Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Jaspreet Singh, J.), Civil Revision No. 25 of 2025, decided February 25, 2026. Maintainability of civil revision against order of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Gonda passed in appellate jurisdiction under Section 96 CPC (rejection of Section 5 Limitation Act condonation application). Full bench dictum in M/s. Jupiter Chit Fund (Pvt.) Ltd. vs. Dwarka Diesh Dayal & Ors., AIR 1979 Allahabad 218 applied as a bar; revision dismissed as not maintainable with liberty to seek other remedies. Keywords: revision not maintainable, appellate jurisdiction of District Judge, Section 96 CPC, Section 5 Limitation Act, Jupiter Chit Fund.
What did the court decide?
Since the impugned order was passed under the appellate jurisdiction of the District Judge, the dictum of the full bench of this Court in M/s. Jupiter Chit Fund (Pvt.) Ltd. vs. Dwarka Diesh Dayal & Ors., AIR 1979 Allahabad 218 is attracted, rendering the civil revision not maintainable.