Supreme Court of India

Majji Sannemma @ Sanyasirao v. Reddy Sridevi & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 476
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 16 December 2021

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

Held as under:- In construing s. 5 it is relevant to bear in mind two importan t considerations.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Delay/Laches: Condonation of delay – Delay of 1011 days in preferring second appeal by respondents, condone d by High Court – Correctness of – Held: While condoning delay, Hig h Court did not observe that any sufficient cause explaining the hu ge delay of 1011 days was made out – Averments in the applic ation for condonation of delay showed that it was a case of a gross negligence and/or want of due diligence on the part of the respondents before the High Court in filing such a belated appeal – Delay thus remained unexplained – Discretion was not exercised judiciously by t he High Court –

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

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