GANGTOK, India, May 7 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on April 22:
1. Heard on I.A. No.01 of 2024, which is an application under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, filed by the Applicant, wherein the Applicant has sought condonation of 335 days' delay, in filing the Appeal. The application is duly supported by an Affidavit.
2. Learned Counsel for the Applicant has walked this Court through the grounds given in the application for the delay.
(i) Learned Counsel advanced the argument that the impugned Judgment was pronounced on 30-09-2023. (ii) The Appeal was to be filed on 29-12-2023. (iii) The Appeal came to be filed only on 28-11-2024. (iv) That, ten days was taken to engage a Counsel by the Applica...