Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 9, Rule 4, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit dismissed in default - Condonation of delay - Suit dismissed at the initial stage on the ground that Court fee was not deposited - Sufficient ground is made out for condonation of delay - Suit was not admitted as yet - There is thus, no need for issuing notice..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 176 days in preferring appeal - Entire delay was caused in the legal department of government or in the office of its learned lawyer - Litigant should not be penalized for any fault on the part of his lawyer - Delay condoned...........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 109 days in filing restoration petition - Plaintiff wilfully delaying the process - Conduct of plaintiff throughout proceedings indicates an indifferent attitude to proceed with the case and had intended to keep the litigation alive - Trial Court ought not to have allowed application for condonation of..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 2868 days in filing second appeal - No satisfactory or reasonable explanation constituting sufficient cause given for condoning inordinate delay - Only plea taken by applicant is that he was requesting his brother for amicable settlement - However, when litigation..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 43 years in filing appeal - Delay of 43 years is ex facie unpardonable in view of explanation given as lack of education - Application dismissed...........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 225 days in filing second appeal - Appellant had sufficiently explained the reasons leading to a delay of 225 days in preferring second appeal - Once appellant became aware about dismissal of her first appeal, she exhibited haste and preferred second appeal - Delay..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Length of delay is definitely a relevant matter which Court must take into consideration while considering whether delay should be condoned or not...........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Once it is held that a party has lost his right to have the matter considered on merits because of his own inaction for a long, it cannot be presumed to be non-deliberate delay and in such circumstances of the case, he cannot be heard to plead that substantial justice deserves to be preferred as against the..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - While considering the plea for condonation of delay, Court must not start with the merits of the main matter - Court owes a duty to first ascertain the bona fides of explanation offered by the party seeking condonation - It is only if the sufficient cause assigned by the litigant and opposition of the other side is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Condonation of delay - There is no need to file a separate application for condonation of delay - Hyper technical view that there is violation of mandatory provision of law cannot be taken - Taking such a view would effectively mean ignoring the purpose of..........
