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SANJAY KUMAR, LANUSUNGKUM JAMIR
Thokchom Chhatrajit Singh – Appellant
Versus
Lourembam Iboyaima Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sanjay Kumar; CJ.:--
[1] The applicants, nine in number, seek condonation of the delay of 528 days in filing an appeal against the judgment and order dated 20.09.2018 passed by a learned Judge of this Court in W.P(C) No.519 of 2018.
[2] Notice having been ordered; affidavits-in-opposition were filed by Mr. A.Romenkumar, learned counsel for respondents 1 to 5, viz., the petitioners in W.P(C) No.519 of 2018, and Mr. N.Zequeson, learned counsel, appearing for the officials of the Manipur Technical University, respondents 7 and 8.
Copious arguments having been advanced by Mr. B.P.Sahu, learned senior counsel for the applicants; Mr. A.Romenkumar, learned counsel for respondents 1 to 5; and Mr. N.Zequeson, learned counsel for respondents 7 and 8; supported by some written arguments and an abundance of case law, this application is amenable to disposal by way of this rather lengthy order.
[3] At the outset, we may note that the applicants were not parties to the writ petition filed by respondents 1 to 5 herein. Their challenge was to the Notification dated 23.05.2018 issued by the Manipur Technical University (hereinafter, ‘the University’), proposing to fill up various teaching and n
Delay/Laches/Limitation - Condonation of Delay - sufficient cause - Concept of “reasonableness” while giving clause “sufficient cause” a liberal interpretation. where there exists inordinate delay an....
The court affirmed that personal circumstances cannot justify excessive delays beyond statutory limitation under the Administrative Tribunals Act.
The court emphasized that significant delays in filing appeals must be justified by a reasonable and bona fide explanation, failing which the application for condonation of delay will be dismissed.
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