The Supreme Court of India slammed the Government of Odisha for unexplained delays in filing appeals, calling its conduct lazy and terming the justification a lame excuse. Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma said deadline failures undermined discipline.
A convict in the 2011 Keenan-Ruben murder case has died after waiting nine years for his appeal to be heard by the Bombay High Court. This comes despite repeated Supreme Court directions urging the High Court to decide the case within three months.
