Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 90 · Decided 31 January 2023
Ajay Dabra v. Pyare Ram & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 90 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 449
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 716/2023
- Decided
- 31 January 2023
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 149; Limitation Act Section 5
Headnote
Limitation Act, 1963: s.5 - Delay in filing appeal - Condonation of - Held: An appeal has to be filed within the stipulated period, prescribed under the law - Belated appeals can only be condoned when sufficient reason is shown before the court for delay - In the of the court - The only reason assigned by the appellant for the delay of 254 days in filing the first 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 delay as the appellant was an
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