Supreme Court of India
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & Ors. v. Subrata Borah Chowlek, Etc.
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, the appeals are allowed; the impugned judgment is set aside, and the matter is remanded back to the Division Bench of the High Court for D consideration on merits.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
LIMITATION ACT, 1963: c s.5 - Condonation of delay in filing appeal by a public sector undertaking - Declined by High Court - Held: - Sufficient cause had been made out for condonation of delay in filing the appeal and, therefore, the High court erred in declining the prayer- It is true that even upon showing a 0 sufficient cause, a party is not entitled to the condonation of delay as a matter of right, yet it is trite that in construing sufficient cause, courts generally follow a liberal approach, particularly, when no negligence, inaction or ma/a fides can be imputed to the party - It is
Authorities it was built on
- 1968 Shakuntala Devi Jain v. Kuntal Kumari & Ors.
- 1996 The Special Tehsildar, Land Acquisition, Kerala v. K.V. Ayisumma
- 1998 N. Balakrishnan v. M. Krishnamurthy
- 1996 State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani and Ors.
- 2005 State of Nagaland v. Lipok Ao and Ors.
- 1971 State of West Bengal v. Administrator, Howrah Municipality & Ors.
- 1984 Sltal Prasad Saxena (dead) by Lrs. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2002 Ram Nath Sao @ Ram Nath Sahu & Ors. v. Gobaradhan Sao and Ors.
- 2008 State (nct of Delhi) v. Ahmed Jaan
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