Supreme Court of India

Ajay Dabra v. Pyare Ram & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 449
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Sudhanshu Dhulia JJ.
Decided 31 January 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above reasons, we find ourselves unable to concur in the judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Limitation Act, 1963: s.5 – Delay in filing appeal – Condonation of – Held: An appeal has to be filed wi thin the stipulated period, prescribed under the law – Belated a ppeals can only be condoned when sufficient reason is shown before the c ourt for delay – In the present case, the delay has not been exp lained to the satisfaction of the court – The only reason ass igned by the appellant for the delay of 254 days in filing the f irst appeal was that he was not having sufficient funds to pay the court fee – This was not found to be a sufficient reason for the condonation of del ay as the

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