Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 665 · Decided 19 September 1997
P.K. Ramachandran v. State of Kerala and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 665 · [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 204
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6514/1997
- Decided
- 19 September 1997
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, K. VENKATASWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
limitation : Miscellaneous First Appeal-Against judgment and decree of Sub- C Court in Arbitration Application-Delay of 565 days in filling appeal-High Court condoning the delay-Held, the discretion exercised by High Court was neither proper nor judicious-High Court has not recorded any pre-requisite for condonation of delay-Explanation given D for the delay cannot be said to be reasonable or satisfactory-law of limitation may harshly affect a particular party but it has to be applied with all its rigour when the statutes so prescribe and the Courts have no power to extend
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