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2005 (5) TMI 53 - ALLAHABAD HIGH COURTTribunal rejected the application for condonation of delay - approach of the Tribunal is pedantic, while in matters of condonation of delay it should be pragmatic and liberal. – reasons given by the appellant for the delay in filing the appeal were sufficient and liable to be condoned. - The law of limitation is enshrined in the maxim interest reipublica ut sit finis litium (it is for the general welfare that a period be put to litigation). Rules of limitation are not meant to destroy the rights of the parties, rather the idea is that every legal remedy must be kept alive for a legislatively fixed period of time. - held that the expression "each day's delay must be explained", does not mean that a pedantic approach should be made and it must be applied in a rational common sense pragmatic manner - In the result, the appeal is allowed. The order of the Tribunal is set aside. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned
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