Supreme Court Flags Misuse of Legal Aid Petitions: “Filing SLP Only Because Legal Services Authority Directed It Is Misuse of Process” Reinforces that SLPs must reflect the petitioner’s own volition, not institutional compulsion — Delay of Over Six Years Not Explained

Supreme Court Flags Misuse of Legal Aid Petitions: “Filing SLP Only Because Legal Services Authority Directed It Is Misuse of Process” Reinforces that SLPs must reflect the petitioner’s own volition, not institutional compulsion — Delay of Over Six Years Not Explained

Court’s Decision The Supreme Court dismissed a special leave petition filed with a delay of 2,298 days, holding that the delay was wholly unexplained and that the petition had been…