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Duty of educated litigant does not end merely by signing counsel’s fee cheque; expected to keep track of litigation: Delhi HC dismisses application seeking condonation of delay

The appellants cannot seek condonation of such colossal delay under the pretext of professional misconduct of their previous counsel. It is not only the colossal length of delay; it is the unacceptable explanation of the delay, which must be discarded.

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‘Complete lack of due diligence in prosecution as petition u/s 34 of A&C Act, 1996 dismissed twice’; Delhi HC dismisses application filed for availing benefit u/s 14 of Limitation Act

“In the context of Section 14 of Limitation Act, 1963, what needs to be seen is whether appellant has brought on the record any evidence to show that he is prosecuting the previously instituted suit with due diligence.”