Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1269 · Decided 1 March 2017
Oil & Natural Gas CORP. LTD. v. Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1269 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 922
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1315/2010
- Decided
- 1 March 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.M. KHANWILKAR, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Limitation Act Section 5, 3; Electricity Act Section 125
Headnote
Electricity Act, 2003 - s.125 - Delay in filing appeal, co11do11ation of - Held: Supreme Court has jurisdiction to condone the delay but a limit has been fixed by the legislature, that is, 60 days - When there is a legislation as regards limitation and there is the postulate that delay can be condoned for a further period not exceeding sixty days, it is based on certain underlined, fundamental, general issues of public policy - It is uncondonable and it cannot be condoned taking recourse to Art.142 of the
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