https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304531 Section 5 of the Limitation Act requires a credible, bona fide explanation for the entire delay, and mere reference to counsel's mistake or prior admission of an appeal does not justify long unexplained inaction. On the stated facts, the delay in filing the certified copy and seeking restoration was not satisfactorily explained, so condonation was unavailable. Section 12 excludes the time needed to obtain a copy only where the application for the certified copy is made within limitation; because the copy application was itself made after expiry of limitation, exclusion was denied. The applications therefore failed and the appeal remained barred. en-us Thu, 12 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 10:09:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304531 Section 5 of the Limitation Act requires a credible, bona fide explanation for the entire delay, and mere reference to counsel's mistake or prior admission of an appeal does not justify long unexplained inaction. On the stated facts, the delay in filing the certified copy and seeking restoration was not satisfactorily explained, so condonation was unavailable. Section 12 excludes the time needed to obtain a copy only where the application for the certified copy is made within limitation; because the copy application was itself made after expiry of limitation, exclusion was denied. The applications therefore failed and the appeal remained barred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304531