Both Bar & Bench Commit Mistakes; Wrong Legal Advice Is Valid Ground To Condone Delay In Filing Written Statement: Calcutta HC

Ashok KM

22 Jun 2018 3:31 PM IST

  • Both Bar & Bench Commit Mistakes; Wrong Legal Advice Is Valid Ground To Condone Delay In Filing Written Statement: Calcutta HC

    The Calcutta High Court has observed that wrong advice of advocate can be considered as sufficient ground to condone the delay in filing the written statement.Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya made this observation while setting aside a trial court order that rejected a petition to accept that a written statement was rejected, primarily on the premise that ignorance of law and wrong advice...

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