Supreme Court of India

Nitin Mahadeo Jawale & Ors. v. Bhaskar Mahadeo Mutke

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Reported as [2024] 11 S.C.R. 1318
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 22 November 2024

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, petition fails and is hereby dismissed.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was correct in setting aside the order passed by Trial Court wherein, Trial Court condoned the delay of 4½ Years for filing of written statement. Headnotes† Limitation Act, 1963 – Whether a party may be allowed to file written statement with a delay of 4½ Years: Held: The Court has noticed that the growing tendency on the part of the litigants in throwing the entire blame on the head of the advocate for the delay – Even if the Court assumes that the advocate was careless or negligent, this, by itself, cannot be a ground to condone long and

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