Reliance General Insurance Company Limited Thr. Corporate Office v. Mr. Sambhaji Aatmaram Anbhavane And ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION by LATA SUNIL PANJWANI Date:

2022.01.24 16:09:54 +0530 Civil Application No.962 of 2018 LATA SUNIL PANJWANI In First Appeal (st) No. 29259 of 2017 With Civil Application No.963 of 2018 In First Appeal (st) No. 29259 of 2017 Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd.

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Applicant v/s.

Mr.Sambhaji Aatmaram Anbhavane & anr.

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Respondents Mr. Rahul Mehta i/b. KMC Venture for the applicant. CORAM : Anil S. Kilor, J 19th January 2022 P.C.

This is an application for condonation of delay. Heard learned Counsel for the applicant. It is submitted that there is delay of 67 days in filing First Appeal in challenging the judgment and order dt.16.3.2017 passed in Maharashtra Accident Claim Tribunal Petition

2/2 18caf 962.18.doc No. 1914/2011 by MACT, Mumbai. It is submitted that the sufficient cause has been shown in the application particularly in Paragraph-3 onwards. Shri Mehta, the learned counsel for the applicant further states that delay is not intentional but bonafide. Accordingly, he prays for condonation of delay. Though the office note dt.06.08.2021 shows that respondent has been served, no reply has been filed to this application and even when the matter was called out, nobody appeared in this case.

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After going through the application and contents of the application more particularly Paragraph-3 onwards, I am satisfied that sufficient cause has been shown in this application for condonation of delay. Accordingly, I pass the following order:-

ORDER

i) The Application for condonation of delay is allowed. ii) The delay caused in filing First Appeal is condoned. The office is requested to register the First Appeal and place the same before the Court for admission.

(Anil S.Kilor, J) Lata Panjwani, P.S.