Sufficient cause

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....eal provision itself. Besides, the expression "sufficient cause" is not itself a loose panacea for the ill of pressing negligent and stale claims. GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA (WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT- [2021 (3) TMI 1458 - SUPREME COURT (LB)] This Court, in Basawaraj v. Land Acquisition Officer, [2013 (12) TMI 274 - SUPREME COURT], has held: "9. Sufficient cause is the cause for which the defe....

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....p;case must afford sufficient ground to enable the court concerned to exercise discretion for the reason that whenever the court exercises discretion, it has to be exercised judiciously. The applicant must satisfy the court that he was prevented by any "sufficient cause" from prosecuting his case, and unless a satisfactory explanation is furnished, the court should not allow the applicat....