PRIYANKA SHARMA & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 22.01.2026 Pronounced on : 29.01.2026 Uploaded on : 29.01.2026 FAO 59/2020 PRIYANKA SHARMA & ORS .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima Sood and Ms. Megha Sood, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi CGSC with Ms. Swati Jhunjhunwala, Ms. Himanshi Singh and Ms. Monalisha Pradhan, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT CM APPL. 4630/2020 (delay of 690 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 690 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 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 into account poor economic status of the appellants/claimants. Relevant