{"id":53687,"date":"1998-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-05-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-uoi-vs-modern-construction-company-on-21-may-1998"},"modified":"2017-07-22T09:57:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T04:27:39","slug":"union-of-india-uoi-vs-modern-construction-company-on-21-may-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-uoi-vs-modern-construction-company-on-21-may-1998","title":{"rendered":"Union Of India (Uoi) vs Modern Construction Company on 21 May, 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"
Delhi High Court<\/div>\n
Union Of India (Uoi) vs Modern Construction Company on 21 May, 1998<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 1998 (47) DRJ 345<\/div>\n
Author: Y Sabharwal<\/div>\n
Bench: Y Sabharwal<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
Y.K. Sabharwal, J.<\/p>\n
 1. This appeal is directed against the impugned order dated 10th August, 1992
\nwhereby 12 days’ delay in filing objections to the Award was declined to be condoned
\nby the learned Single Judge resulting in dismissal of the appellant’s application under
\nSection 5 of the Limitation Act. The effect was that the Award was made Rule of the
\nCourt and decree passed thereupon.\n<\/p>\n
 2. In view of the dismissal of the application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act holding that no sufficient ground had been made out for condensation of delay, the learned Single Judge did not go into the merits of the objections. The learned Single Judge held that if delay on the ground of movement of files within various Departments of the Government is considered as a good ground for condensation of delay, it will be applied in almost every case. The appellant in his application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act had given details of examination at various stages and the reasons which lead to 12 days’ delay in filing the objections.\n<\/p>\n
 3. In view of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani and Ors.,<\/a> , the decision of the learned Single Judge declining to condone the delay cannot be sustained. Accordingly, the impugned judgment and decree is set aside. The delay in filing objections is condoned. The objections to the Award will not be decided on merits.\n<\/p>\n
 4. The appeal is allowed in the above terms leaving the parties to bear their own costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Delhi High Court Union Of India (Uoi) vs Modern Construction Company on 21 May, 1998 Equivalent citations: 1998 (47) DRJ 345 Author: Y Sabharwal Bench: Y Sabharwal JUDGMENT Y.K. Sabharwal, J. 1. This appeal is directed against the impugned order dated 10th August, 1992 whereby 12 days’ delay in filing objections to the Award was […]<\/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":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delhi-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nUnion Of India (Uoi) vs Modern Construction Company on 21 May, 1998 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-uoi-vs-modern-construction-company-on-21-may-1998\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union Of India (Uoi) vs Modern Construction Company on 21 May, 1998 - 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