https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283971 An inordinate delay of 3320 days in filing a petition to set aside an arbitral award could not be condoned because the explanation offered was not proper, satisfactory or convincing. The SC held that when a mandatory requirement is not met, condonation cannot rest on sympathy alone; it requires reasonable, sufficient and proper cause supported by acceptable justification. As the delay was undisputed and the recorded reasons were found unsatisfactory, the orders condoning delay were set aside. en-us Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:14:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283971 An inordinate delay of 3320 days in filing a petition to set aside an arbitral award could not be condoned because the explanation offered was not proper, satisfactory or convincing. The SC held that when a mandatory requirement is not met, condonation cannot rest on sympathy alone; it requires reasonable, sufficient and proper cause supported by acceptable justification. As the delay was undisputed and the recorded reasons were found unsatisfactory, the orders condoning delay were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283971