Rajneesh Kumar Vs Ved Prakash 2024 INSC 891 - Limitation Act -Delay Condonation - Negligence Of Lawyer

Limitation Act 1963 - Section 5 -Tendency on the part of the litigants to blame their lawyers of negligence and carelessness in attending the proceedings before the court - Even if we assume for a moment that the concerned lawyer was careless or negligent, this, by itself, cannot be a ground to condone long and inordinate delay as the litigant owes a duty to be vigilant of his own rights and is expected to be equally vigilant about the judicial proceedings pending in the court initiated at his instance. The litigant, therefore, should not be permitted to throw the entire blame on the head of the advocate and thereby disown him at any time and seek relief. (Para 10)