ROSHNI & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 05.05.2026 Pronounced on : 08.05.2026 Uploaded on : 08.05.2026 FAO 227/2021 ROSHNI & ORS. .....Appellant Through: Ms. Vijay Laxmi, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vikrant N. Goyal, Mr. Vivek Nilesh Goyal, Mr. Yash Basoya and Mr. Inderpreet Singh, Advocates for UOI Mr. Ranvir Singh, SPC with Mr. Vikas Kumar Singh, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT CM APPL.34211/2021 (condonation of delay of 128 days in filing the appeal) 1. By way of the present application, the applicant/appellant seeks condonation of delay of 128 days in filing the appeal. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that after passing of the impugned judgment, the appellant could not file the present appeal in time on account of paucity of funds and the resultant inability to obtain timely legal advice. It is further submitted that the delay is neither intentional nor deliberate. 3. In this regard, reference may be made to the decision of this Court in Mohsina vs. Union of India1, wherein a delay of 804 days in filing of the appeal was condoned taking into account the socio-economic condition of