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2013 (9) TMI 915 - SC - CustomsCondonation of Delay – Benefit of Section 14 of Limitation Act - Held that:- The appellant was assisted and had the services of the counsel's, who were expert in the central excise and customs cases - They first filed a writ petition, and then without converting it into appeal obtained an interim order - They kept on getting the matter adjourned and thereafter inspite of specific objection taken - they took more than one year and three months, to study the matter to withdraw the appeal - The Supreme Court had strongly deprecated practice of forum shopping - In this case also there was no pleading that the writ petition and thereafter appeal was filed in Delhi High Court, under bonafide belief that it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal and that the appellant was pursuing the remedies in wrong court with due diligence - The appellant was not entitled to the benefit of Section 14 of the Limitation Act - The appeal was barred by limitation by 697 days, which had not been sufficiently explained by the appellant.
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