SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY
Sita Gwala, w/o Pramod Pradhan – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
L.P.A No. 321 of 2021 with I.A No. 7185 of 2021
The writ petitioner being aggrieved of the order dated 3rd January 2019 passed in W.P.(S) No. 2484 of 2015 is before us in the present Letters Patent Appeal.
2. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed with a delay of 424 days seeking condonation for which I.A No. 7185 of 2021 has been filed.
3. In this application under section 5 of the Limitation Act the appellant has stated as under:
5. That it is stated and submitted that the treatment of the appellant was going on till 10.3.2020, when she recovered from illness and the doctor adviced her that now she is well and fit for wandering either and thither then she came at Ranchi and contact her advocate and
The legal principle established is that sympathy cannot be the basis for a court order, and a party must demonstrate a prima facie case for interference in a service matter.
An application for condonation of delay must provide a valid and justifiable explanation for the delay, and vague or misleading statements in the affidavit will not suffice.
The court emphasized that delays in filing appeals must be satisfactorily explained, and inaction prior to the pandemic does not qualify for condonation under the Limitation Act.
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