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2022 Supreme(SC) 697

N. V. RAMANA, L. NAGESWARA RAO, SURYA KANT
IN RE: COGNIZANCE FOR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, Adv., Ms. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv., Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv., Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Jain, Adv., Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv., Dr. Aman M. Hingorani, Adv., Ms. Anzu Varkey, Adv., Mr. Aljo Joseph, Adv., Mr. Sachin Sharma, Adv., Mr. Varinder K. Sharma, Adv., Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna, Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv., Mr. Himanshu Chaubey, Mr. Prem Dave, Adv., Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv., Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Adv.,
For the Respondent: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv., Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv., Mr. Siddhant Kohli, Adv., Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Ms. Uttara Babbar, Mr. Manan Bansal, Adv., Mr. Arjun Garg, Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv., Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv., Ms. Sunieta Ojha, Mr. P. I. Jose, Mr. Jenis V. Frensis, Adv., Mr. Prashant K. Sharma, Adv., Ms. Anindita Mitra, Mr. Sahil Tagotra, Mr. Subhro Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Amit Sharma, Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv., Mr. Kshatrashal Raj, Adv., Ms. Tanya Chaudhry, Adv., Ms. Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Adv., Ms. Nitika Pandey, Adv., For M/s.Parekh & Co., M/S. VKC Law Offices, Mr. Vinod Sharma, Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, Mr. Kunal Chatterji, Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv., Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv., Ms. Pratibha Jain, Sh. Soumya Chakraborty, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, Ms. Shashi Pathak, Adv., Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, Mr. Parikshit Ahuja, Adv., Ms. Praveena Bisht, Adv., Ms. Madhur Jhavar, Adv., Ms. Vindhya Mehra, Adv., Mr. Kartik Lahoti, Adv., Mr. Rahul Maheshwari, Adv., Ms. Shivangi Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv., Mr. Aditya Narayan Das, Adv., Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv., Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Adv., Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv., Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv., Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv., Ms. Pragya Barsaiyan, Adv., Mr. Akash Singh, Adv., Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, Mr. Niranjan Sahu, Adv., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, Adv., Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv., Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv.

ORDER :

1. In March, 2020, this Court took Suo Motu cognizance of the difficulties that might be faced by the litigants in filing petitions/ applications/ suits/ appeals/ all other quasi proceedings within the period of limitation prescribed under the general law of limitation or under any special laws (both Central and/or State) due to the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic.

2. On 23.03.2020, this Court directed extension of the period of limitation in all proceedings before Courts/Tribunals including this Court w.e.f. 15.03.2020 till further orders. On 08.03.2021, the order dated 23.03.2020 was brought to an end, permitting the relaxation of period of limitation between 15.03.2020 and 14.03.2021. While doing so, it was made clear that the period of limitation would start from 15.03.2021.

3. Thereafter, due to a second surge in COVID19 cases, the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) intervened in the Suo Motu proceedings by filing Miscellaneous Application No. 665 of 2021 seeking restoration of the order dated 23.03.2020 relaxing limitation. The aforesaid Miscellaneous Application No.665 of 2021 was disposed of by this Court vide Order dated 23.09.2021, wherein this C

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2022 Supreme(SC) 697

N. V. RAMANA, L. NAGESWARA RAO, SURYA KANTIN RE: COGNIZANCE FOR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION – AppellantVersus. – Respondent

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N. V. RAMANA, L. NAGESWARA RAO, SURYA KANT
IN RE: COGNIZANCE FOR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent