IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 10.02.2026 SHAKUNTLA AND ORS .... Appellants VERSUS BALWAN AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN Present : Mr. Sandeep Singla, Advocate for the appellants.

ALKA SARIN, J. (ORAL)

1. Challenge in the present regular second appeal is to the judgment and decree dated 10.09.2019 passed by the learned Trial Court whereby the suit filed by the plaintiff-appellants herein was partly decreed. Aggrieved by the same two appeals were preferred - one by the plaintiff-appellants and one by defendant-respondent No.3. Both the said appeals were dismissed vide judgment and decree dated 16.02.2021 passed by the learned First Appellate Court.

2. The present regular second appeal has been filed along with an application being CM-13454-C-2023 for condonation of delay of 528 days in filing the appeal. In para No.4 of the application it has been stated that in the month of February 2021 the plaintiff-appellant No.1 suffered from Covid-19 and thereafter it has been stated that now in the month of November 2023 the plaintiff-appellant No.1 had recovered and had gone to Rohtak to inquire about the appeal and she