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TMI Blog2015 (12) TMI 650X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , for the Respondent. ORDER This application is filed seeking condonation of delay of 603 days in filing the appeal before this Forum. 2. Ld. advocate for the applicant submits that on the last date of hearing i.e. on 13-8-2014, he had submitted that the applicant was the owner-cum-driver of the vehicle, which has been confiscated under the impugned Order. He submits that the Order was pas ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ould not reach the applicant. The Adjudication Order was received by the applicant only in November, 2013, when he visited the office of the advocate, and consequently, the appeal could be filed on 16-12-2013. He further submits that the applicant is an illiterate person and has no knowledge about prosecuting the case before this Forum; hence, the delay was unintentional and bona fide. 3. Ld ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d his advocate, Dr. Kameswar Mishra, we are of the view that the applicant could not file the appeal in time, not because of his negligence, nor due to lack of bona fideness on his part, but the circumstances were beyond his control. In the result, in the interest of justice, the delay caused in filing the appeal before this Forum deserves to be condoned. Accordingly, we condone the delay. MA (COD ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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