Law: Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

Section: 115

Law: Limitation Act (IX of 1908)

Section: 5 , First Sched., Art. 162-A

(a)   Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)---

---S. 115---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 5 & First Sched., Art. 162-A---Civil revision---Limitation---Delay---Pleas of summer vacations and illness/old age were taken by the petitioner in application for condonation of delay---Validity--No record of ailment of petitioner was appended with the application and mere mentioning of advanced age of the petitioner was not an excuse---Ignorance of office process was not a good ground for condonation of delay, as such the delay was not condoned as after expiry of statutory period of limitation the verdicts in question had attained the status of past and closed transaction---After expiry of the period of limitation a valuable right stood accrued in favour of the opposite party which could not be taken away rather convincing reasons had to be furnished in this regard and the absence thereof disentitled a delinquent litigant from discretionary relief---Civil revision was blatantly time barred---Application for condonation of delay was dismissed along with the civil revision, in circumstances.

Diamond International Corporation Limited v. State Bank of Pakistan through Senior Deputy Director 2001 SCMR 659 and Amir Ullah Jan v. Member Board of Revenue (Colonies) Punjab and 3 others PLD 2013 Lahore 445 rel.