Hetal Chirag Patel vs The State Of Gujarat

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals against the Gujarat High Court's order dismissing the appeals due to a delay of 233 days, holding that sufficient cause for condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act was established. The Court noted that the appellants were not parties to the original writ petitions and were aggrieved by the Single Judge's order, justifying the delay. Consequently, the impugned order was set aside, and the appeals were restored for a decision on merits by the Division Bench.