High Court Condones 21-Second Delay in Filing After Software Rejection for Automatic Midnight Closure.

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....Return uploaded with a delay of 21 seconds - delay of few seconds only - The defence is that there is nothing wrong in the rejection of the return, since the software is so programmed to automatically close the portal at midnight. This may well be right. The request for condonation has been considered not by a machine but a human being, who, in my view, could well have considered the request in proper perspective, condoning the delay of 21 seconds - The impugned orders are set aside and the delay is condoned - HC....