Delay – Condonation of – Suit filed by Respondent No.1 was decreed by the trial court – Appellants-defendants No.1 and 2 in the suit filed appeal, dismissed by the lower Appellate Court on the ground of limitation – Second Appeal filed by the appellants was also dismissed by the High Court – Held: Since the contention in the appeal before the lower Appellate Court was that the judgment was not in the knowledge of the appellants, that aspect of the matter was required to be kept in view by the lower Appellate Court as the appellants in fact had not taken effective part except filing written statement – When there was delay of only 52 days in filing the appeal and furthermore when the parties were litigating with regard to the right over immovable properties, the substantial rights were to be decided between the parties – The very manner in which the lower Appellate Court dismissed the appeal on the ground of delay when the delay was not inordinate is not justified – High Court also not justified in dismissing the appeal only on the ground that there was no question of law – Judgments passed by the High Court and the lower Appellate Court, set aside – Delay in filing the appeal before the lower Appellate Court condoned, appeal restored to its file – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.96 – Limitation Act, 1963 – s.5 – Practice and Procedure.
Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. v. Mst. Katiji & Ors. (1987) 2 SCC 107 : [1987] 2 SCR 387 – relied on.
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