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Sufficient Cause

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Foreign travel will not constitute ‘sufficient cause’ for condonation of delay under S.5 of Limitation Act: Bombay HC

The Court was sympathetic to the difficulty cast on the petitioner on account of restricted movement due to hostile weather and old age, but the Court did not understand as to what precluded his counsel from acting on his behalf.

Published on April 23, 2025April 29, 2025By Simranjeet
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Allahabad High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Party not contacting counsel for 6 years, cannot seek condonation of delay alleging that counsel did not inform about disposal of case: Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court noted that while the appellants alleged their counsel failed to inform them about the case’s dismissal, there’s no evidence they actively sought updates from the counsel during the six-year period.

Published on May 7, 2024May 14, 2024By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

IBC-Limitation| Pendency of proceedings in a parallel forum not sufficient cause for delay in filing Section 9 IBC application: Supreme Court

“A claim may not be barred by limitation. It is the remedy for realisation of the claim, which gets barred by limitation.”

Published on September 23, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Punjab and Haryana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Parole a part of reformative process’; Punjab and Haryana High Court grants parole to murder convict

    Punjab and Haryana High Court: Division Bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, J., and Vikas Puri, J., allowed this criminal writ petition

Published on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Scope of Or. 9 R. 13 CPC application: Whether summons duly served and/or whether defendant was prevented by ‘sufficient cause’ from appearing? Explained

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., expressed that “Sufficient Cause” is an elastic expression and no hard and fast guidelines are

Published on April 27, 2021April 30, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Chh HC | Legislature does not prescribe limitation with the object of destroying the rights of parties; Word “sufficient cause” to be given liberal construction

Chhattisgarh High Court: Rajendra Chandra Singh Samant, J., allowed the petition and set aside the impugned order. The facts of the case

Published on April 7, 2021April 8, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Chh HC | The word “sufficient cause” under S. 5 of Limitation Act should adopt a liberal and justice-oriented construction to advance justice

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal J., allowed the appeal and condoned the delay while setting aside the impugned order. The facts

Published on January 18, 2021January 22, 2021By Editor_4
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Case Briefs

FEMA Appellate Tribunal | Delay of 370 days condoned despite not being convinced of ‘sufficient cause’ for delay, as dismissal of application would bar examination of merits of appeal

Appellate Tribunal (FEMA): Justice G.C. Mishra (Acting Chairman) allowed the application for the condonation of delay in respect to the substitution of

Published on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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NGT
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Delay in filing an appeal can be condoned on supply of sufficient cause, once the events of intervening period are explained

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi: A Coram of Justice Raghuvendra S. Rathore (Judicial Member) and Dr Satyawan Singh Garbyal (Expert Member) allowed

Published on June 15, 2019August 9, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ori HC | Order 21 Rule 29 CPC cannot come to the rescue unless sufficient cause is shown to stay the execution case

Orissa High Court: The Bench of A.K. Rath, J. dismissed the petition filed against the order which rejected the application of the

Published on April 24, 2019April 25, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Increasing tendency of treating delay in filing as a non-serious matter: Need for a vigilant and cautious approach by the Courts

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed against the order of

Published on November 2, 2018November 5, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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