Delay in Filing Appeal Against Externment Under Chhattisgarh Public Security Act Can Be Condoned Under Section 5 of the Limitation Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that delay in filing an appeal against an externment order under the Chhattisgarh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990 can be condoned by applying Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, unless the special law specifically excludes its application. The judgment was delivered by a Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, which set aside the decision of the Chhattisgarh High Court that had dismissed…
