Tulab @ Gulab Mahadappa Mudkanna Died Thr Lrs Shakuntala Gulab @ Tulab Mudkanna and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Collector Osmanabad and Anr.
Condonation of delay – Section 5, Limitation Act – 5562 days' delay in filing cross-objection
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad (Sanjay A. Deshmukh, J.), 25-02-2026 — Civil Application No. 5806 of 2025 in X-OBJST/13367/2025 — condonation of 5562 days' delay in filing a cross-objection; applicants (poor agriculturists) pleaded inability to arrange court fees and ignorance of legal procedure; State and respondent No.2 opposed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act; delay condoned and application allowed relying on New Okhla Industrial Development Authority Vs. Rameshwar @ Ramesh Chandra Sharma (Supreme Court, Civil Appeal Nos. 8331-8345 of 2022, decided 17-11-2022).
What did the court decide?
Delay of 5562 days in filing the cross-objection condoned; civil application allowed in the interest of justice. ¶7