https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=327586 Condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 requires a fact-specific showing of sufficient cause, and inordinate delay demands a strict, plausible and substantiated explanation. A plea that counsel failed to inform the appellant of the Tribunal order was found unsubstantiated and unnatural because no affidavit or reliable material supported it, and the appellant had not acted with reasonable diligence. On that basis, sufficient cause was not established and condonation was refused, so the appeal remained time-barred and the challenge to the Tribunal order could not proceed. en-us Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=327586 Condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 requires a fact-specific showing of sufficient cause, and inordinate delay demands a strict, plausible and substantiated explanation. A plea that counsel failed to inform the appellant of the Tribunal order was found unsubstantiated and unnatural because no affidavit or reliable material supported it, and the appellant had not acted with reasonable diligence. On that basis, sufficient cause was not established and condonation was refused, so the appeal remained time-barred and the challenge to the Tribunal order could not proceed. Case-Laws Service Tax Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=327586