The time requisite for obtaining copies under section 12 of the Limitation Act, 1963 should be determined with reference to the facts and circumstances of each case and in the light of the rules, if any, and also of the practice of the court.

( 1 ) THE short question is : Whether appeal is barred by time. This is an appeal under section 39 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (hereinafter called the Act ). A period of 60 days from the date of the order of the Tribunal is prescribed for filing an appeal in this Court. The impugned judgment and order was passed by the Tribunal on 11th August, 1980. An application was made on 6th October, for obtaining the copy of the impugned judgment and order. The copying department registered the application at S No. 6118 and issued a slip mentioning 14th October, 1980 on which date the applicant was supposed to visit the copying department and collect the certified copy. The appellant, it appears, did not visit the copying Department on 14th October, 1980 as directed but went there on 15th October, 1980 and collected the certified copy of the impugned judgment and order. The appeal was filed in this court on 16th October, 1980. On a perusal of the endorsement on the certified copy of the judgment and order, the appellant found. that the certified copy was ready with the Copying Department on 9th October, 1980. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the application for obtaining the copy was made on 6th October, 1980 and the appellant was directed to collect the same on 14th October, 1980. In these circumstances, he submits that the time from 6th October, 1980 to 14th October, 1980 should be taken as the time requisite for obtaining copies of the judgment and order within the meaning of Section 12 of the Limitation Act. Section 12 of the Limitation Act reads as under :

s. 12 (1): In computing the period of limitation for any suit, appeal or application, the day from which such period is to be reckoned, shall be excluded.

(2) In computing the period of limitation for an appeal or an application for leave to appeal or for revision or for review of a judgment, the day on which the judgment complained of was pronounced and the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the decree, sentence or order appealed from or sought to be revised or reviewed shall be excluded.

(3) Where a decree or order is appealed from or sought to be revised or reviewed, or where an application is made for leave to appeal from a decree or order, the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the judgment on which the decree or order is founded shall also be excluded.

(4) In computing the period of limitation for an application to set aside an award, the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the award shall be excluded. Explanation:-- In computing under this section the time requisite for obtaining a copy of a decree or an order, any time taken by the court to prepare the decree or order before an application for a copy thereof is made shall not be excluded".

( 2 ) THE day from which period of limitation is to be counted is excluded under sub-section (1 ). The day on which the impugned judgment is pronounced and the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the decree or order appealed from is also to beexcluded under Sub-section (2 ). Under subsection (3) time requisite for obtaining, a copy of the judgment on which the decree or order is founded is also to be excluded. Thus it seems that the appellant is entitled to exclude the time requisite for obtaining the copies of the judgment and decree or order. The words time requisite used in this Section have not been defined. The question is: what is the time requisite for obtaining copies in a particular, case. It appears to be one of fact and must be determined with reference to the facts and circumstances of that case and in the light of the rules, if any, and also of the practice of the court. When there has been no mistake, inaction or want of bonafides on the part of the applicant or his counsel and there is a delay in giving copies due to the negligence or rules of the Copying Department, the period spent by an applicant in obtaining the -certified copy should be regarded as time requisite .