Limitation barred a reference application where delay exceeded two years and no condonation request was filed.

A reference application under section 70 was rejected as time-barred because it was filed after more than two years' delay. No condonation application accompanied the reference request, and the affidavit explanation for the delay was found unsatisfactory. The HC therefore did not examine the merits of the proposed questions and confined its consideration to limitation. On that basis, the reference application was rightly rejected for delay.

---

---

Issues: Whether the reference application under section 70 was rightly rejected as barred by limitation.

Analysis: The application for reference was filed after an inordinate delay of more than two years. No application for condonation of delay accompanied the reference request, and the explanation offered through affidavit was found unsatisfactory. The Court declined to examine the merits of the proposed questions and confined itself to the delay in filing the reference application.

Conclusion: The reference application was rightly rejected on the ground of delay.

---