Mumbai, Nov. 21 -- The Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs. 1 lakh on a litigant on his plea seeking condonation of a 12-year delay to file an appeal against a confirmation order of an auction sale, while observing that the costs are not being imposed as a punishment but to protect the judicial process from being misused.
Justice Amit Borkar delivered the order last week, which was uploaded on the court website on Friday.
The judge said the court is not private property and every minute spent on a matter built on falsehood results in genuine matters getting delayed.
The court also said that while the petitioners had sought to condone the delay of more than 12 years in filing an appeal by claiming that they only got to know of the ...