Judgment · High Court · 2025
Case at a glance
- Decided
- 07 Jan 2025
- Bench
- NITIN B SURYAWANSHI, PRAVIN S PATIL
- Neutral citation
- 2025:BHC-NAG:1169-DB
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 66. For the reasons stated in the judgment in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ..vs.. Anusaya Sitaram Devrukhkar and others, the application for condonation of delay is dismissed. (PRAVIN S. PATIL, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) C.L. Dhakate
Judgment
CIVIL APPLICATION (CAO) NO.1504 OF 2023 IN CROSS OBJECTION (ST.) NO.21969 OF 2023 IN FIRST APPEAL NO.326 OF 2022 Sanjay Prabhakar Nalamwar and another .Vs. Deputy Chief Engineer (Construction), Central Railway, Ajni, Nagpur and others Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's order Court's or Judge's Order Shri M.M. Agnihotri, Adv. with P.L. Sagdeo and Ms Gunjan Kothari, Advocates for Claimant/appellant. Ms M.H. Deshmukh, A.P.P. for Respondents/State. Shri S.A. Chaudhari, & Pankaj Navlani, Advocates for respondent No.2/Cross Objector. CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND PRAVIN S. PATIL, JJ. DATED : 29/01/2025
Heard. By filing first appeal, claimant has claimed enhanced compensation. The appeal came to be admitted by order dated 30.03.2022.
Applicant/Acquiring body then filed cross objection under Section 74 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Settlement Act, 2013 read with Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, along with application filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, for condonation of delay of 537 days. 2
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In Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ..vs.. Anusaya Sitaram Devrukhkar and others, (Interim Application No.13254/2024 in First Appeal (ST.) No.24058/2024 Reference No.827/KOK/MUM(SOB)/2021 with connected matter, decided on 07.01.2025) this Court has taken a view that it has no power to condone the delay beyond the total period of 120 days as stipulated in Section 74(1) (read with its proviso) of the Act, 2013.
Relying on the above judgment, this Court by order dated 20.01.2025 passed in Civil Application (CAF) No.1927/2024 in First Appeal (ST) No.8383/2024 and First Appeal (ST) No.8383/2024 has dismissed the application for condonation of delay, filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, by acquiring body.
For the reasons stated in the judgment in Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ..vs.. Anusaya Sitaram Devrukhkar and others, the application for condonation of delay is dismissed. (PRAVIN S. PATIL, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) C.L. Dhakate
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — s. 96; Limitation Act, 1963 — s. 5.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Bombay High Court, on 07 Jan 2025. The bench was NITIN B SURYAWANSHI, PRAVIN S PATIL.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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