The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that where a litigant wholly depends on his lawyer, the lawyer’s failure to advise him to seek the available remedy can amount to sufficient cause for condoning delay. It condoned a 1093-day delay on payment of Rs 50,000 costs and remanded the matter.
The Madras High Court criticised State officials for remaining ex parte in a 2001 case involving government “Natham Poramboke” land, calling it a serious lapse affecting public interest. The Court directed strict guidelines, timelines, and disciplinary action to protect government property in future cases.
The Allahabad High Court quashed a Ghaziabad civil court decree directing Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad to mutate property, holding it void as passed against a deceased person, and sought action for “deliberate judicial misconduct.”
