New India Insurance Co. Ltd vs Smt. Shanti Misra, Adult on 10 October, 1975
In New India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shanti Misra (1975 (2)
SCC 840) this Court held that discretion given by Section 5 should not
be defined or crystallised so as to convert a discretionary matter into
a rigid rule of law. The expression "sufficient cause" should receive a
liberal construction.