[27 Yrs Delay] Law Assists Those Who Are Vigilant With Their Rights & Not Those Who Sleep Thereupon: Meghalaya High Court

Case: Smti Dehila D. Sangma Vs. State of Meghalaya & Ors

Coram: Justice W. Diengdoh

Case No.: WP(C) No. 74 of 2017

Court Observation: “The maxim “Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt” which means that the law assists those who are vigilant with their rights and not those that sleep thereupon is very much applicable to the case of the petitioner as regard the approach to the authority with the representation for re-survey and re-measurement of the land acquired considering the fact that there is a gap of almost 27(twenty-seven) years from the year of acquisition which is 1983 to the year 2010 when the first representation was made.”

“This Court having come to the conclusion that the case of the petitioner cannot stand on the ground that the principle of delay and laches is attracted and the same having been decided, accordingly, the argument of the respondents on the issue of res judicata need not necessarily be discussed and the authority cited in this regard may not be elaborated,”

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Vigilant With Their Rights