PINKI KUMARI & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 03.02.2026 Pronounced on : 04.02.2026 Uploaded on : 04.02.2026 FAO 15/2019 PINKI KUMARI & ORS .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima Sood & Ms. Megha Sood, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Pratima N Lakra, CGSC with Mr.Shailendra Kumar Mishra, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT CM APPL. 1417/2019 (delay of 130 days in filing the present appeal) 1. The present application has been filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, read with Section 151 of The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) on behalf of the appellant seeking condonation of delay of 130 days in filing the accompanying appeal. 2. Mr. Rajan Sood, learned counsel for the appellant, has submitted that after passing of the impugned judgment, the appellant could not file the accompanying appeal in time on account of paucity of funds and the resultant inability to obtain timely legal advice. 3. At this stage, it is pertinent to mention the decision rendered by a Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in Mohsina v. Union of India1; wherein a delay of 804 days in filing of the appeal was condoned taking i