RERA

                                                                                                                                         ------ By Advocate Gaurav Raj  “Condonation of Delay” as the name suggests is  a pardon plea . It is an application drafted to condone the delay in filing any Petition/ Complaint/ Written Statement/Appeal etc. before the relevant Court(s)/ Tribunal(s)/ Authorities as per the statutory obligation cast by the different Acts passed by the legislature. Length of delay is no matter, acceptability of the explanation is the only criterion.   In the recent past , the Honourable  Supreme Court   in Esha Bhattacharjee v. Raghunathpur Nafar Academy , (2013) 12 SCC 649 , while dealing with an issue involving delay of  2449 days had referred  various precedents on condonation of delay and  cumulatively laid down     “ 17 Guidelines on condonation of delay  ” .   1.   There should be a  liberal, pragmatic, justice-oriented, non-pedantic approach  while