M.L. Goyal And Ors. vs State Of Raj. And Ors. on 25 November, 1970
19. I have considered the cases cited on behalf of the petitioners, but they are all clearly distinguishable. Thus in Sat Pal Sharma and Anr. v. State of Punjab 1968 (II) SLR 848 there was some delay in filing the writ petition. The views of their Lordships of the Supreme Court were not, however, brought to the notice of their Lordships of the Punjab and Hariyana High Court. Even so, they observed that if the learned Single Judge, against whose judgment they were hearing the appeal, had dismissed the petition merely on the ground of delay, they would have declined to go into the merits of the controversy.