Hari Singh (Deceased) And 11 Ors. vs State Of U.P. Thru' Collector on 9 December, 2016
In the case of Basawaraj and another Vs. Special Land Acquisition Officer, (2013) 14 SCC 81, Hon'ble Supreme Court considered the order of the High Court and rejected the application for condonation of delay of five and a half years in filing an appeal under Section 54 of the Act before the High Court on the ground of illness of one of the appellant and after referring to the judgments in the case of Manindra Land and Building Corporation Ltd. v. Bhootnath Banerjee & Ors., AIR 1964 SC 1336; Lala Matadin v. A. Narayanan, AIR 1970 SC 1953; Parimal v. Veena @ Bharti (2011) 3 SCC 545, and Maniben Devraj Shah v. Municipal Corporation of Brihan Mumbai (2012) 5 SCC 157, Arjun Singh v. Mohindra Kumar, AIR 1964 SC 993, Madanlal v. Shyamlal, (2002) (1) SCC 535; and Ram Nath Sao v. Gobardhan Sao & Ors., (2002) 3 SCC 195, Popat and Kotecha Property v. State Bank of India Staff Assn. (2005) 7 SCC 510; Rajendar Singh & Ors. v. Santa Singh & Ors., (1973) 2 SCC 705, Pundlik Jalam Patil v. Executive Engineer, Jalgaon Medium Project, (2008) 17 SCC 448, upheld the judgment of the High Court and dismissed the Civil Appeal observing in paras-14 & 15 as under: