Supreme Court Dismisses Management SLPs, 811-Day Delay

Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 04-08-2026

Case Overview

• Petition: Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No.20849/2026 filed by The Management against respondents R. Manoharan & Anr., arising from impugned final judgment dated 26-09-2025 of the Madurai Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Madras (RAMD No.230/2025 and WAMD No.670/2018).
• Counsel for petitioner: Additional Solicitor General (Prashanto Chandra Sen, Sr. Adv.), Kanika Kalaiyarasan, AOR, and Ms. G. Indira, AOR. Respondent counsel not listed.
• Judges hearing the matter: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.
• The petition sought condonation of delay in filing the SLPs, exemption from filing counter‑claims, and exemption from filing other technical applications.

Order

1. The Court observed that the petitioner had delayed filing the SLPs by 103 days for one petition and 811 days for another, and found no sufficient ground to condone such inordinate delay.

2. Accordingly, the Special Leave Petitions were dismissed.

3. Any pending applications, if any, were ordered to stand disposed of.

Final Outcome

• Both Special Leave Petitions stand dismissed; no further relief granted to the petitioner.

Topics: Legal; Court Order