1983 (12) TMI 313

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....RDER The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., 13, Strand Road, Calcutta-700 001 has filed an appeal being aggrieved from Order No. Cal-Cus-430/83, dated 16th March, 1983 passed by the Collector (Appeals), Calcutta. The said appeal was presented in the Registry on the 7th day of September, 1983. In column 3 of the Memorandum of Appeal the date of communication of the order has been mentioned as 7....

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....uthorised representative has requested for condonation of the delay on the ground that the papers were misplaced in the office for some time. He has referred to para 4 of the annexure attached with the appeal which is reproduced as under :- "Your petitioners pray for condonation of delay, if any, in preferring this appeal as papers conceding the above appeal case were misplaced at our office fo....

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....It is a settled law that a cause for delay which by due care and attention, the party could have avoided cannot be a sufficient cause. The Limitation Law ought to receive such a construction as the language in its plain meaning imports. The rule must be enforced even at the risk of hardship to a particular party. The judge cannot on equitable grounds enlarge the time allowed by law, postpone its o....