Appeal Time Limit Starts with Order Pronouncement; NCLAT Condones Delay Based on Flexible "Sufficient Cause" Standard.

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....The NCLAT considered the applicability of time limitation for filing an appeal and whether there was sufficient cause for condonation of delay. It held that when an order is not pronounced in open court, the limitation period for filing an appeal does not commence, as per the Supreme Court's judgment in Sanjay Pandurang Kalate. Although the appellant claimed the order was not uploaded until 20.02.2024, the liquidator had communicated the order to the appellant on 25.01.2024. Therefore, the appellant could not claim that the limitation period would not begin at least from 25.01.2024. The expression "sufficient cause" is elastic, allowing courts to apply the law meaningfully to serve the ends of justice. The Supreme Court in Sheo Raj Singh vs.........