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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, AJAY DIGPAUL
Tanishq Agencies – Appellant
Versus
Ventura International Pvt Ltd – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
AJAY DIGPAUL, J.
CM APPL 74949/2025 & CM APPL 74950/2025 (Condonation of delay of 1,000 days in filing and 14 days in re-filing the appeal)
1. These applications by the appellants/defendants, Appellants hereinafter seek condonation of delay in filing and re-filing the present appeal. The time limit for challenging a money decree as laid down under Section 13 of the Commercial Court Act, 2015, is 60 days, with the present appeal being filed after a delay of 1,000 days.
2. Section 5 of Limitation Act, 1963, allows a court to condone delay where sufficient cause is shown. The application for condonation assigns the reason for this delay as an inability to contact their counsel due to COVID-19 and update themselves regarding the dates of hearing, and that their counsel was negligent in not appearing at the stage of plaintiff evidence. The application states that the existence of the ex-parte decree against the appellants only first came to the appellants' knowledge on receipt of notice in execution proceedings against them in February 2025 from a commercial court in Aligarh, U.P.
3. Seeing as to how all allegations against the appellants' previous counsel are unsubstantiated b
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