The Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed with a delay of 2,298 days by a convict from Punjab, holding that the petition was filed merely under a legal aid programme without the convict's consent, and that such a practice amounts to misuse of process.

A Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale was hearing the plea filed on behalf of Kamaljit Kaur, who was convicted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2018. The petition was filed through legal aid nearly seven years after the High Court's judgment.

At the previous hearing, the Court had found the explanation for the inordinate delay unsatisfactory and had directed counsel for the petitioner to obtain instructions from jail authorities and file a more detailed affidavit explaining the r

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