less and insouciant attitude of the Union of India with regard to litigation, particularly in the Supreme Court, has gone a little too far as this case illustrates. 4. The Union of India had filed a batch of appeals which was dismissed by this Court by a judgment and order dated 8th December, 2017. The decision is reported as Union of India v. Balbir Singh Turn.1 5. After dismissal of the batch of appeals, the Union of India filed yet another appeal on the s

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