K. Ramasamy vs R. Nallammal 2025 INSC 310 Delay Condonation - Setting Aside Ex Parte Decree

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - Order IX Rule 13- High Court order condoned a 1312-day delay and set aside an ex-parte decree - Allowing appeal, SC observed: There is falsity writ large, in the submission of the lawyer having misplaced the files. The application to set aside the ex­parte decree was only an afterthought and purely experimental. The law favours the diligent and not the indolent. (Para 11)