https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=43091 Mistaken legal advice may constitute sufficient cause for condoning delay where the litigant acted bona fide, with reasonable care, and without negligence, inaction, or lack of bona fides. The Court noted that the petitioners first pursued a revision application seeking relief against the confiscation order under the Gold (Control) Act, 1968, then filed the appeal, and that the grievance consistently related to the same adjudication. The expression "sufficient cause" was to receive a liberal construction on these facts, so the refusal to condone delay was unsustainable and the delay ought to have been condoned. en-us Mon, 06 May 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:47:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=43091 Mistaken legal advice may constitute sufficient cause for condoning delay where the litigant acted bona fide, with reasonable care, and without negligence, inaction, or lack of bona fides. The Court noted that the petitioners first pursued a revision application seeking relief against the confiscation order under the Gold (Control) Act, 1968, then filed the appeal, and that the grievance consistently related to the same adjudication. The expression "sufficient cause" was to receive a liberal construction on these facts, so the refusal to condone delay was unsustainable and the delay ought to have been condoned. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 06 May 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=43091