https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169713 The right of appeal was treated as a vested substantive right, but the forum for exercising it was held to be procedural and governed by the law in force when the appeal was filed. On that basis, after the extension of the Indian Civil Procedure Code and Goa civil courts legislation, the appeal had to be filed in the Judicial Commissioner's Court, and filing there was proper. Limitation was also treated as procedural; because the appellants bona fide relied on the view that the Indian limitation period applied and acted within that period, the delay was held condonable as sufficient cause and just impediment. The appellate objection failed and the matter was restored for merits. en-us Wed, 30 Aug 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 May 2015 14:50:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169713 The right of appeal was treated as a vested substantive right, but the forum for exercising it was held to be procedural and governed by the law in force when the appeal was filed. On that basis, after the extension of the Indian Civil Procedure Code and Goa civil courts legislation, the appeal had to be filed in the Judicial Commissioner's Court, and filing there was proper. Limitation was also treated as procedural; because the appellants bona fide relied on the view that the Indian limitation period applied and acted within that period, the delay was held condonable as sufficient cause and just impediment. The appellate objection failed and the matter was restored for merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Aug 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169713