DHANPAL SINGH vs SHIVRAJ SINGH

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 29th January, 2025 C.R.P. 279/2024 & CM APPL. 57238/2024 DHANPAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajender Yadav, Adv. through V.C. versus SHIVRAJ SINGH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anurag Singh, Adv. through V.C. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. CM APPL. 57240/2024 (for condonation of 194 days delay in filing the petition) 1. The present application is filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 seeking condonation of delay of 194 days in filing the accompanying petition against the order dated 15.12.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Additional District Judge (‘ADJ’), Saket Courts, Delhi in CS DJ 737/2022. 2. By impugned order, the learned ADJ dismissed the application filed by the petitioner under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’) on the ground that the suit was filed by the respondent/plaintiff within the period of 3. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that the delay in filing the present petition emanated from the fact that the parties being real brothers, were attempting to settle the matter. He submits that the respondent had