{"id":170913,"date":"2010-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bihar-state-electricity-vs-reshma-devi-on-29-october-2010"},"modified":"2015-11-27T11:11:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T05:41:04","slug":"bihar-state-electricity-vs-reshma-devi-on-29-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bihar-state-electricity-vs-reshma-devi-on-29-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Bihar State Electricity &#8230; vs Reshma Devi on 29 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bihar State Electricity &#8230; vs Reshma Devi on 29 October, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                          LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1308 of 2010\n                                            IN\n                       CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE NO. 15986 of 2005\n                                          WITH\n                       INTERLOCOTURY APPLICATION NO. 7407 of 2010\n                                           IN\n                          LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1308 of 2010\n\n                   =========================================\n                           BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD &amp; ORS\n                                          Versus\n                                       RESHMA DEVI\n                 ============================================\n                 APPEARANCE\n                   For the Appellants       : Mr. Dharmeshwar Mishra, Advocate\n                   Respondent               : Served\n\n                 ===================================================\n\n                 CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE\n                                 And\n                        HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN\n\n                 ORAL ORDER<\/pre>\n<p>                 (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)<\/p>\n<p>4   29\/10\/2010               I.A. No.7407 of 2010<\/p>\n<p>                             Though served, respondent has not entered<\/p>\n<p>                  appearance.\n<\/p>\n<p>                             This application under section 5 of the<\/p>\n<p>                  Limitation Act is     filed by the appellant Bihar State<\/p>\n<p>                  Electricity Board and others for condonation of delay of<\/p>\n<p>                  142 days occurred in filing the Letters Patent Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>                             On the facts and circumstances of the case, the<\/p>\n<p>                  delay is condoned.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                  2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>         Interlocutory Application stands disposed of.<\/p>\n<p>         LPA. No.1308 of2010<\/p>\n<p>         Notify for admission.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                      ( R. M. Doshit,CJ.)<\/p>\n<p>                       (Jyoti Saran, J.)<br \/>\nNeyaz\/\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Bihar State Electricity &#8230; vs Reshma Devi on 29 October, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1308 of 2010 IN CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE NO. 15986 of 2005 WITH INTERLOCOTURY APPLICATION NO. 7407 of 2010 IN LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1308 of 2010 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-patna-high-court-orders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bihar State Electricity ... vs Reshma Devi on 29 October, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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