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Issues: (i) Whether the delay in filing the appeal deserved condonation. (ii) Whether the order refusing to register the company petition for non-rectification of defects should be set aside and the appellant be permitted to cure the defects.
Issue (i): Whether the delay in filing the appeal deserved condonation.
Analysis: The delay was explained on the basis of the appellant's change of counsel and the circumstances in which the dismissal of the company petition came to be known later. The delay was not treated as fatal, and the appeal was taken up for decision on merits.
Conclusion: The delay was condoned in favour of the appellant.
Issue (ii): Whether the order refusing to register the company petition for non-rectification of defects should be set aside and the appellant be permitted to cure the defects.
Analysis: The refusal to register the petition arose from non-rectification of defects pointed out by the Registry under the NCLT Rules, 2016. The Appellate Tribunal acknowledged the appellant's lack of diligence, but held that the petitioner should not be deprived of recourse to adjudication on merits merely on account of procedural complications. To balance procedural discipline with access to justice, the impugned appellate order was interfered with and directions were issued to cure the defects within a fixed time, while preserving the imposed costs and the consequence of non-compliance under the relevant rules.
Conclusion: The impugned order was set aside and the appeal was allowed with directions to rectify the defects within the stipulated period, failing which the petition would stand dismissed by operation of the rules.
Final Conclusion: The appellant obtained relief against the refusal to register the petition, but remained bound by the defect-cure timeline and the imposed costs, so that the matter was restored only conditionally for further consideration on merits.
Ratio Decidendi: Procedural defects in filing should not, by themselves, deny a party access to adjudication on merits where the appellate forum considers it appropriate to balance diligence requirements with effective justice, though compliance with the curative directions and statutory timelines remains mandatory.
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