Mamta Kumari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Delay condonation refused; about nine years' delay in filing Letters Patent Appeal; insufficient cause; non-information by Advocate on Record not accepted as excuse; litigant's personal duty to track progress of case; delay application I.A. No. 1 of 2022 dismissed; appeal consequently dismissed without going into merits; Patna High Court; arises out of C.W.J.C. No. 663 of 2013; parties include Social Welfare Department, district/panchayat functionaries of Saran (Garkha Block) and a private contesting respondent; decided 03-04-2025.
What did the court decide?
The cause shown for the about-nine-year delay — that the Advocate on Record did not inform the appellant — was insufficient, since the appellant herself also owed a duty to verify the stage of her case from time to time from the concerned Advocate. ¶¶30