STATE OF U.P. AND ORS.versusMANISHA DWIVEDI AND ANR.

                            STATE OF U.P. AND ORS.                                  A
                                          v.
                        MANISHA DWIVEDI AND ANR.

                               AUGUST 31, 2001

        [SYED SHAH MOHAMMED QUADRI AND S.N. PHUKAN, JJ.]                            B


         Constitution of India, 1950 ~

          Article 136---Petition for special leave to appeal-Filed against
    interlocutory order passed in a writ petition pending before High Court-        C
    Held, Supreme Court will not normally exercise its Jurisdiction under Article
    136 in respect of an interlocutory order except in spe.cial circumstances to
    prevent manifest injustice or abuse of the process of Court-No speciai
    circumstances warranting interference found-Besides there is unexplained
    delay of more than one year in filing the petition-Petition dismissed--         D
    lnterlocutmJ' order.

          Delay/Latches :

          Petition for special leave to file appeal in Supreme Court-There being
    delay of more than one year in filing 1he petition-Petition not entertained.
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         CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Special Leave Petitions (C)
    Nos. 11293-11294 of 2001.

         From the Judgment and Order dated 2.9.99 and 12.1.2001 of the
    Allahabad High Court in C.M.W.P. No. 35983 of 1999.
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                                         WITH
          I.A. Nos. 4 and 5 of 200 !.

          A vadh Behari Rohatgi, Ashok K. Srivastava and Prakash K. Singh for
    the Peritioners.
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         Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Manik Karttnjawala, R.N. Karanjawala, Ms. Nandini
    Gore, Ankur Chawla and Hrishikesh Baruah for the Respondents.

          The following Order of the Court was delivered :

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A         The special leave petitions are filed against the order of the High Court
    dated 2.9.1999 and 12.1.2001 (in fact it is found to be 12.1.2001). Notice
    was issued on the appeal leave petitions on 10.7.2001. The respondents filed
    IAs. for revoking the notice on the allegation that correct facts were not
    brought to the notice of the Court.

B          Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

         We are not inclined to consider these special leave petitions on merits
  for two reasons; first, notice was ordered on the basis, gathered from the
  documents filed in the special leave petitions, that the impugned order was
  passed on 12.1.2001; ifthat were to be correct there was no dealy in filing
C the special petitions and it was accordingly so observed. Now, it turns out
  that the impugned order was passed on 12.1.2000 and not on 12.1.2001 and
  on the material on record we are satisfied that it is not a case of typographical
  error. Thus, there is a delay of more than a year which remains unexplained
  and, therefore, the special leave petitions cannot be entertained. Secondly,
D the impugned order is only an interlocutory order and the Writ Petition is still
  pending. This Court will not normally execrise its jursidiction under Article
  136 of the Constitution in respect of an interlocutory order except in special
  circumstances to prevent manifest injustice or abuse of the process of the
  Court. We do not find any special circumstances warranting our intereferece
  in this case.
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          Interlocutory applications are allowed and the special leave petitions
    are dismissed accordingly.

    R.P.                                   Petitions dismissed and IA 's allowed.