Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 909 · Decided 16 December 2021
Majji Sannemma @ Sanyasirao v. Reddy Sridevi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 909 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 476
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7696/2021
- Decided
- 16 December 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Delay/Laches: Condonation of delay - Delay of 1011 days in preferring second appeal by respondents, condoned by High Court - Correctness of - Held: While condoning delay, High Court did not observe that any sufficient cause explaining the was made out - Averments in the application 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
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