1997 (11) TMI 548

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....the advocates for the parties. 2. By the impugned order, the lower Appellate Court condoned the delay in filing the appeal. The facts in brief are that, the non-applicant had filed a suit for recovery of an amount of Rs. 26,556.05 ps. from the applicant herein. The suit was disposed of by a decree dated 2-5-1987. It is the case of the non-applicant that, on account of the bona fide mistake on the....

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....d in good faith. 3. The learned advocate for the applicant while assailing the impugned order submitted that, there was no material before the lower Appellate Court to hold that there was a bona fide mistake on the part of the non-applicant's advocate in giving the said advice and there was no diligence shown by the non-applicant in obtaining the certified copy before filing the appeal and th....

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....efore the lower Appellate Court and being the finding of fact which unless is shown to be perverse or arbitrary, cannot be ignored. It is not the case of the applicant that the said finding is arbitrary or perverse, nor can it be so, since the same has been arrived on the basis of the materials placed on record which are sufficient to arrive at such finding. 5. The Judgments relied upon by the le....

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....nt of the Apex Court in the matter of Mata Din, Man Mohanlal (supra), are squarely applicable to the case in hand and the decisions relied upon by the learned advocate for the applicant, are of no assistance. 6. In any case, the lower Appellate Court has in its discretion, on the analysis of the materials on record, condoned the delay in filing the appeal. It cannot be said that the discretion ha....