Supreme Court of India

Vedabai @vaijayanatabai Baburao Patil v. Shantaram Baburao Patil and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 1053
Bench Syed Shah Moammed Quadri and S.N. Phukan JJ.
Decided 20 July 2001

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Limitation Act, 1963: S.5-Seven days' delay in filing appeal due to illness of appellant­ Appellate Court and High Court declining to condone the delay-Held, in exercising discretion u/s. 5, courts should adopt a pragmatic approach- distinction must be made between a case where delay is inordinate and a case where delay is of a few days- whereas in the former case consideration of prejudice to the other side will be a relevant factor so the case calls for a more cautious approach but in the latter case no such consideration may arise and such a case deserves a liberal approach-Expression

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