Sufficient Cause Archives

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.

Case Briefs Supreme 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.”

Case Briefs High 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

Case Briefs High 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

Case Briefs High 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

Case Briefs High 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

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

Case Briefs Tribunals/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

Case Briefs High 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

Case Briefs High 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