Assistant Commissioner vs Rp Jai Hind Infratech Projects Pvt. Ltd. ...
- CitationCompany Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 380 of 2023
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
The Appellate Tribunal's power to condone delay in filing an appeal is limited to a period of 15 days beyond the prescribed limitation period, and it has no jurisdiction to condone a delay exceeding that statutory outer limit.
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Judgment
As delivered
IN THE MATTER OF: Assistant Commissioner, Central Goods & Services Tax, Div-VIII, Ahmedabad ...Appellant (South)
Versus Resolution Professional, Jai Hind Infratech Projects Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. ...Respondents
Present: For Appellant: Mr. Anurag Ojha, Sr. Standing Counsel with Gautam Barnwal, Advocates For Respondent:
ORDER
06.04.2023: I.A. No. 1227 of 2023. This is an application praying for
condonation of delay of 74 days in refiling the Appeal. The ground taken in the
Affidavit is that Sr. Standing Counsel got unwell due to continuous high fever
and on the said ground, submission is made to condone the delay in refiling the
Appeal. Cause shown is sufficient. Refiling delay is condoned. I.A. No. 1227 of
2023 is allowed.
2. I.A. No. 1281 of 2023. This is an application praying for condonation of
delay of 1159 days in filing the Appeal. The Order impugned was passed on 20th
September, 2019 and the present Appeal has been filed on 10th December, 2022. 2
The jurisdiction vested in the Tribunal to condone the delay is of 15 days only,
there being inordinate delay of 1159 days in filing the Appeal, the said delay can
not be condoned.
The Delay Condonation Application is dismissed. Consequently, the Memo
of Appeal is rejected.
[Justice Ashok Bhushan] Chairperson
[Kanthi Narahari] Member (Technical)
Basant/nn
Company Appeal (AT) Ins. No. 380 of 2023
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