that appellants cannot be permitted to raise a plea of delay and laches first time in appeal as the same was not raised before ... rejected on the ground that they suffered from the delay and laches? A bare persual of the order shows that no such plea was pressed
earlier, can be denied the discretionary relief on account of delay and
laches. Relevant paragraphs thereof are extracted below ... subsequent decision delivered by this court?
6. The question of delay and laches has been examined by this
court in a series of decisions
respondents have also pleaded that the petition is barred by laches.
9. The pleadings were amended by leave of court, and the petitioners placed ... Apparao3 .
13. On the issue of delay and laches, learned counsel stated that such an objection could not be raised, since the State action
Orissa 1999, the following general principles relating to delay and laches has been laid down:
(i) The Limitation Act has no application to writ petitions ... relief under Article 226 should be refused on account of delay and laches.
(vi) Utmost expedition is the essence for a claim under Article
that the
petitioner has a recurring cause of action. The delay and laches frustrates
the equity.
The Supreme Court in the case of Karnataka Power ... held as
under :-
''6. Delay or laches is one of the factors which is to be borne
in mind by the High Court
clear that the petition suffers from delay
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and laches and it should be dismissed as such.
Heard the learned counsel ... whether the present
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petition suffers from delay and laches or not.
In the considered opinion of this Court, when the petition
rights of infants are much favoured in law, and regularly their laches shall not be prejudicial to them, upon a presumption that they understand ... right of infants is much favoured in the law, and their laches shall not be prejudicial to them as to entry or claim, upon
Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court on grounds of
delay and laches. The Division Bench of this Court relying upon
2014(10) SCC 301 titled Raghubir ... Court can always
mould the relief taking into consideration the delay and laches.
5. In view of the definitive law laid down
years. In
such a situation the petition suffers from inordinate delay and laches,
therefore, the same is liable to be dismissed.
W.P. No.10079 ... prayed by him may
be denied on the ground of delay and laches irrespective of the
fact that the similarly situated other candidates have been
Limitation Act,1963
and consequent application of doctrine of delay and laches will have to be
considered for deciding with respect to which ... Limitation Act do apply by application of doctrine of delay and
laches in a writ petition is no longer res integra and has been
