RANCHI, India, Aug. 5 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on July 4:

1. This application is filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 by the applicant to condone the delay of 173 days in filing the Letters Patent Appeal challenging the judgment dt. 25.04.2024 of the learned Single Judge in W.P. (S) No. 189 of 2015.

2. In the application seeking condonation of delay, it is stated that the said writ petition was pending for a long time, that the applicant had filed a counter affidavit on 07.11.2022 and it came to be decided only 25.04.2024.

3. It is contended that in the meantime, the applicant lost contact with her counsel and the judgment of the learned Single Judge could not be communicated to her for the said r...