Two brothers, embroiled in a property dispute for over 30 years, have been pulled up by a Delhi court for filing an appeal 10 years after an order was passed against them, and slapped with a cost of Rs. 25,000 for “abusing process of law”.
The court said that after failing to secure the desired relief, the appellants have filed the plea “belatedly after more than 10 years of the decree by feigning ignorance which is nothing but an abuse of process of law”.
“I find no merits on the application for condonation of delay and also on the merits of the grounds raised in the appeal for setting aside the impugned order of the trial court dismissing the application of the appellants under the Civil Procedure Code (CPC).”
“Both the application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act and the appeal are hereby dismissed on a cost of Rs. 25,000 to be deposited in the Delhi State Legal Service Authority within 60 days from the date of passing of order,” Additional District Judge Kamini Lau said.
The court passed the order on an appeal and application for condonation of delay by Vinod Kumar Anand and Anil Kumar Anand, residents of GTB Nagar in North Delhi, against a trial court order awarding ex-parte decree to residents of the same area, Harvinder Singh and Ved Parkash. — PTI
“The plea filed belatedly after over 10 years of the decree is nothing but abuse of process of law”
