High Court of Gujarat

DEPUTY MANAGER OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITEDversusRABARI DHARAMSHIBHAI PRABHATBHAI

Disposal: 53-ALLOWED / GRANTED @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: C DOSHI

Holding

The court held that the delay in filing the main suit is condoned as the application for condonation was allowed.

Summary

The Deputy Manager of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited filed an application before the Gujarat High Court seeking condonation of delay in filing the main civil suit against Rabari Dharamshibhai Prabhathbai and another. The applicant contended that the delay was justified and requested the court to condone it. The respondent was represented by counsel but no substantive opposition to the condonation was recorded. The court examined the averments made in the application and, finding no impediment, allowed the application. Consequently, the delay in preferring the main matter was condoned, permitting the suit to proceed.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate legal standard for condoning delay in filing a civil suit under the Code of Civil Procedure?

Subjects

condonation of delaycivil procedurehigh court orderapplication for condonationCode of Civil Procedure

Judgment

          C/CA/1656/2026                                                           ORDER DATED: 08/06/2026




                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

    R/CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY) NO. 1656 of
                               2026

                                     In F/FIRST APPEAL/5157/2026

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    DEPUTY MANAGER OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED
                             Versus
            RABARI DHARAMSHIBHAI PRABHATBHAI & ANR.
 ==========================================================
 Appearance:
 MR AJAY R MEHTA(453) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
 MS URVASHI PUROHIT, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 2
 NOTICE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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    CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI

                                                Date : 08/06/2026

                                                       ORDER


            Considering the averments made in the application, the
 same is allowed and delay caused in preferring main matter
 stands condoned.



                                                                                                 (J. C. DOSHI,J)
 SHEKHAR P. BARVE


Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: SHEKHAR PRAFULBHAI BARVE(HC00200), Principal Pvt. Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 08/06/2026 14:50:05




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