2006 (8) TMI 544

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..... alia relying upon a judgment of the honourable Supreme Court in State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani AIR 1996 SC 1623, wherein it was observed that: . . . The expression 'sufficient cause' should, therefore, be considered with pragmatism in a justice-oriented approach rather than the technical detection of sufficient cause for explaining every day delays. The factors which are peculiar to .....

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..... tan Aeronautics Limited v. State of Orissa [1976] 38 STC 538 in support of his submission that State as a litigant is at par with a private person on the issue of limitation and the same standard should be applied for deciding the application for condonation of delay as is applied to a private person. This is the correct legal position, but at the same time, it is also wellsettled that in sever .....

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..... als brought by the State are lost for such default no person is individually affected but what in the ultimate analysis suffers, is public interest. The expression 'sufficient cause' should, therefore, be considered with pragmatism in a justice-oriented approach rather than the technical detection of sufficient cause for explaining every day's delay. The factors which are peculiar to a .....

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