Sri Rangappa v. Manjunatha
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), RSA No.1414 of 2024, decided 15.12.2025 by H.P. Sandesh J. Keywords: condonation of delay; 1628 days delay; sufficient cause; Section 100 CPC; regular second appeal dismissed at threshold; partition suit; half share in suit schedule property; O.S.No.10/2008; R.A.No.80/2016 (Old No.38/2013); Senior Civil Judge and JMFC Hosadurga; certified copy obtained after six years; COVID-19 delay plea rejected; I.A.No.1/2025 dismissed; appeal against confirmation of half-share decree.
What did the court decide?
Sufficient cause is not shown to condone the delay of 1628 days: the first appeal was disposed of in January 2018 and the counsel informed the appellant in February 2018 itself; the certified copy was obtained only in August 2024; the COVID-19 plea fails because the pandemic arose only in March 2020 and no reasons are assigned for the period even after COVID-19; the reasons assigned in the affidavit are not satisfactory.