# RESHMA vs UNION OF INDIA

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2026-05-06
Citation: FAO-25/2022 2026:DHC:3956
Petitioner: RESHMA
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/MKO06052026FAO252022_194725.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 25.04.2026 Pronounced on : 06.05.2026 Uploaded on : 06.05.2026 FAO 25/2022 RESHMA .....Appellant Through: Mr. RajanSood, Ms. Ashima Sood, Ms. MeghaSood, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, SPC for UOI with Mr. SiddharthShekhar,Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT CM APPL. 6674/2022 (delay of 598 days in filing the appeal) 1. By way of the present application, the applicant/ appellant seeks condonation of delay of 598 days in filing the appeal. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that after passing of the judgment dated 20.12.2019, the appellant was unable to file the appeal within the prescribed time. It is further submitted that the appellant belongs to an economically weaker section, anddue to paucity of funds, was unable to get in contact with a counsel and obtain timely legal advice. 3. It is noteworthy that in Mohsina vs. Union of India1, 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 facts and circumstances of the present case, and guided by the principl

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