JAGDISH MISHRA & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 13.04.2026 Pronounced on : 15.04.2026 Uploaded on : 15.04.2026 FAO 38/2023 JAGDISH MISHRA & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima Sood, Ms. Megha Sood, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Kushagra Kumar and Mr. Amit Kumar Rana, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT CM APPL. 7654/2023 (Seeking condonation of delay of 200 days in filing the appeal) 1. By way of the present application, the applicants/ appellants seek condonation of delay of 200 days in filing the appeal. 2. Learned counsel for the appellants submit that appellants are poor and illiterate persons, and belong to an economically weaker section and, due to paucity of funds, were unable to get in contact with a counsel and obtain timely legal advice. 3. It is noteworthy that in “Mohsina vs. Union of India”1, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court condoned a delay of 804 days in filing the appeal, taking 1 (2017) SCC OnLine Del 10003 4. Considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case, and guided by the principle laid down in the aforesaid decisions