Supreme Court Disapproves Practice Of Delayed Filing Of Review Petition After Judges Retire

Case: Vedanta Ltd. vs. The Goa Foundation

Coram: Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah

Case No: [Review Petition (Civil) Diary No. 18447 of 2020]

Court Observation: “Such practice must be firmly disapproved to preserve the institutional sanctity of the decision making of this Court”

“The judges comprising the two-judge bench in Goa Foundation II, Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, retired from this Court on 30 December 2018 and 6 May 2020, respectively. The State of Goa preferred its four review petitions in the month of November 2019, after Justice Madan B Lokur’s retirement, while Vedanta Limited preferred its four review petitions in the month of August 2020, right after Justice Deepak Gupta’s retirement. Such practise must be firmly disapproved to preserve the institutional sanctity of the decision making of this Court. The review petitioners were aware of the decision of this Court.”

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