Rajneesh Kumar & ANR. v. Ved Prakash

Headnote

Whether the litigant can be permitted to throw the entire blame on the head of the advocate for the delay in preferring appeal. Delay - Condonation of delay - The petitioners-plaintiffs herein were dissatisfied with the ex parte order passed in before the first appellate court by way of an appeal - However, the appeal was time barred by 534 days - First Appellate Court condoned the delay of 534 days in preferring appeal on the ground that the litigant should not suffer on account of negligence on the part of the advocate