{"id":78873,"date":"2010-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/godadji-vs-state-on-6-may-2010"},"modified":"2017-10-13T22:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T16:55:27","slug":"godadji-vs-state-on-6-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/godadji-vs-state-on-6-may-2010","title":{"rendered":"Godadji vs State on 6 May, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Godadji vs State on 6 May, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: D.H.Waghela,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice Shah,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCA\/1668\/2010\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION - FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY No. 1668 of 2010\n \n\nIn\n\n\n \n\nLETTERS\nPATENT APPEAL (ST. NUMBER) No. 266 of 2010\n \n\nIn\n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 8155 of 2008\n \n\n======================================\n\n\n \n\nGODADJI\nJAGAJI THAKORE &amp; 4 - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT, THRO' SECRETARY, &amp; 3 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n====================================== \nAppearance\n: \nMR PB GOSWAMI for Petitioner(s)\n: 1 - 5. \nMS MOXA THAKKER, AGP for Respondent(s) : 1, \nRULE\nSERVED for Respondent(s) : 2 -\n4. \n====================================== \n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE D.H.WAGHELA\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE MD SHAH\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\nDate\n: 06\/05\/2010 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.H.WAGHELA)<\/p>\n<p>Although the delay of 476 days is inordinate and the reasons given to<br \/>\nexplain the delay are vague, it appears to be necessary and in the<br \/>\ninterest of justice to grant opportunity to the appellants for<br \/>\nhearing of their appeal on merits, in view of the uncontroverted<br \/>\nstatements on oath that the appellants are belonging to very poor and<br \/>\nilliterate families and delay is caused thereby.  Therefore, the<br \/>\napplication is allowed and rule is made absolute with no order as to<br \/>\ncosts.\n<\/p>\n<p>                 (D.H.WAGHELA,J.)<br \/>\n       (M.D.SHAH,J.)   <\/p>\n<p>radhan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Godadji vs State on 6 May, 2010 Author: D.H.Waghela,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice Shah,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CA\/1668\/2010 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CIVIL APPLICATION &#8211; FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY No. 1668 of 2010 In LETTERS PATENT APPEAL (ST. 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