Umakant Singh v. The Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CWJC No. 3863 of 2024; Umakant Singh v. The Union of India, The Principal Secretary (Higher Education), Government of Bihar, and The Examination Controller, Central Sanskrit University; Harish Kumar, J; decided 14-07-2026; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; writ petition dismissed; inordinate/unexplained delay of nearly six years; stale or belated claims; absence of student identifying particulars (names, roll numbers, registration numbers); non-joinder of directly affected students; Secretary of Ajit Kumar Mehta Sanskrit Shikshan Sansthan; photocopies of answer sheets; Acharya First Year Examination 2018; requisite fee deposited; liberty reserved to concerned students to approach the appropriate forum or the Court individually.
What did the court decide?
A writ court exercising discretionary jurisdiction under Article 226 ordinarily does not entertain stale or belated claims in the absence of a plausible explanation; this petition was filed nearly six years after the examination with no satisfactory explanation.