Bikrom Chaudhury @ Bikram Choudhury v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr

PageoNo.#o1/2 GAHC010278982023 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oI.A.(Civil)/3699/2023o BIKROMoCHAUDHURYo@oBIKRAMoCHOUDHURYo S/OoAMRITLALoCHOUDHURY,o VILL.-oJYOTIoNAGAR,oP.O.oANDoP.S.-oGOALPARA,oDIST.-oGOALPARA,o ASSAM. VERSUSo UNITEDoINDIAoINSURANCEoCO.oLTD.oANDoANR.o REP.oBYoTHEoDIVISIONALoMANAGER,o C/OoBONGAIGAONoDIVISIONoOFFICE,oSTATIONoROAD,oSURAKSHAo BHAWAN,oFLOORoNO.o1,oABOVEoSBIoATM,oBONGAIGAON,oDIST.-o BONGAIGAON,oASSAM,oPIN-o783380. 2:MD.oJAMAToALI oS/OoMD.oAMJADoALI o VILL.-oRAKSHASINI oP.S.-oMORNAI oDIST.-oGOALPARA oASSAMo AdvocateoforotheoPetitionerooooo:oMR.oSoRAHMAN,oMRoAoNoIQBALo AdvocateoforotheoRespondento:o,oMR.oRoGOSWAMIo(R-1),MS.oMoSAIKIAo(R-1),MS.oPo BORTHAKURo(R-1)oo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo BEFORE HONOURABLEoMR.oJUSTICEoBUDIoHABUNG ORDERo Page No.# 2/2 Date : 25-09-2024

¶1Heard Mr. S. Rahman, the learned counsel for the applicant. Also heard Ms. M. Saikia, the learned counsel for respondent No. 1.

¶2This is an application under Section 5 of the Indian Limitation Act, 1963 for condoning delay of 4 days in filing the connected MAC Appeal against the Judgment & Order dated 21.08.2023 passed by the learned Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Goalpara in MAC Case No. 97/2019.

¶3The ground for delay in filing the connected appeal is explained in Para 3 of the condonation petition. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the applicant and on perusal of the ground stated in the application, this Court is satisfied that the applicant has shown sufficient cause for not prefering the connected appeal within the stipulated time. Moreover, the learned counsel for the respondent has no objection in condoning the delay.

¶4In view of the above, the delay of 4 days in filing the connected appeal is hereby condoned.

¶5The Registry is directed to number the connected appeal and place for admission on the day to be fixed by the Registry.

¶6With the above, the IA stands disposed of.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant