AGARTALA, India, March 29 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order on March 1:

Heard Mr. D.C. Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A. Sengupta, learned counsel for the respondent.

[2] By the impugned order dated 08.12.2023 passed in Civil Misc. (Condo) No.46 of 2022, the learned District Judge, West Tripura, Agartala has dismissed the application for condonation of delay of 256 days in filing the restoration petition against the order of dismissal of T.A. No.65 of 2016 dated 20.09.2021 on the ground that despite excluding the period of COVID delays from 15.03. 2020 to 28.02.2022 as per order passed by Apex Court in Suo Moto Writ Petition (C) No.3 of 2020, petitioner has not been able to effectively explain the delay be...