Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 902 · Decided 22 November 2024
Nitin Mahadeo Jawale & ORS. v. Bhaskar Mahadeo Mutke
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 902 · [2024] 11 S.C.R. 1318
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 27824/2024
- Decided
- 22 November 2024
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act
Headnote
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. Limitation Act, 1963 - Whether a party may be allowed to file written 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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